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  Liebherr Container Cranes will deliver six rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes to the Jubail Commercial Port in Saudi Arabia. The cranes have a span of 43m and can span 14 containers wide and stack 1 over 6 containers high. They have been ordered by Sinopec E&C Middle East Co. Ltd. on behalf of Sabic. The […]

Crown Equipment, has announced that it has established its own direct sales and service operation in Milan, Italy. This follows the opening of Crown’s sales and service operations in Spain (2011) and Austria (2012). Crown Lift Trucks, which is Crown Equipment’s retail operation, will take over the business activities of its current distributor, AMIS. Current […]

HAWE Hydraulics, has announced the addition of the new V60N-130 to Hawe‘s well-established V60N series of axial piston pumps. There are now four different sizes in the pump family with displacement volumes up to 8 in3/rev, working pressures of up to 5800 psi and peak pressures of up to 6500 psi.  All built with swash […]

TVH in the Americas (TVH), Olathe, Kan., offers an expanded line of pallet trucks. TVH has added four new styles of pallet trucks for use in various applications. The scissor ;ift pallet truck is designed for any application where moving and positioning pallets or containers of material is required. With enclosed fork tips and reinforced […]

Barnhart and Steel City Crane of Birmingham, Ala. have reached a definitive agreement under which Barnhart will purchase the assets of Steel City. The purchase will expand Barnhart's ability to serve heavy industrial customers in the coastal regions of Alabama and Mississippi. Steel City's crane inventory will be maintained and managed by Barnhart's branch in […]

Two specially designed GMK4100 mobile cranes from Grove, customized for work indoors and in tight industrial spaces, have completed their first job. The 100 t capacity cranes lifted an 82 t piece of machinery at a 6.5 m radius inside a manufacturing facility just 10 m tall in Germany.  The cranes, named the GMK4100S, were […]

CLARK Material Handling Company, Lexington, Ky., is announces its “Dealer of the Year” Award for 2013 has been awarded to Fraza Forklifts of Detroit, Mich. Clark selects its Dealer of the Year each year from a North American network of 85 dealers and 200 plus dealership locations, recognizing the dealership’s excellence in equipment sales, parts […]

Two specially designed GMK4100 mobile cranes from Grove, customized for work indoors and in tight industrial spaces, have completed their first job. The 100 t capacity cranes lifted an 82 t piece of machinery at a 6.5 m radius inside a manufacturing facility just 10 m tall in Germany.  The cranes, named the GMK4100S, were […]

Crown Equipment has announced the opening of company-owned facilities in New Orleans and Shreveport, La., to enhance service to customers in the region. “Crown has served customers in Louisiana for more than 25 years,” said Jim Mozer, senior vice president, Crown Equipment. “These new company-owned branches will allow us to take our customers’ experience to […]

Cargotec's Kalmar has secured a large order for 15 Kalmar E-One rubber-tired gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolivariana de Puertos (Bolipuertos), S.A through construction contractor Teixeira Duarte, part of the consortium Consorcio TD-Mota-Proyecto Puerto de la Guaira, in Venezuela. The deal follows an order for Kalmar port equipment received earlier in March from Bolipuertos. The equipment […]