USA-based Superior Cranes has added a Demag CC 6800-1 crawler crane to its fleet.
The 1250-tonne capacity model has a main boom length of 150 m and maximum tip height of 204 m. Superior Cranes said the unit is “perfect” for the installation of wind turbines and for heavy lifts in the petrochemical, refining, power plant and infrastructure industries.
The crane also features the Quadro-Drive on-demand system that improves operating stability, as well as the IC-1 control system.
The International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) said that negotiations with United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, opening up the possibility of more industrial action at US ports.
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.
deugro has shipped four Liebherr cranes from Rostock, Germany, to four ports in Australia and New Zealand.
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.
Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes will continue its work at TerraPower’s Natrium reactor demonstration plant in Wyoming, USA, by supplying a fully customised 125-tonne hoist crane.
