Ravestein has completed a load test for its 400-ton (363-tonne) capacity Skylift 3 floating crane in the presence of Lloyd’s Register.
The load test saw the floating crane, which can rotate 360 degrees, lift 440 tons (400 tonnes). Now that it has successfully completed the load test, Skylift 3 will be prepared for its first job in January.
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).
