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Modulift launches all-in-one lifting beam
Modulift, which manufactures and supplies specialist lifting equipment, has launched a versatile system called the Multi-Point.
Gantry cranes: A leg up for loads
Gantry cranes are quite simply lifting devices on legs. Julian Champkin looks at this most useful of concepts.
PSA Sines invests in automated rubber-tyred gantry cranes for the first time
PSA Sines, the Portuguese subsidiary of port operatorPSA International, will for the first time venture into automated rubber-tyred gantry (aRTG) systems with the purchase of six Konecranes electric-powered aRTGs for the Port of Sines.
CMAK Crane Systems further expands NXS Series electric wire rope hoist range
CMAK Crane Systems will continue the expansion its NXS Series range of electric wire rope hoists in the coming months.
Lifting & Rigging Seminar report now available to download
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has made the report from its 12th Lifting & Rigging Seminar available for download.
CP&A completes design review on 3,500t crane
Casper, Phillips & Associates (CP&A) has completed a structural design review on a 3,500-ton capacity double boom offshore crane for China’s Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co. (DHHI) after being asked to find a solution for increasing the strength of certain design elements.
Wagenborg nedlifn carries out heavy lift offshore project
Breman Machinery has partnered with Wagenborg Nedlifn – a company it has worked with before – on the Hywind Tampen offshore wind project.
Spreading the load
Dan Mongan, senior sales engineer at The Caldwell Group, explains why a spreader beam might be a favourable below-the-hook option.
Pelican Rope Works/US Rigging Supply expands distribution in Canada
Pelican Rope Works/US Rigging Supply (PRW-USR) has announced a partnership with Canadian Sales Agency Group (CSAG), a manufacturer representative agency specialising in safety, construction and industrial products.
Mammoet UK wins onshore contract for UK’s Dogger bank wind farm
GE Renewable Energy has selected Mammoet UK to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for Dogger Bank Wind Farm. The wind farm is a joint venture between SSE Renewables, Equinor and Vårgrønn, and is located over 130km off the north-east coast of England.