Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has contracted Huisman for the delivery of a 2,600-tonne capacity leg encircling crane (LEC).
The crane will be installed on a wind turbine installation vessel ordered by Eneti. It will be outfitted with a 155 m boom, which will reach a lifting height of 174 m above deck.
The crane design is lightweight, has high positioning accuracy and energy efficient, contributing to a reduced emissions footprint during operations.
Schwerlast Weise has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1300-6.3 mobile crane.
Cargotec will sell its MacGregor business unit to funds managed by Triton for an enterprise value of EUR480 million (USD506.7 million)
At the end of September, Bergé Maritime received a Liebherr LHM 550 crane as part of a plan to upgrade the port of Tarragona, Spain.
Mammoet’s SK6000 has passed its test programme after Lloyd’s Register certified the crane’s safe operation to its specification.
ESEASA, a Mexican crane and heavy haulage company, has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LR 1700-1.0W in what is the first crane of this type in Latin America.
Guidance on the safe operation of cranes near power lines has been published by the International Crane Stakeholders Assembly (ICSA), the organisation that brings together global crane manufacturers and users, including the European association of road transport and mobile cranes (ESTA).
