July 14 - Scott Powerline and Utility Equipment, based in Louisiana, USA, has added a Tadano Mantis telescopic crawler crane - the GTC- 600 - to its rental fleet.
The 66-tonne capacity crane features a four-section, 118.1 ft (36.9 m) main boom, plus a 58.1 ft (17.1 m) bi-fold jib.
The crane has already been mobilised on a 20 mile (32.1 km) powerline transmission construction project in Texas for Can-Fer Utility Services.
Project freight forwarder Fracht Group has transported seven transformers, weighing 340 tons (308.4 tonnes) each, from İzmir, Türkiye, to Medicine Bow in Wyoming, USA.
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.
