May 27 - Illinois based Imperial Crane Services has expanded its fleet with the addition of a new 300-tonne capacity mobile crane and two new 300-tonne capacity lattice boom crawler cranes.
The crane rental company is also finalising specification discussions for its purchase of a 450-tonne capacity mobile crane with VarioBallast, an adjustable radius counterweight that varies ballast radius from 7 m to 5 m.
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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).
Grúas Pirineos has added a 700-tonne lift capacity Liebherr LTM 1650-8.1 mobile crane to its fleet.
