Raimondi Cranes, an Italian equipment manufacturer owned by Saudi Arabia’s KBW Investments, has appointed Heavy Lift Designs as its official agent in New Zealand
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Mammoet expands its presence in the Middle East with new offices
Heavy lifting and transportation specialist Mammoet opens new offices in the UAE and Oman, after seeing an increase in the number of projects requiring its attention in the Middle East
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Mammoet delivers the tallest wind turbine in the world
Mammoet has delivered a 234m-high prototype wind turbine, with a hub height of 165m, 69m long rotary blades and a 3.15MW output to the Drantum II wind farm in Denmark
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Mammoet unveils wind turbine climbing concept cranes
Mammoet proposes wind turbine-specific crane technology that uses the turbine mast for support, thereby eliminating the need for large lattice boom cranes and large operational footprints
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Fishing port adapted to aid Egypt’s Burullus Power Plant project
Mammoet, DB Schenker, and NOSCO transformed a fishing port into a heavy-lifting facility to optimise logistics during the construction of Egypt’s Burullus Power Plant
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Boom upgrade for Demag CC 3800-1 crawler cranes lifts 30% more weight
Terex Cranes extension to its Boom Booster kit for the Demag CC 3800-1 crawler crane increases maximum system length to 183m and increases lift capacities by up to 30%
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Heavy lifting: a roundup of developments in 2016
So much has happened in the cranes segment this year that it can be hard to keep up, so here are the highlights
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CCC, Mammoet and LEEA on heavy lifting safety
Representatives from CCC, Mammoet and LEEA discus the gaps in the heavy lifting safety culture in the Middle East, where the room is for improvement, and what contractors need to do to get there
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LiuGong opens new subsidiary in Dubai
Heavy machinery manufacturer LiuGong is to expand its ME footprint
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Giant jacks give lift to tower project
VSL helps lift 280 tonne steel section into place in Business Bay