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07
This month
05 Comment
38
07 Job of the month
Cristina Brooks finds out how a new
cladding robot from GGR helped
place windows in the tight corners
of a new building by groundbreaking
architect Zaha Hadid
11 News
Nordic Crane acquires TO Bull’s
mobile crane business—Manitex
boom truck backlog bulges
Show extra
17 ConExpo
News, interviews and product 41 Market report Ground preparation and
launches from the year's biggest Stuart Anderson looks at crane sales stability
show data in the Middle East, and asks
which cranes are selling where 51 Profile
Derricks Cristina Brooks reports on Guyana
46 Profile Timber Products’ safe and
33 Segment report COVER Will North speaks to Nabil Al sustainable approach to stability
Cristina Brooks discovers how some Zahlawi about NFT's move from
of the industry's simplest devices supplying tower cranes for Emirati 57 Equipment review
are competing with highly skyscrapers, to finding new jobs for Kevin Walsh compares some of the
specialised equipment on bridge- tower cranes around the world latest ways to keep your crane
building projects upright
Heavy lift
Middle East The back page
49 Sector report
38 Job map Kevin Walsh talks to ALE about 82 Backpage
Cristina Brooks reports on some of their long-anticipated Megajack In our fleet: Nordic Crane Group,
the most interesting jobs in the system for assembling offshore Norway—The world’s biggest
region modules weighing up to 50,000t block, for Sarens new megacrane
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EDITORIAL
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Group sales manager Martin McCarthy
Moving forward
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Sales executive Alex Hill
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on mobile cranes
Classified sales executive Kate Hearn
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khearn@worldmarketintelligence.com
Web sales executive Emma Heath
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Journal fax: +44 (0) 20 8269 7844
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ritish lifting firm GGR Group has
been using its unique vacuum
lifting robot, the Homer, to glaze
and clad the 7,500 sq m Glasgow Museum
of Transport’s external envelope.
The Homer made light work of lifting
the panels, each weighing up to 0.5t, with
the help of a parent vehicle and a vacuum
head.
Before installation could begin,
Skanska transported the panels, using
GGR’s MRTA6 vacuum lifter and a forklift
to place them onto a truck in an A- frame
stillage. The stillage kept the panels
motionless and in an upright position.
Preassembled at the museum’s
construction site, the Homer was
attached to one of GGR’s MRTA6 vacuum
lifting heads. The robot was then joined
to the fork of a telehandler 360 by its
base, housing the motors, batteries,
specialized lifting arm and hydraulic
system.
When the panels arrived onsite, the
Homer was ready to lift them off the
storage rack and onto the 19.8m high
wall.
The attached MRTA6 head provided a
lifting capacity of 500kg and the
telehandler provided the required 3m
height for the Homer so it could lift and
place 200 windows and 150 total black
fibreglass fascias and soffits.
Thomas Rae, sales manager for GGR in
Scotland, explains the fine points of the
Homer’s operation. “You use the
telehandler to get within a foot of your
work area, then you use the Homer to
move a foot or so forwards so you’ve got a
very accurate operation,’ he said. “The
Homer allows you to lift the head up and
down and to rotate it. The jib on the main
Homer telescopes outwards.”
During the installation stage, an
operator in a cherry picker, with a line-of-
sight view, used a remote control to
manoeuver the Homer, inching the
plateglass sheet forward.
The six levers which control the head
and the hydraulic arm provide 100mm of
parallel movement either side of the
head’s centre axis and 360 degree
continuous rotation.
“You can angle it to 80 degrees in
every direction, basically. An operator
can position a panel over the top of his

News | Job of the month
mountable Homer is the most efficient

robot to use for the Glasgow museum,
but where access via road is impossible,
GGR’s other robot, the EMU, can
manipulate glass from inside the
building, and offers lifting without the
need to use a telehandler.
“Where the EMU 1000 comes into its
own is where you can’t have access to
the building via the road or street, like
an office complex where you can’t have
big machines.”
The name Homer, on a machine which
bears an image of the popular cartoon
character, is actually an acronym for
High Operation Mounted EMU Robot.
GGR Group offers other memorably-
named robots such as the Geko, and
supplies alternative vacuum heads for
different materials like metal, stone,
ceramic, glass fiber, or corrugated
panels. Rae clarifies, “With different
vacuum cups, we can lift surfaces which
are not 100% smooth. The vacuum cup is
different in that it has a much thicker
pad and has a rubber seal that can make
it tighter.”
GGR makes the Homer available to
head and over the machine’s head to the to make movements as small as 1mm, as UK contractors on a hire or purchase
very tight angles they have at the well as attention to accidental bumps. basis, and the business has also sold
Transport Museum in the peaks of the “Remember if you’re on the end of a several robots abroad.
room sections,” Rae says. telehandler boom, and it’s windy, there is Demand for vacuum lifting
The vacuum head had to be adjusted a bounce element on the end of the equipment, and for the Homer, is
for varying sizes of plateglass panels. boom. You have some residual increasing. “That’s for two reasons,’ Rae
“For a small piece of glass, you have the movement, which has to do with the says. “Architects are making windows
vacuum cups closer together than for a flexibility of the machine structure. If bigger, more complex and heavier, and
large piece of plate, so we change the you’re doing any movement you have to manual lifting practices that used to be
proportions of the frame on the robot to wait until the machine is absolutely acceptable a few years ago, like 6 men
suit the particular application,” says Rae. steady before you get the final position lifting a pane of glass, tend to be
There is no special trick to precisely of the item.” outlawed these days.” Main contractor
positioning the heavy glass, although Because the telehandler can drive up Skanska will complete work on the
careful hand eye coordination is required to the outer wall, the machine- museum this Summer. ■
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any longer it made a lot of sense for us to

rebuild it for Turner so they could
continue to use that Ringer attachment.”
All cranes remanufactured through the
EnCORE Partners programme undergo a
230 point crane inspection to ensure the
work meets the standards Manitowoc sets
out for it’s EnCORE Partners.
Describing the work done on Turner
Vegas comeback for a star performer Industries’ 888 crawler crane, Hund said:
“It was disassembled, shot-blasted and
A classic Manitowoc crane, the 230t 888 Manitowoc Crane Care vice president non-destructive testing was performed on
crawler crane, was unveiled as the first Bob Hund commented: “Barring any all structural welds and components.
North American crane to undergo needed major structural repairs, “All machine surfaces were checked for
remanufacture as part of Manitowoc remanufacturing typically costs about 50% trueness and structural integrity and 100%
Crane Care’s EnCORE Partners of the price of a new crane.” of wear items, such as bearings, cushions
programme at ConExpo this year. The Manitowoc 888 was also one of the and seals, were replaced.
At a special ceremony in Las Vegas, manufacturer’s most popular cranes “Hydraulic components were replaced
the rebuilt crane was handed back to its thanks to the Ringer attachment, which with EnCORE supplier remanufactured
owner Turner Industries of Baton Rouge, boosts its capacity nearly threefold to components and the crane was fitted with
who originally bought the crane in 1996. 660t. all new OEM hoses. Electrical components
H&E Equipment Services, who have 25 For Turner Industries, having already such as CPUs, junction boxes and wiring
years of experience rebuilding Manitowoc invested in several attachments for this harnesses were also updated and
cranes, completed remanufacture of the crane back in 1996, the case for replaced.
888 at their Birmingham, Alabama facility remanufacturing became even more “The power plant was overhauled and
in less than 20 weeks. compelling. updated to the latest OEM specification,
Manitowoc picked the discontinued Dave Stewart, operations manager at including the engine, the radiator, the
model 888 crawler crane an ideal choice to H&E Equipment Services explained: pump drive, the cooler and the clutch, and
demonstrate the benefits of the EnCORE “Turner Industries have a ringer where necessary engines are brought to
Partners programme. attachment which goes around the crane, current emissions regulations.
The final remanufacturing cost for the and with more counterweight and a “The crane also underwent load testing
Manitowoc 888 was around $750,000, a different boom, it gives it a higher capacity. and then was certified by Manitowoc
fraction of the $1.7m it would cost to “But with that particular attachment standards to the original load charts. Any
replace with a crane of comparable it’s very expensive, it’s $3m. With this major product improvements or updates
performance like the Manitowoc 14000. machine not being made by Manitowoc are incorporated into this process.”
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firm. It will be used for assembly and 191m. The larger load capacity tops many
overhaul operations in mining as well as mobile cranes in the same category.
oil and gas industries. “The load capacities of the LG 1750
It was first introduced six years ago at are unbeatable in its class,” said Mick
Bauma 2004, and is now making its Joyce, owner of M Joyce Crane Hire.
Australian debut at M Joyce Crane Hire. M Joyce Crane Hire supplies heavy
Leibherr’s mobile crane combines a haulage and special transport
crawler crane’s lift with an all terrain’s operations. The LG 1750 M will be
mobility with its high lifting capacity, added to the firm’s existing fleet of 15
compact chassis and active rear-axle Leibherr mobile cranes ranging from the
steering, the manufacturer said. LTM 1030/2 to the LTM 1400-7.1.
Manitex boom truck backlog bulges

Manitex International has announced additions and Mexican retail.
that its order book for this year already The sum of the orders has created a
contains seven orders totaling $11.5m. boom truck manufacturing backlog at
The orders are scheduled for delivery in Manitex it hasn’t seen since 2008, the
the second and third quarter of this year. company says.
Principal among the orders was a Scott Rolston, senior vice president of
$2m contract with Manitex subsidiary sales and marketing for Manitex
Liftking for transporter systems which International, said: "These orders validate
will be used by the US military in Latin the market's continued confidence that
Endurance is everything. America. Manitex acquired Toronto- Manitex supplies superior product, not
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performance hoisting rope for The US military already owns machines and other diverse niche markets, but also
harbor cranes and industrial by Liftking. that it continues to recognize our growing
A large number of contracts were international presence and capabilities.”
applications – impresses with awarded by the energy sector, while Rolston optimistically predicted that
its exceptionally long service other contracting industries included the orders signaled a recovery for the
life and high breaking strength. general construction, rental fleet crane manufacturing market in 2011.
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marine cranes to PTT Exploration and supply vessels and the offshore platforms.
Production Company Limited (PTTEP). Frank Timmons, general manager of
Six cranes have been ordered for work Oil States Thailand said, "This is a
on a platform over two extractive fields in significant achievement for Oil States
the Gulf of Thailand producing which further enhances our leadership
condensate, crude oil and natural gas. position in Thailand and the Southeast
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Liebherr lifts wind turbines

in Greece
Liebherr’s LTM 11200-9.1 all terrain crane “The LTM 11200-9.1 is precisely the
has been supplied to a crane hire and right crane for installations with towers
heavy transport company in Cyprus for of 80 to 100m in height. It is particularly
installation of wind power plants. economical for these kinds of operations,
A Soulis Enterprises located in Larnaca, and that means we can be particularly
south east Cyprus, will use the crane not competitive too,” said Andreas Soulis,
only for installing wind power turbines in managing director at A Soulis
Greece, but in international heavy lifting Enterprises.
operations. A Soulis Enterprises began in 1977 as a
The LTM 11200-9.1’s specifications give heavy transport business. Since 1997, it
it the required lift for installing wind has expanded its business to include 20
towers. A telescopic mobile crane with a cranes ranging from 20–300t. Its heavy
lifting capacity of 94t, a luffing boom, and lifting fleet is comprised of modular trailers
a maximum 98m hook height, it can lift 76t up to 800t and extendable trailers with a
at a height of 107m. maximum length of 44m.
Wolffkran puts service calls on cloud nine

On March 1, Wolffkran launched the in Switzerland will receive SAP calls using mobilization by providing Wolffkran
pilot for a cloud application to deliver an iPhone version of the application. schedulers with live information on which
crane service calls via iPhone. Wolffkran claims that substituting engineers are engaged on service calls.
Cloud applications are run from the cloud for traditional software will Andreas Berg, CIO at Wolffkran, said.
web, rather than a user's device. They expedite several processes. A user’s data “All our decision makers were
can often offer more functionality, without will be quickly transferred even when a immediately impressed with this
requiring users to install large or their system is down, expediting billing. innovative solution, which is a first step
processor hungry applications locally, It will save the user the time and for us in mobilizing and accelerating our
meaning they can run on devices like expense of software installation, SAP processes.”
smartphones. Wolffkran says, and make data available The second phase of the pilot will
During the first phase of the cloud to them via iPhone. make the servicing application available
application’s pilot, Wolffkran technicians The arrangement can also speed outside of Switzerland.
Nautilus hook pinches awards, not fingers

Raking in its second award within managing director at Nautilus
the last year, Nautilus’ safety rigging Rigging, who expressed his pleasure
hook won the Offshore Support and gratitude. He said, “We are
Journal Innovation of the Year delighted to have won this award
award. which is further recognition from the
The recent award follows on the shipping industry of the significant
heels of the Woelfel Best Mechanical contribution and impact our hooks are
Engineering Achievement, given by making towards improving safety in
the American Society of Mechanical the offshore support vessel sector.
Engineers’ International Petroleum “We were up against some tough
Technology Institute. Nautilus opposition and we would like to thank
collected the award at the May 2010 the industry representatives who took
Offshore Technology Conference in the time to cast their vote for Nautilus
Houston. Hooks.”
The safety rigging hook has a new constitutes the first major rigging hook Toon went on to say that that an ROV-
feature which eliminates “latch-lock” innovation in 30 years, the company said. friendly subsea version of the hooks will
pinch injuries. Its forward-thinking design The award was received by Bill Toon, be released later in 2011.

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The turning point?

After volcanoes and economic crises slowed business at the last
two trade shows in this three-year cycle of global construction
equipment events, hopes were high for this year’s lead event,
ConExpo in Las Vegas. While the show might not have matched
the feverish energy of 2008, it did largely meet expectations
A
s Cranes Today editor Will North enough to believe. The show apparently
commented in March, the latest attracted 120,000 registered attendees,
results announcements and making it the largest construction related
comments from industry leaders suggest event in North America since 2008.
there was an uptick in crane sales in the Megan Tanel, AEM vice president of
last few weeks of 2010. The question for exhibitions and events, said, “The
the industry at this show was whether construction industry has been through
those sales had continued. Largely, it some very tough times, with record
seems, they have. The manufacturers unemployment, since the last ConExpo in the magazine’s stand saw a steady flow of
Cranes Today spoke to reported ongoing March 2008. With these positive numbers visitors, almost all of whom had good
sales, and were calmly confident for the and the industry support of the shows, things to say about the event and the
year ahead. That good news appeared to we’re optimistic about the future and magazine. While there was some
hold true through the supply chain; looking forward to seeing these new sales variation in levels of confidence, much of
Manitowoc Cranes president Eric Etchart, orders fulfilled.” the talk at the stand was of new projects
for example, told Cranes Today that at Mike Haberman, chairman of the and improving business.
least 60% of cranes sold to dealers had ConExpo 2011 management committee We’ll be covering the event over two
been retailed. and president of Gradall Industries, said, issues. We start this month with reports
The show organisers, the AEM, “There was such a tremendous upbeat on products from Sany, Link-Belt, Liebherr,
described the event as a ‘resounding feeling at the shows; it was really great to Terex, Altec, Broderson, Jekko, and
success’. It’s rare for any show organiser see our industry looking ahead with some XCMG. Next month’s coverage will
to describe their event as a terrible failure enthusiasm after the recession.” include Manitowoc, Tadano, Kobelco and
(although in recent years a few should Cranes Today saw that optimism on its Manitex, among others, interviews with
have), but this time the claims are easy own stand. Over the course of the event senior figures and product reviews. ■

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Sany
Sany displayed a range of new cranes at

ConExpo, including three new rough
terrains, the SRC860 (first revealed at an
event at the company’s Peachtree City,
Georgia, plant), SRC860XL and SRC840
(both new at the show), and three new
self-assembly crawlers, the SCC8300,
SCC8200 and SCC8100.
One of the most striking products on
the stand however was the company’s
new crawler cab, designed by Porsche
Design Studios, and featured on the 300t
SCC8300 and 200t SCC8200. From the
outside, the new cab displays striking
curves. Inside, it appears comfortable and
spacious, with well-designed ergonomic
controls at easy reach. Production of excavators and concrete Rexroth. Customers in China have been
One key element on the stand, but less pumps is expected to start in the prepared to pay a premium for that. Sany
obvious than the cranes towering over summer, with rough terrains and has made a huge commitment to service,
visitors, was a brigade of US crane industry crawlers expected to come on line over with GPS [and online condition reporting]
veterans recently recruited to the Chinese the next year. The plant will be on every crane allowing service
company’s US arm. Sany has appeared at fabricating crawler lattices and technicians to diagnose almost every
ConExpo three times now, so it is neither counterweights, and assembling finished problem.”
entirely new, nor fully established in the cranes using other components, like the The company has established itself as a
US. As a Chinese-owned business that is carbody, fabricated in China. global player by opening plants in Brazil,
relatively new to the US market, investing Cranes Today spoke to two of Sany India and the USA. While the Chinese
in US facilities and staff is vital to making America’s US recruits, Richard Hunter, the plant will continue to focus on its core
an impact on the market. Sany shows product manager for cranes, and Jeff competencies of robot welding, boom truck
every sign of recognising this. Dreger, product marketing manager for and rough terrain boom fabrication,
At the last ConExpo, the company crawler cranes. Sany’s aim, Hunter says, overseas plants will contribute locally
announced its acquisition of a sizable chunk is to be one of the top five construction generated design, assembly, some
of land in Peachtree City, Georgia. The equipment manufacturers in the world. fabrication of other parts, sales and service.
plant is well located both for reaching US Part of that plan has been to focus on At Peachtree City, Hunter says, Sany
customers in the busy Gulf Coast region, quality, while remaining competitive on will have space for up to 1 million sq ft of
and for bringing in components from China price. Hunter says, “Sany made its mark production under the roof, with more room
via ports in New Orleans and by a nearby in China by using high quality outside for test areas. A 150,000 sq ft
rail line. Earlier this year, it formally opened components in important areas. It has parts depot is opening soon, with a service
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terrain on Link-Belt’s stand
Link-Belt
Link-Belt showed an impressive display of The extent of Link-Belt’s commitment to Europe, you can go on the road with axle
new cranes, including a third model in its US production is impressive. Not only has weights of up to 14t. The minimum
telecrawler line, the 110USt TCC-110, a new the company invested in US design, it has counterweight of German machines often
150USt lattice boom crawler, the 238 HSL, expanded its production to allow it to takes up to six trucks here. This machine
and an updated version of its 90t rough produce key components in Lexington, can do it in four trucks, as none of the
terrain, the RTC-8090 Series II. Kentucky. Telescopic crane product counterweights weigh more than 22,000lb.
The company also revealed its new total manager Rick Curnutte says, “The work The crane has been configured to get the
crane operating system, Link-Belt Pulse. we’ve done on the Lexington factory is best utilisation of loadout. On other
Designed in-house, the system is built part of a plan to build our product line. machines, you always had to take the full
around a full colour display, combining We’re the only US manufacturer with our loadout. This machine only needs the tray
rated capacity limiter, boom extend mode own boom forming facility. It was very counterweight to be able to lift with the
controller, self diagnostic capabilities, and difficult to get boom components when the auxiliary winch.
continuous monitoring of multiple crane market was busy, with everyone relying on “The ATC-3275 has a Cummins engine
functions and conditions. one supplier. We were unable to achieve on the lower and upper. The lower engine
The highlight of the stand though was deliveries, and you can’t go to the is 2010 EPA certified, so it can be used on
one truly groundbreaking crane, the customer and blame a subcontractor for the road in California. The upper engine
company’s first in-house designed all that. So, now we have our own facility.” is 2011 Tier IV Interim.
terrain, the ATC-3275. The 275USt crane is Key to the crane though is its North “It’s fast. European all terrains often
the first modern all terrain crane to be American-focused design. It is often hard travel at 50mph maximum; this can run at
designed and built in North America. In for outsiders to grasp how difficult it is to 62mph, so it can keep up with the loadout
the early days of all terrains, Grove and road a crane in the US. With no harmonised trucks.
Link-Belt had both built small (~8t) all road transport rules over the US’s 50 states “We designed a one man driver’s cab.
terrains for the US, but no one has yet and numerous municipalities, one of the Customers told us that they often use the
designed and built an all terrain at modern biggest challenges for US users is crossing jump seat as a glorified storage box, so we
capacities wholly in the US. borders between regulatory regimes. replaced it with proper lockable storage
Link-Belt has sold all terrains with its Curnutte explains, “One of the biggest with room for a ladder.”
branding in the US for a number of years. things in the design was the wheel base, The crane isn’t just designed for the US
However, these were rebadged Tadano making it more North American friendly. though. The next step will be making it
Fauns, sold under a distribution agreement. We talk about it as North American, but ready for export. Curnutte says, “We do
This agreement was terminated earlier this we’ve also looked at what the rest of the expect to bring it in and around Europe.
year, before Link-Belt announced its own world wants. The counterweight and fly, The markets that are hot now though are
range. Throughout their conversations have all been grouped into loadouts under Australia and Latin America. The next
with Cranes Today, Link-Belt’s managers 45,000lb. thing to do is to design an export engine,
spoke highly of the collaboration with the “North America is one of the toughest so the crane can be used where there is
Japanese-German crane builder. places in the world to move cranes. In no ultra low sulphur diesel fuel.”

Liebherr
Liebherr lined up a selection of managing He also highlighted the tower crane Representing Liebherr-Werk Nenzing
directors for its press conference at market’s recent trending towards rental. on the stand was one of Liebherr’s
ConExpo, including board of directors On Liebherr’s stand US delegates were outstanding performers in the global
member Winfried Boehm. able to get their first look at the 81K fast crawler market, the LR 1600/2.
While each MD pointed to improving erecting crane, capable of semi-automatic Liebherr-Werk Nenzing managing
demand for cranes in their respective ballasting, that requires only eight lifting director Gerhard Frainer expects the 600t
segments, Boehm picked out the movements to install. crawler to continue selling well during
highlights of a broadly positive 2010 for Liebherr’s delegates explained how 2011, following signs of a slow recovery
the manufacturer. semi-automatic quick-connection locking for the crawler market.
Liebherr Group added €620m to its between the tower, slewing platforms and Frainer commented: “In the lift crane
turnover, which increased by 9% to €7.6bn jib guying rods significantly reduce set-up range there have been signs of a recovery,
last year. This increase was solely down times. Featuring driveline and control- especially from the crane rental
to the performance of the group’s system technology, along with the companies. However there is a stronger
construction machinery business, which Micromove fine positioning system, the trend for the medium sized, 150t to 300t,
increased its turnover 16% to €4.7bn. 81K allows efficient handling of loads, or the big cranes, 300t plus, rather than
The lion’s share of construction even allowing loads to be lifted in two- smaller sized lift cranes.”
machinery sales originated from Liebherr’s part mode to eliminate time-intensive re- For mobile cranes, Liebherr-Werk
earthmoving and mining products reeving. Ehingen managing director Cristoph
division, and despite the mobile cranes With a maximum 40.4m hook height, Kleiner noted that his division had sold
business growing to €1.8bn in 2010, this this crane can lift 1.4t at its maximum and shipped 1033 mobile cranes last year,
accounted for less than 6% of the group’s working radius of 45m. despite the crisis “still biting hard” on the
total growth last year. Also making its US debut was the 285 mobile crane market.
Maritime crane sales accounted for 9% EC-B 12 Litronic flat-top tower crane. He highlighted that growth in
of this growth, generating €724m. Its modular design emphasises emerging markets had managed to offset
Neither the tower crane or crawler transportability for easy shipping in sea- some of the problems experienced due to
crane divisions posted significant growth freight containers, while the the all time lows within US all-terrain
despite reporting increased market share ‘Connect&Work’ assembly system crane, rough terrain crane and truck
in the tower crane market and an increase facilitates quick assembly of the counter crane markets.
in crawler sales since Q4 of 2010. jib at ground level. As Liebherr’s order book grows
Liebherr-Werk Biberach managing The LiConnect system aids speedy gradually but steadily, with orders like
director Matthias Donner noted the attachment of the jib section so that one ALL Erection and Crane Rental’s recent
presence of Liebherr’s production facilities lift later, the central unit is in position and purchase of an LTM 1250-6.1 and LTM
in Brazil and India would help the firm to the crane is almost fully erected. 1200-5.1 coming in, Kleiner forecasts
exploit the growing demand for tower A maximum reach of 75m allows the moderate growth for Liebherr’s mobile
cranes in emerging markets. lifting of loads up to 2.6t at the tip end. crane division in 2011.

Terex
A new Terex tower crane transition section on display at ConExpo.

Now, users of Peiner and Comedil cranes can build one crane out of
both types of components. Bringing together different legacy brands in
one company has been a key element in Terex’s corporate strategy in
recent years. The company’s international engineering teams, from the US differing US road regulations, and has a
and Germany, have worked together to build cranes like the Crossover 6000. maximum lift capacity of 60USt, with a
110ft maximum boom length.
Like the Roadmaster 9000, it features
After a painfully poor 2010 for the crane Over a third of the units ordered by the X-type outrigger arrangement to
industry, Terex CEO Ron DeFeo is quick to Cropac Equipment were new Terex provide greater stability and dispersion of
point out that the industry is drawing Roadmaster 9000 truck cranes. load forces.
nearer to the light at the end of the tunnel, The Roadmaster 9000 has its outriggers It will eventually be available with a
albeit slowly. configured in an X-type arrangement that, range of carriers, in addition to the
Sharing the cautious optimism of many according to Terex, helps it out-perform its Freightliner chassis, including Kenworth.
ConExpo exhibitors’ forecasts for 2011, closest rivals in terms of lift capacity. The last of Terex’s new product
DeFeo said: “We are in a recovery mode, Although this may add somewhat to its offerings unveiled at this year’s ConExpo
we expect recovery in our businesses in popularity, the real selling points for US is the 100USt RT 100 rough-terrain crane.
most markets and sectors in 2011, with buyers are the single cylinder hydraulic Boasting a maximum boom length of
cranes probably being the laggard. boom which reduces gross vehicle weight 174ft, Terex claim the RT 100 has the
“We’re happy if the crane market is without drastically affecting set-up times, longest boom length in its class.
more positive, but I don’t want to get and the third of its five axles being a Compliant with EN13000 and ASME
enthusiasm ahead of intelligence.” liftable ‘pusher axle’, giving the truck B30.5 standards the crane also features
Last year Terex managed $4.4bn in net crane the ability to comply with all state the same ergonomically designed cab as
sales, and the firm predicts an increase of regulations across the US. the Roadmaster 9000, which was made for
between 14% and 23% for 2011. The Roadmaster 9000 features a 164.5ft operator comfort by an experienced
And following on from this the boom, with a maximum system length of German sportscar manufacturer.
manufacturer is targeting a 12% operating 242.8ft, and a 100USt lifting capacity. All of this investment in fully-roadable
profit and $8bn in net sales by 2013. Despite the depressed American truck cranes for a US market that is still
Compared to several years ago, when crane market, Terex also decided to struggling may seem risky, even with
sales to customers outside of Europe and introduce two vehicles for the boom truck many optimistic that the long-anticipated
the US constituted around 26% of Terex’s market, the BT 28106 and the Crossover Highways Bill will soon be signed.
profits, the company is increasingly looking 6000 truck-mounted crane. However DeFeo says that this bill,
to emerging markets to form a significant While the BT28106 is an updated which he dubs ‘the non-stimulative
portion of the firm’s sales figures. version of Terex’s 26106, with a 106ft boom stimulation bill’ is well intentioned but
That said, despite the current record and 28USt lift capacity, the Crossover 6000 destined to be ineffective.
low demand for cranes in the US market, is so named because its design is intended He predicts that, as a broad awareness
Terex still managed to take large orders to let it to fulfil the traditional role of boom of the need for infrastructure investment
for 22 Terex cranes from US distributor truck in addition to its standard duties. spreads through the US Congress,
Cropac Equipment, and for 40 cranes from Again the Terex five-axle truck- consensus will eventually evolve into
US firm Empire Crane. mounted crane is not restricted by practical measures.

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At Conexpo, American boom truck

manufacturer Altec demonstrated the
tilting cab on its AC23 95B hydraulic
telescopic crane. The tilt was introduced
as an option on all of its mobile cranes
that have a swing seat, a range
encompassing cranes with lifting
capacities from 26–38t.
The AC23 95B has a 21t lifting capacity
with a 29m boom. In the cab, the electric “We have sold half a dozen orders, to a
hydraulic outrigger control allows for customer in South Carolina.”
upper or downjack control in the cab with While the range improves, attention to
a large bubble level. It allows operators to safety standards remains a constant,
adjust the levelling from inside the cab. ‘If ‘We’ve had things which comply with the
you’re level from the centre pin, that new OSHA rule for 6 years,’ Risch said.
allows you to have control,’ said account Altec further expanded its range to
manager Ron Risch. “Automatic include a pressure digger, which is
transmission is attached to the boom as notable for its ergonomic controls, a
opposed to the table. We’re the only ones spokesperson said. The digger was on
that do that. You’re looking down, while display at the booth for Kenworth, which
other people are looking to the side. manufactured the chassis.
Broderson
American pick-and-carry crane manufacturer

Broderson showed a prototype of the brand new I-C
400, a 25t capacity industrial crane for outdoor use.
The I-C 400 includes a range of features that are
new to Broderson, including new joystick controls.
The crane also has videos on the winch and on curb
side outriggers,
“This is unique for this size of crane. Larger
cranes often have it,” said Steve Burton, chief brand
officer. Like its predecessor the 15t I-C 200, it has
four-wheel steering and four-wheel drive. The
developing range is working upwards in capacity.
“We haven’t released it yet. We plan on going into
production in Q4. We protype tested it and are here
to receive customer feedback,” said Burton. “We
don’t want to take an order until we’re ready to
release it.”
When the crane reaches a production stage, it will
be distributed globally. In addition, Broderson
announced that its new export head is Nelson Morris,
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Jekko
Jekko, the Italian crane manufacturer

specialising in minicranes, introduced its
SPX 1040 minicrane for the North
American market. The crane was first
introduced for the EU market at Bauma
in April of last year. Australian Crane
Distributions officially launched it in
Australia and New Zealand that May.
Following a client requirement for
increased capacities, the SPX 1040 was
designed to have a larger lifting capacity
than other Jekkos, despite its small
footprint, a mere 4m. “1040 is our
biggest to date,” said Keith Shank,
distributor for Jekko and owner of C4
cranes, a hire company out of
Minnesotta. The 4t capacity and 23m tip
height makes it the tallest and largest in
the range.
The new crane will be useful for
applications that require heavy lifting in
tight spaces. “These are more suited for
steel and petroleum plants. Our
competitors need 6m to bring in a 200t
crane, but there is the restricted access in
these plants. The first one is going to
Hawaii, we had interest from the US and
Canada,” Shank said.
XCMG
XCMG, the Chinese equipment

manufacturer located in Xuzhou, showed
its 70t QY 70K and its 130t QY 130K truck
cranes at Conexpo. Introduced five years
ago, they are distributed worldwide.
“These are very popular in South
American Countries, especially in Brazil.
The market share in Brazil is almost 30%,”
said Shi Wei Dong, vice president of
XCMG.
XCMG’s products generated interest
from customers based in the US, Canada
and Asia. “They’re interested because
our product is competitive on price and
reliability,” Dong said.
The company produces 20,000 units per
year, which is around 60% of all cranes
manufactured globally, XCMG says. Sales
revenues have kept apace with month’s highest daily sales volume was and railway projects for its crawler, truck,
production. Following Conexpo the 100 units. all terrain and pick and carry cranes, in
company announced a record breaking China remains XCMG’s largest market, addition to its earth moving and
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Segment report | Derricks
Building
bridges
The derrick continues to be an efficient bridge building tool, despite the perception that it is
outmoded. The beauty of the derrick’s simple tripod structure is that it is lightweight and easy
to operate, but it must compete with larger capacity, heavier, more specialised equipment.
Cristina Brooks reports
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ridge building equipment trends equipment is used that makes it Mobile cranes remain the most popular
are difficult to ascertain because interesting,” he says. option for steel bridges and smaller
each kind of equipment has its Bridges made of steel or concrete bridges. “Most small motorway bridges
advantage, each contractor has their segments can be built using any that you drive under every day will be put
preferred method, and practices differ in combination of derricks, mobile cranes, in by a crane, what proportion of bridges
the US and EU. tower cranes, floating cranes, gantries, is that in the world, 85%? If you can get a
“It depends upon the size of the bridge, and nose recovery systems. crane in near enough to lift the bridge,
the site constraints, the materials, there Thomas Eggert, operations leader at that is the way to do it. But very often
are just so many factors that effect how Enerpac bridge equipment manufacturers, you just can’t do it, either because it its
you are building a bridge,” says Mike clarifies. “It really comes down to the too big, or its over a railway track or a
Wade, technical director at bridge building design of the bridge: Whether they have 4km wide river,“ says Wade. That is
equipment manufacturer Dorman Long. precast concrete segments or steel when contractors rely on launching
The options get more complex as components. We tend to use hydraulic systems and derricks.
architects push design forward to create cylinders to push or pull the segment in or F&M Mafco is the world’s largest derrick
larger bridges. “There is no trend in out,” hydraulic cylinders being generally supplier. It is a family-owned business.
equipment, it is more the way the either strand jacks or climbing jacks. Executive vice president Bob McKenna, Jr.,

Derricks | Segment report
Everyone in the EU has to come to

America to hire derricks,” says Fox.
Derricks are commonplace partially owing
to their adaptability to the rooftops of high
rise buildings in American cities.
UK-based Dorman Long provides
strand jacking equipment to EU clients. It
recently supplied DL-S185 strand jacks for
a jacking system to Edimo Metallo S.p.A in
Italy. The system was used to launch the
1,000t Ponte Verde steel arch bridge over
a railway line in Padua.
Jacking systems are built to order and
can involve different lifting equipment.
says that the company has contracted F&M Mafco has made a bid to use a They are used to construct cable stay
derricks for use on many recent bridge derrick instead of a water based crane for bridges, suspension bridges and box
projects. “For example, we used derricks on work beginning on the Forth Bridge in girder bridges. Strand jacks can stretch
the Ting Kau Bridge in Hong Kong, the USA Edinburgh. “Its hard to keep the wire rope across from pier to pier and pull
ship channel, Annersons Island in segments stable on a water based crane, bridge components across the gap. The
Vancouver. We just finished the Audubon where the water is choppy and the boom jacks on one side let the wire rope out but
Bridge in Louisiana. We’re working on the moves 3m–4m. Also, if you did it from the simultaneously hold it back, while the
Port Mann Bridge project near Vancouver.” water with a crane, it’s a higher cost, jacks on the other side pull.
Tim Fox, who works in international £50,000–£100,000 per week,” says Fox. “Launched bridges are used over a
sales at F&M Mafco, says derricks can “If cost is a concern and speed is a railway because there’s often limited time
replace cranes and decrease logistics concern, a derrick will win almost every you can work over a railway and
costs. “You could use a 500t crane or a time. On the Port Mann Bridge, they have launching is considered safer,” says Wade.
tiny derrick. Cranes work by reducing the derricks on one end of the bridge and a Alternatively, strand jacks can be
reach and the radius. For every yard you strand jack system on the other. We were attached to gantries that sit on the bridge
lose efficiency, and that is the principle of millions cheaper,” says McKenna. and lift vertically to pick components up
the derrick on the bridges. A crane needs Similarly to a rail-mounted gantry, a from underneath it. “Almost invariably, we
a concrete counterweight, while a derrick derrick may be mounted on a movable use strand jacks mounted on some kind of
uses the bridge as the counterweight.” sled for constructing different parts of the gantry for lifting the deck sections.
The great stability and substantial lifting bridge. Two derricks may be set up to Basically strand jacks give very good
power of derricks was demonstrated simultaneously work outwards from the power in a small package. Typically we
recently during building of the Colorado tower in the centre of the water to might be using 300t strand jacks on a
River Bridge, part of the Hoover Dam construct bridges rapidly. cable stay bridge,” says Wade.
Bypass, when a cableway highline crane This capability gives the derrick an Sometimes jacking systems work
fell from the steep cliffs. F&M Mafco’s advantage over the gantry and jack, which simultaneously with steelwork towers.
American S-70 Derrick, with a capacity of requires reassembly for working in “The tower system itself is just a structure.
446t, was adapted with an extended jib and multiple directions. On the structure we put strand jacks or
platform to serve as a replacement until a Launching jack systems are more climbing jacks and those provide the motive
new system could be developed. widely used than derricks in Europe. This power to lift the load. It can be a deck
Derricks working separately or in pairs is partially because of architectural section, petrochemical vessel, it can be a
can be used instead of floating cranes for differences. “In the US, the rooftops on roof structure, or an offshore application.”
lifting modular bridge segments of up to power stations were originally built to The simplicity of the strand jack system
200t, depending on what material they are take a derrick crane. Now they are built makes it good for offshore and export to
made of, and may have the advantage of to use a tower crane and in the EU they Dormon Long’s largest market in China.
greater stability. are normally built to take tower cranes. “We are not using more complex

Derricks | Segment report
equipment because it is not necessary, and

also because we can’t be taking very
advanced technology into remote parts of
the world. We have to use robust
technology. It’s mainly to do with
equipment control systems - things like
sensors and load control systems. If we try
to be clever with how much we move
things in a hot, marine environment, that
kind of equipment can mean less reliability.
Simplicity means reliability. The benefit of
a modular lifter over a crane is that the
mobilization cost is a lot lower. The
operational cost is a lot lower. Also there’s
far less machinery,” says Wade.
Comparing the strand jack to the
derrick, he adds: “They each have their
advantages.”
One of the advantages of derricks, says
Wade, is that they can slew and luff, while college use the launcher, but the derrick is cost if there’s a delay to the program,”
strand jacks on gantries will only have very efficient. Its probably experience; if says Wade. “For shorter projects our
limited transverse movement. “Derricks you used one before you’d probably use one customers normally rent the equipment”.
are generally used for lighter pieces you again.” He adds that this perception has The derrick’s small size and cost
mount on the end of a bridge deck. You not hurt sales. “Its starting to feel like its effectiveness make it popular for lifting on
can pick up smaller units with a derrick, coming back. We have a few more orders. It rooftops, particularly for installation of air
but what we can do is pick up pieces of is more economical.” conditioning units and building signage.
600–800t, and what we’d use is a gantry.” The main reason that the derrick can F&M Mafco recently installed a sign for the
The European and American bridge be more economical is that it is rented and Las Vegas Cosmopolitan hotel and Casino.
construction divide may not be a question not sold like built-to-order jacks, which Liebherr and Terex Comedil also have
of pure engineering theory, but of practice. generally can’t have multiple applications. derrick packages for rooftop disassembly of
“The biggest problem we have is that a lot “One of the disadvantages is that they are tower cranes.
of people don’t understand the operation of pretty customized, although some At Liebherr, Carlos Monteiro, project
a derrick and it needs to be explained,” companies have used adaptable manager responsible for derricks, says
says McKenna, which is why F&M Mafco launchers,” says Tom Eggert. It costs that the Liebherr derrick package
has a training program for derrick from $100,000–$200,000 for an Enerpac intended for dismantling tower cranes
operators. Tim Fox observes. “One of the jacking system and rental is not common. from rooftops is increasingly popular.
things I’ve noticed,” says Fox, “Is that in For strand jack buyers, “They end up “There is a growing demand for
the US derrick bridge build is commonplace, with capital costs that they can get some dismantling operations and this is fact.
and in the EU they seem to like the bridge recovery on, its normally quite long term. If This is because high rises are an efficient
launcher. Young engineers coming out of you buy you end up with control over that use of space in cities. In our case we are
looking to provide for this application.”
Timberland Equipment’s Lawrence
Clark has also seen increasing use of the
derrick package for tower
deconstruction. “We have one derrick
package locally. The market tends to be a
little soft as the US market has been a
little slow; the bulk is the Middle East
and South America,” he says.
The future for derricks and their
applications on larger bridges may depend
on engineers and architects. However, by
providing derrick and tower crane
packages, manufacturers have ensured
that derricks will remain a staple for
rooftop lifts in cities growing upwards. ■

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Zarqua, Jordan
Last year, Hanwha, a Korean engineering and construction firm, worked with
contractor Associated Transtech Contracting (ASTRACO) to expand the Samra
Power Plant, which is publicly owned by the Jordanian state.
ASTRACO, based out of Abu Dhabi in the UAE, has completed power stations
and industrial projects for clients like the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.
After the first stage of construction, the Samra Power Plant operated with a
capacity of 300MW.
The second phase of the
project has added two gas
turbines and a steam turbine in
order to form a combined plant.
This will raise the current
installed capacity to 600mW.
The expansion of the
existing power plant started in
Jordan
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April 2010 and was completed
in February 2011. It included
installing two 140mW ALSTOM
gas turbines, plant works, a
fuel tank farm and gas pipeline
works. The stack was
composed of sections which
had a combined height of 4m.
Saudi Arabia
Lifting the stack required
the use of a 50t Grove TM750E
supplied by Yousef Mousa
Crane Rental, while another
company supplied a Liebherr
LTM1140.
Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Bin Laden group is building the Abraj Al-Bait
Towers complex containing the Mecca Royal Clock Hotel Tower.
Reaching a colossal 600m, the tower overlooks the Kaaba,
a sacred structure in Islam.
Upon its completion, the clock tower will be the tallest in
the world, provide lodging for about 65,000 people, prayer space
for 3,800 people, and convention space.
Construction works, which began in 2004, will comprise
95 floors, with six floors constructed from fireproof sandwich
panels, and four staircases using steel elements of 100 mm
thickness. Each face of the clock is 45m wide. It will be
illuminated by 2m LED lights and embellished with 98m mosaic
glass pieces and 24 carat gold
Cranes for lifting clock tower structural components have
been provided by a range of suppliers, and among these are
several Liebherr tower cranes. Liebherr equipment was also
used to install screens weighing up to 45t to create 156,000 sq
m of additional shadow in the Piazza prayer area.
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Doha, Qatar
A group of contractors are building the Musheireb
project, which is intended to regenerate the city centre
of Doha, the nation’s capital.
The Musheireb will replace 220 city buildings with a
green, mixed use, walkway-oriented development. Car
parks will place residential vehicles underground.
The development will contain 226 buildings, house
27,637 residents, and include infrastructure works such
as a district cooling plant and a 66 KV Substation. Some
of the buildings have steel beam roof structures.
Contractors Hyundai and HBK JV have selected five
Liebherr tower cranes with capacities ranging from 200–550t to lift steel components weighing 15-20t.
The largest crane, the Liebherr 550 EC-H 40 tower crane, is configured with a 71.5 m jib and a hook height of 66 m. The 550EC-H
40 offers a maximum lifting capacity of up to 40 t and 5.7 t at maximum jib length. The 550EC-H 40 was selected because of its
lifting capacity and micro movement during beam placement, according to Liebherr. The first buildings are near completion, and rest
of the project will be completed in 2015.
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Dubai, UAE
Kele Contracting of Dubai are building the D1 tower, a
residential complex which overlooks Dubai Creek, the
Dubai, UAE saltwater water inlet that divides the city. The 80 storey D1
tower will house 529 luxury apartments, a cinema, a gym
Petron, a construction company based in Dubai, was hired and a pool. A sister development to the world’s tallest
to lift an 89t ammonia plant component to a height of 56m. residential tower, the Q1 tower on the Gold Coast in
The ammonia plant will operate in the fertiliser sector. To Australia, the D1 tower is a joint venture project between
complete the lifts, Petron hired two Liebherrs, a 400t LR Australian Sunland Group and Enshaa.
1400 crawler and a 500t LTM 1500 mobile from Al Faris Construction began in 2007 and has involved internal
equpiment rentals. A 100t tailing crane was also used. portioning works, installation of mechanical, hydraulic, fire and
The crane was configured with a ballast wagon as the electrical services and external glazing.
main crane, and an additional 100t mobile crane with Since October Kele has been using a Unic 295 spider
main boom configuration was used for tailing. The project crane with a lifting capacity of 400-500kg, supplied by GGR,
was completed in two days. for lifting the unitized glazing panels and installing the
Petron says all of its projects are engineered to meet steelwork. It was chosen over a monorail system because it
BS, ASME and DIN standards, as Petron is an ISO can fit through doors. Weighing 1.5t, the Unic 295 could also
9001:2008 certified company. The company has be transported from floor to floor using site hoists.
provided erection services for a range of industries, The mini crane was used by a range of subcontractors; to
including aluminum plants, in the Middle East since 1983. date GGR has provided 20 contractors with on-site training.

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Doing business in
turbulent times
F
rom a certain perspective it seems downturn. After the 2009 recession, $150bn in 200 construction projects.
that many Middle Eastern nations significant increases in GDP were recorded While Dubai’s investment in creating a
are in a race against time. The throughout the region (See Table) and non-oil based economy may seem to have
coming year could be crucial in shaping the forecasts made, prior to the current unrest, hit a wall, it appears the Emirate’s economy
region’s medium-term future. If described robust medium-term growth. has normalised and is poised for a return to
governments are successful in their Saudi Arabia’s economy is forecast to grow growth. It is estimated that the UAE’s non-
responses to discontent, then the short, by 3.9% in 2011, but with oil prices at the oil economy grew by 2.1% in 2010 and
medium and long-term economic future current level there seems to be significant seems on track to grow by 3.3% this year.
continues to be bright. If not, then as the up-side potential. For the third consecutive The improvements in the non-oil economy
IMF recently commented, “the unfolding year the Saudi government has outlined a reflect strong tourism, logistics and trade in
turmoil in the region poses downside risks record budget, with spending outlined at Dubai, and large public investments in Abu
to the outlook”. SAR580bn ($154bn) for 2011. Residential Dhabi. As the region’s second largest
With the Middle East and North Africa construction is a big issue and has the economy after Saudi Arabia, the UAE is also
producing over a third of the world’s oil, potential to lead to an explosion in tower benefiting from high oil prices and low
should political turmoil seriously impact the and mobile crane demand that could interest rates. Following a contraction in
region’s main oil producers, the impact on outstrip the Dubai boom. In March, King 2009, the UAE’s economy bounced back in
the global economy could be huge. Barring Abdullah unveiled benefits for Saudis worth 2010 with growth estimated at 3.2%.
such calamities, the future of the main $37bn, $15bn of which is to help his people The long-debated need for economic and
Middle Eastern economies and the market get housing loans and relieve the country’s industrial diversification, so emphatically
for cranes looks bright. With high oil prices chronic housing shortage. It’s estimated pursued in Dubai, may now be starting to
bolstering their coffers, the leading oil Saudi Arabia needs 2 million houses to be take root on a broader, more sustainable
producers have an opportunity to develop built by 2014 to keep up with a population footing. London-based Bloomberg New
infrastructure and traditional industries as that has quadrupled over the last 40 years. Energy Finance (BNEF) has concluded that
well as transition to more broadly-based Other governments, including Jordan within a couple of decades solar energy
economies, improving the living standards and Yemen, are offering concessions to could displace oil in the Gulf Region.
and skills of their populations — thus quell public discontent. Kuwait has BNEF’s believes that Saudi Arabia, Kuwait
addressing underlying social issues. The stepped up to the plate with several and the UAE could benefit more from
money is there; in January Saudi Arabia’s massive housing projects including the selling their oil than using it to generate
net foreign assets reached a record high of 36,000 house $6.3bn Khairan Project, the discounted electricity. If solar really takes
SAR1.67trn ($445bn), up nearly 9% on 2010. 5,000 house $5bn Sabah Al Ahmad Future off in the Middle East it could lead to a
But time is the enemy. City Project and the 18,000 house $3bn boom in the sale of small self-erectors,
Most Middle Eastern economies are Mutlaa Project. These are part of the knuckle booms and boom trucks.
acknowledged to have negotiated the 2008 nation’s 2010-2014 plan involving 100 ‘Green’ energy consumption was up
financial crisis very well, displaying that projects valued at $130bn. Similarly, over 5.3% in MENA in 2010. Abu Dhabi has
they had learnt lessons from the 1980s the next five years Qatar plans to invest confirmed plans to have 7% of its energy
Middle East mobile crane market One of Al Messallam’s

2008 2010 new seven axle Groves
All terrains 320 190

Rough terrains 840 205
Truck cranes
(including Chinese) 1670 430
Lattice crawlers
(including Chinese) 445 165
Boom trucks 15 33
Knucklebooms 3,500 1,500
Chortsey Barr Associates Estimates

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Darwish Bin Ahmed’s range of locally Scheme, DAS is providing free-of-charge

mounted Manitex boom trucks inspection of cranes at its customer’s
jobsites from Azerbaijan to Morocco. “We
recently sold a fleet of Terex cranes to the
heavy crane division of SOCAR (the State
Oil Company of Azerbaijan) for use by
Tefken. They purchased three Terex-
Bendini 60t A600s RTs, a 30t RC 30 RT, a
160t AC 160 and 250t AC 250 all terrain and
five Terex-Comedil Towers. This year we
expect to sell over 100 new cranes, and we
have already passed 50% of our target in
the first quarter.”
With the recent downturn impacting the
domestic workload of contractors and
needs provided by renewables by 2020. massive spending on civil engineering on equipment manufacturers in North
Arabian Construction Company (ACC) was transportation infrastructure, utilities and America, Europe and Japan, the world has
recently awarded a $204m contract for work public works. And in both rail and port rushed to the emerging markets, causing
on Abu Dhabi’s carbon-neutral Masdar City development, the investments are huge. To even-more intense price competition.
project. Meanwhile, Hashim Bin Abdullah date, announced railway projects are Middle East crane demand has yet to
Yamani, president of King Abdullah City for valued at $106.2bn. recover to anything approaching pre-
Atomic and Renewable Energy (KA-CARE) At the end of March Abu Dhabi Ports recession demand. While the tumble in
recently stated that, “Saudi Arabia has Co. (ADPC) awarded its third major crane demand in 2009 impacted all suppliers,
decided to make use of alternative energy contract for Khalifa Port, planned to be one numerically it was the Chinese suppliers
resources such as atomic energy, solar of the largest in the world. The latest crane who took the biggest hit with sales of their
energy, geothermal energy and wind contract, worth AED193m ($52.4m), was small, low-cost truck cranes and small-to-
energy”. awarded to China’s ZPMC for six Super mid size crawler cranes dipping
Near-term, Saudi Arabia’s power needs Post Panamax ship-to-shore cranes. This dramatically. In 2008 the only strong-selling
are forecast to rise at a rate of 8% per follows recent contracts awarded since last non-Chinese truck crane was the highly-
annum, and triple over the next 15-20 years November to Terex for 20 Terex-Noell SC popular 55t Tadano GT 550EX which
from today’s annual usage of 40 gigawatts. 624E diesel-electric one-over-one straddle accounted for approximately 50% of all non-
Region-wide, Siemens, ABB Ltd and carriers valued at AED84m ($22.9m) and to Chinese truck crane sales of all sizes. Of
Alstrom are pursuing opportunities as Konecranes for 30 automated stacking the Chinese suppliers, XCMG was truly
governments add infrastructure. cranes valued at AED430m ($117m). dominant in the truck crane field with over
The oil and gas sector is not being As has been the case for some forty 70% of exports, followed by Zoomlion with
overlooked. In 2009 the world’s largest oil years, Turkish contractors remain a major a share of almost 25%. In the crawler crane
company, Saudi Aramco, completed work force in the Middle East. The ability of arena Sany was China’s top exporter with
on its largest ever capital programme, these contractors to compete with their some 36% of exports followed by FUWA
worth $100bn . Now Aramco and international rivals depends not just on with 32%.
petrochemical producer Saudi Basic price, but quality and on-time completions. Looking at the 2010 statistics, it’s
Industries Corp (Sabic) plan to invest a In the more inhospitable regions, predictable that the sales of new cranes in
further $100bn in hydrocarbon projects by sophisticated product support remains a these mainstream categories would be
the end of 2015. Aramco – which is also challenge for all equipment suppliers and remain weak, given the large fleet of
one of the region’s largest crane owners for many Turkish international contractors cranes lying idle in most regional markets.
with over 300 mobile crane of which more have come to rely upon Terex’s Turkish Of course tower crane sales have been
than 250 are Groves - has confirmed plans distributor DAS Otomotive. especially hard hit with utilization rates in
to spend $70.1bn on oil-related assets DAS has established strong relationships many markets, especially Dubai, now very
including $19.8bn to develop new sources with leading contractors such as ENKA, low. Last year less than 500 new tower
of crude and keep output at current levels. Gama and Tekfen that have a significant cranes were exported directly to the
Jointly, Aramco and Sabic will invest footprint through the Middle East, Central Middle East by European manufacturers -
$50.3bn to expand refining capacity and Asia and Eastern Europe. DAS have over a with all but a handful of these being top-
develop petrochemical projects. dozen service technicians provides local slewers.
All of this investment means crane work. support to its customers even in very Utilization is improving but has some
But naturally building power plants, sub- remote regions where support is normally way to go. Of course this is not such a
stations, oil and petrochemical facilities, poor-to-nonexistant. Managing Director problem for larger-sized mobile cranes
apartment blocks, etc also generates Kerim Basakinci says that under its “CARE” where the local population is quite small.

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Certainly sales of second-hand cranes are success in Kuwait along with a fleet of 60t Lifting, which has branches in the UAE,
filling some of the demand but many of the Terex A 600s. Jordan and Saudi. To date the company
leading regional crane rental companies Cargotec’s Hiab introduced its model has retailed five units in Dubai including a
prefer to offer their customers the quality 310L built for the Saudi and Qatar markets top-of-the line model 705 offering 6.0t
and assurance of new cranes. to deliver bricks to 4- and 5-storey capacity at 3m and a maximum boom
A recent example was Liebherr’s sale of apartment buildings. Last year Hiab was length of 19.2m. The company’s rental fleet
the first 1,200t capacity LTM 11200-9.1 in also successful in winning an order for 95 has proven a real success with ten units
Saudi Arabia to Arabian Consolidated loaders and cargo-bodies for the Ministry of now available and only one of these
Trading based in Jubail. Meanwhile Saudi’s Electricity, Iraq. currently off-rent. By far the most popular
Awad Bin Quraya recently ordered nine Similarly innovative has been Manitex’ model is the Unic 295 offering 2.9t capacity
Liebherr All Terrains of between 50 and approach to this market. Thanks to Abu @ 1.4m radius and boom lengths up to
500t capacity for delievery between April Dhabi-based Darwish Bin Ahmed & Sons 8.65m. While most of the Unics have been
and December this year. Bin Quraya now Group, who represent Manitex throughout employed on high-rise glass handling
has a fleet of some 220 mobile cranes that the UAE and Saudi, Manitex has achieved a applications, the range of applications is
includes large numbers of 50t Tadano truck level of success with boom trucks never gradually expanding as the potential of
cranes and rough terrains, Hitachi crawler before accomplished in the Middle East. these small cranes becomes appreciated.
cranes, Liebherr and Grove all terrains. MAN distributor Darwish worked with While the upper end of the scale may
Al-Messallam of Riyadh recently ordered Manitex to engineer the mounting of the not be strong, opportunities are opening up.
a 450t GMK 7450 as well as two of the new cranes to allow it to furnish full product Kobelco’s Mike Maruo sees the Middle East
long-boom GMK 6300L 300t ATs. Similarly support for the entire boom truck. The crawler crane market improving by about
Oman-based heavy-lift specialist Sinan 40USt (36t) Manitex model 40100, 30USt 10% this year and with real recovery
Heavy Lift Lift selected the GMK 7450 to 30100C and specialized 28USt Model 2892 starting at the end of 2011 or early in 2012.
join an existing fleet including two 300t Wireline model are all mounted on 6x6 Enquiry levels especially from Saudi and
GMK 6300s, two 220t GMK 5220s, a 100t wheel drive MAN trucks with super single Abu Dhabi have picked up but the pace is
GMK 4100L and several RTs topping out on-off-road tyres. Darwish has validated still slow. Maruo expects Middle Eastern
with the 120t RT 9130E. All these units the suitability of the concept with construction of new industrial plants to
were sold and are supported by local Grove purchases of almost 60 units of six different peak in 2013-14, providing the next major
distributor, Arabian Crane Services who has models between December 2008 and the driver to crawler sales.
had some success with National trucks. end of 2010. Following the sale of a 750t capacity LR
For many years now the rough terrain Another niche that is being exploited by 1750 crawler crane to the Bahrain-based
cranes of Terex’s former Bendini arm have Unic distributor GGR is the growing Sarens-Naas joint venture, at the end of last
sold very well throughout the Middle East, demand for minicrawlers. In 2009 GGR year a 350t LR 1350 joined the fleet of
not least by Turkey’s DAS Otomotive. The established a joint-venture, GGR Gulf, in Amman, Jordan-based Abdullah Al Jiburi
new 90t (100USt) RT 100 has already won partnership with Orientals Specialist General Contracting Co for use on the Basra
Sports Complex project in Iraq. And while
A CC2800 sold to Hareket Nakliyat by Al-Jaber’s 3,200t capacity Terex CC 8800-1
DAS Otomotive, getting ready for a job TWIN currently remains the largest crane
in Azerbaijan owned by a local company, it will soon be
joined in the Emirates by ALE’s 4,300t
capacity SK.190 crane. ALE recently added
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between its Gottwald MK 1500 and SK.190,
of which a second unit is now in build. The
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transport pieces for the SK.190 to lift.
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Seizing the opportunity

Abu Dhabi’s Manitowoc Potain dealer NFT Cranes has responded to Dubai’s construction crisis by
entering new markets and end user sectors. Will North spoke to managing director Nabil Al Zahlawi
A
l Zahlawi came into the business company, in terms of tower crane capacity. is there to be built in Dubai?’ So, we have
of selling tower cranes from NFT considers its team to be field experts, to look to other markets.
working as a technician. He with experience of top prestigious projects. “We want to aim for about 20–30%
says, “I’ve worked in tower cranes since It says it offers a wide range of products growth per year, based on our expansion
1974, and formed NFT in 1980. I worked including the world’s smallest to largest in overseas markets. In Dubai, we
on the technical side first, erecting and Manitowoc Potain tower cranes and the expanded three times over in three years.
troubleshooting for Potain. In 1979, I world’s fastest PEGA Hoist, with a speed of But then, we suffered for some time from
moved into sales and marketing. NFT was 120m/min and capacity of 3.2t. With thirty the drop in business. We don’t want to
based in Saudi Arabia for 15 years, until years of experience, it has a growing asset risk that again. We had to move cranes
1995. That year, I decided to expand the base of 650 Manitowoc Potain tower cranes from the Emirates to Saudi Arabia and
business and move to the Emirates, in in the GCC, with 300 more around the elsewhere. We had two big projects in
order to cover more countries. We’ve been world, and 200 hoists from GJJ/Orbit and Riyadh, which helped us survive: the
the main dealer for Potain in the Gulf for Pega. With branches around the world, it Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman
25 years; we deal only with Potain. says it is growing with unrivalled University, which took 150 cranes, and the
“We’re a specialist company offering momentum. King Abdullah Financial District, which
turnkey jobs, cranes with operators. We For a few years, business in Dubai was took 100 cranes.”
offer a choice of rental or sale and as good as anyone could wish for. Al As well as looking back to NFT’s origins
buyback. We also offer reconditioning of Zahlawi says, “During the boom, we in Saudi Arabia, Al Zahlawi is looking
customers’ secondhand cranes.” caught an opportunity to sell and rent. further afield. He says, “Recently, we’ve
Today, NFT Cranes is widely recognised We were importing from 500–600 cranes a moved into working in the Far East, in
as one of the world’s leading tower crane year. We caught a lot of the best and most markets like Singapore and Hong Kong.
companies. It claims to be the world’s prestigious jobs in the area. We’re also working in Central Asia, in
biggest tower crane supplier and rental “Today, people are asking, ‘What else countries like Azerbaijan, and have a base

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in Ethiopia, from where we are also

delivering cranes to other African countries.
“In Azerbaijan, we’re supplying
passenger hoists for a residential project,
and then tower cranes for some other
projects. The business model of Dubai
has moved to Azerbaijan, mainly around
Baku. We can take our experience here
and use it in other places like that.
“Iran is a promising market for us.
We’re also in the Far East and Africa,
which is new for us. We’ve been working
there for a year now. We’re renting about
40-50 new cranes in Singapore.”
Al Zahlawi is also expanding his
business into new end user sectors, both
large and small. On the large end, he is
focussing on energy-related jobs, using
some of Potain’s biggest cranes. He says,
“This year, we have started to put cranes
in the oil and gas sector. We have about
25 cranes on a project in Abu Dhabi. It’s a
new sector for tower cranes. They’re
being used for erection and mechanical
work.
“We offered a tower with 70m radius radius. The MD1100’s normal maximum a few jobs for self-erectors. They’re small,
and 3t at the jib end. That’s comparable lift is 40t, but it can go higher, to 50t. quick, fast, cranes. They’re good for
to a 250t mobile crane. The crane’s new “There are three nuclear power plants building projects taking two or three
variable frequency drive gives inch coming up in Abu Dhabi. These cranes months. They were previously unknown
precision for placing loads. will go for jobs likes this.” to this market. We’ve got eight units
“We have three Manitowoc special Tower cranes, Al Zahlawi believes, can coming. You can erect them in a few
application MD1100 tower cranes compete with mobiles in the Gulf as well minutes, so they are good for small
available, and may go up to six to eight at the low capacity end of the market as at housing projects and villas, where they
units in future. These can lift 7t at 90m the high end. He explains, “ We’ve found can replace a mobile crane.”
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Big, bigger, biggest

As the world’s petroleum
reserves dwindle, oil and gas
platform operators need larger
rigs to work further offshore
and drill deeper. ALE gave
Kevin Walsh a sneak peek at its
new Mega Jack system, which
will help assemble these rigs.
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LE started life in 1983 as
Abnormal Load Engineering, a
comparatively small Staffordshire-
based service engineering company that
worked with utility firms and electrical
goods manufacturers. While its official
moniker has shortened, the company itself
has grown into a global operation focused
on the transportation and lifting of
extraordinary loads.
For decades the transportation and
heavy lifting specialist has had a strong
presence across diverse industries from
power generation and mining to
shipbuilding.
Most notably though, the company
regards itself as a world-leading
contractor in the offshore petroleum
sector, as it routinely handles the
transportation and load-out of oil and gas of lifting and installing these bigger a 5,000t jacking unit, more powerful than
platforms prior to offshore rig assembly. modules; you have to do it by means of a anything currently on the market, was the
And it is in this most promising sector float-over, which always involves a jack-up only way to go to support current rig
for the lifting equipment industry that operation. We didn’t feel any of the assembly techniques for topsides.
ALE intends to forge ahead of its jacking systems currently available would Kompier continues: “From that point
competitors with its new Mega Jack be able to meet the changing our basic idea was to develop a 20,000t
system for lifting oil and gas platform requirements of the market as modules capacity jacking system, which consists of
modules weighing several tens of get bigger and bigger.” four towers of 5,000t each, that had a safe
thousands of tonnes. Back in 2005 the size of investment operational jacking height of 40m.”
ALE engineers first gave the idea needed to tap into deposits of petroleum ALE’s design for the Mega Jack is fairly
serious thought around six years ago as located deep beneath the ocean floor simplistic. The system uses a minimum of
they realised that developments in the made deepwater drilling operations four jacking bases, each one containing
petroleum industry would necessitate commercially pointless. four 1,300t capacity hydraulic jacks with
bigger and bigger rigs. However the inexorable rise in oil 1.25mm stroke lengths.
Executive director for ALE in the prices due to scarcity, exacerbated by the Above these are two starter beams,
Netherlands, Kees Kompier, explains: “In financial crisis, meant that petroleum’s which are eventually jacked up to allow
the early days the installation work was commodity value was always destined to placement of the jacking beams below.
done by cranes. We were seeing a long- outweigh the investment cost of Initially these starter beams lie with
term need for increasingly bigger decks, deepwater drilling. each end inserted through temporary
but offshore lifting vessels are not capable For ALE this meant that investment in supports, which hold the load during

Heavy lift | Sector report
insertion of each jacking beam, which are

situated on top of each hydraulic jack.
When the starter beams are raised and
held above the temporary supports by the
hydraulic jacks, the supports, which are
open on two parallel vertical sides, rotate
on a turntable so that the closed sides lie
at a right angle to the starter beams and
thereby support the load.
At this point the hydraulic jacks are
retracted to allow the insertion of two
jacking beams through the open side of
the supports, via two of four separate
feed-in systems attached to the base.
As with the starter beams these
jacking beams are jacked up, and the
supports rotate to hold the load while
aligning their open sides with the other
two feed-in systems.
In this manner a freestanding four-
sided tower is formed at each corner bigger decks we would like to have raised, as different combinations of towers
below the load until it reaches the capacity of 30,000t or 40,000t or 50,000t. can be used. For instance a platform deck
required height. Can you support us?’ so we started to look with an uneven centre of gravity may
Initially, this target height was 40m for at our system and develop it further.” require two 5,000t jacking towers and two
a 20,000t load, but after consultation with “Now it’s actually a combination of 10,000t towers to account for this.
its client base in the offshore petroleum three types of tower, the 5,000t tower, the This also adds to the system’s ease of
sector, ALE realised they could take the 10,000t tower and a 15,000t tower.” transportation, as the Mega Jack can be
Mega Jack further. Each of these higher capacity towers disassembled and containerised for world-
“After we started marketing it to our essentially consists of two or more 5,000t wide transport.
clients they came back to us and we had a base units combined. “In Korea they are constructing decks
chat about the possibilities,” explains This modular system design provides a now up to 35,000t and 40,000t,” says
Kompier. “They said to us ‘it’s nice to great deal of flexibility when tailoring the Kompier. “China is busy developing those
have this 5,000t capacity, but on the jacking system to the particular load being kinds of decks also, so there’s several

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Above: The 19,400t Gazpot topside on

ALE’s existing hydraulic skid system
Left: CAD model of a 5,000t Mega Jack

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which the Mega Jack may be used
places where they are being built now. If The temporary supports are capable of “With this system in place we can do
you give the engineers the possibility to holding the entire load, plus wind loadings the whole project for our clientele. The
build bigger they’re going do it.” for extended periods of time if necessary. only thing that was missing was the jack
Another development to come out of And judging by one theoretical case up system, so now they can have only one
ALE’s conversations with its clients was study Kompier refers to where a 38,000t subcontractor to talk to who can give
the need to engineer flexibility into the load is lifted 35m by the Mega Jack, the them the whole package of pulling the
size of the tower, for jobs where a minimal system could easily withstand additional load-out, skidding the load-out and
tower footprint is required. wind loadings of 50m/s at that height. ballasting during the load-out and float-
The standard base section dimensions All of this data during each jacking over operations.”
are 5m x 5m, but similar lifting capacities operation will be collected by a specially ALE is currently assembling the first
can be achieved with the Mega Jack using designed control room on the Mega Jack, Mega Jack system and plans to finish
2.5m long jacking beams, cutting the which will automatically monitor and testing in May. The initial Mega Jack will
footprint of a jacking base down to a provide precision control for every be a four-tower system that should be
quarter of its standard size. movement of the process. ready for commercial use by December.
At this point ALE says the Mega Jack With all data collected in the control But this does not mean that ALE has
is capable of lifting 40,000t weights safely room, its computer system will perform finished tinkering with its new product.
to a height of 25m, but they are working simulations using information about the While experimenting with different
on lifting large topsides as high as 50m. current deck height, wind speed, ground tower combinations, pushing for greater
With such enormous stresses on the settlement, and whether the tower is jacking heights, and attempting to lift
jacking system, one of the most difficult being erected 100% vertically to even greater loads, ALE is also planning
challenges in the system’s development determine safe parameters for working. to add skidding beams to the system.
has been minimising risk during operation Although a working version of the ALE believes the particularly high
when strong winds pick up during lifting. Mega Jack system has yet to be stability of the system lends itself to the
Kompier says the fundamental design constructed, following the input from integration of skidding beams into the
of the system confers exceptional stability various client companies, ALE is very jacking system to provide the option of
on the system, which can allow it to confident that the system will have a skidding raised modules into place.
withstand extremely high additional significant impact on the market. According to Kompier, such future
loadings, even mid-jacking. ALE Executive director Ronald developments could see the Mega Jack’s
“That is the great thing about the Hoefmans, who has also worked on the use widen from offshore platform
system,” comments Kompier. “Due to the Mega Jack’s design said: “We expect a assembly to many other applications.
huge stability it has, the safety of the good market for it and we are confident in “I can see it jacking up bridges prior to
whole operation is so great that if that market. We’re in contact with a lot of floating, that could be an option. We’re
something happens, like wind gusts clients who are very happy with this new looking at ship conversions, small
starting up and we have huge wind loads, system because they can now build big shipyards. For the moment offshore is the
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of waiting, the stability is still there.” system that can pick them up.” never know in our business.”■

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E: info@hellmich-kranservice.de T: (+45) 44949048 T: 1-877-877-6778 HOOKS AND SLINGS
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F: + 1 418 656 6877
Mammoet Trading E: cailliere@ecl-services.com Mammoet Trading
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637 W: www.ecl-services.ca T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637
T: +65 6269 0022 F: +31 10 204 24 42 F: +31 10 204 24 42
F: +65 6367 1917 E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com G E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg W: www.mammoettrading.com W: www.mammoettrading.com
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F: 0031 162 68 6262 E: sales@nrcplant.co.uk Bofo Oy
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E: sales@vemacrane.com W:www.nrcplant.co.uk
F: +358 8 211 8333 T: 0049-7941-8325
W: www.vemacrane.com
Promech Resources Co. Ltd E: sales@rkt.fi F: 0049-7941-37994
E: krah@Lift-systems.de
C T: 00(662) 7171406-7
F: 00(662) 7171408
W: www.rkt.fi
W: www.Lift-systems.de
CHAIN & CHAIN SLINGS E: sales@promechresources.com H L
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W: www.promechresources.com LIFTING EQUIPMENT
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T: +46 220 384 00 Sarens UK Limited (Middlesbrough) Carl Stahl GmbH
F: +46 220 384 98 PVE Cranes Middle East LLC Cranes up to 1200 Tonne T: +49 7162 4007 3000
E: export@gunnebolifting.com T: +971 4 271 9138 T: +44 (0)1642 621621 F: +49 7162 4007 8830
W: www.gunneboindustries.com F: +971 4 271 9236 F: +44 (0)1642 621620 E: carlstahl@carlstahl.com
E: info@pvecranes.com E: info@sarens.co.uk W: www.carlstahl.com
CONTROL DEVICES
W: www.pvecranes.com HEAVY STRUT JIB CRANES
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Sarens UK Limited (Middlesbrough) T: +46 220 384 00
T: +46 (0)241 250 00 PVE Cranes & Services BV
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F: +46 (0)241 232 99 T: +31 184 425 949
T: +44 (0)1642 621621 E: export@gunnebolifting.com
E: sales@akerstroms.se F: +31 184 424 820 W: www.gunneboindustries.com
F: +44 (0)1642 621620
W: www.akerstroms.com E: info@pvecranes.com E: info@sarens.co.uk
W: www.pvecranes.com LIFTING FORGINGS
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T: +44 (0)1264 811005 T: +1 904 354 1940 Cranes up to 1000 Tonne F: +34 943889572
F: +44 (0)1264 810600 F: +1 904 354 1942 T: +44 (0)1642 621621 E: irizar@forjas-irizar.com
E: mats@sarumhardwood.co.uk E: info@pvecranes.com F: +44 (0)1642 621620 salmon@forjas-irizar.com
W: www.sarumhardwood.co.uk W: www.pvecranes.com E: info@sarens.co.uk W: www.forjas-irizar.com

Contact Kate Hearn +44 (0)20 8269 7743 or khearn@worldmarketintelligence.com The Buyers’ Guide
M RECRUITMENT TOWER CRANES (LUFFING JIB) TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT

Tradehouse Int. A/S Mammoet Trading
MATERIAL HANDLING T: +31 10 204 25 85 / 204 2637
T: +45 3966 1866
F: +45 3966 1065 F: +31 10 204 24 42
4U Recruitment Limited E: info@tradehouse.dk E: mammoet.trading@mammoet.com
T: +44 (0) 1443 719000 W: www.tradehouse.dk W: www.mammoettrading.com
Carl Stahl GmbH F: +44 (0) 1443 439488 TOWER CRANES (LUFFING JIB) TRUCK CRANES
T: +49 7162 4007 3000 M: +44 (0) 7809 397939 NEW AND USED
F: +49 7162 4007 8830 W: www.4urecruitment.co.uk
E: carlstahl@carlstahl.com Nouman Fouad Trading
W: www.crane-jobs.com
T: 00 971-2-6730778
W: www.carlstahl.com TAT HONG HeavyEquipment
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MOBILE CRANES E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae T: +65 6269 0022
W: www.nftcrane.com F: +65 6367 1917
A Soulis Enterprises E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
TOWER CRANES (SADDLE JIB) W: www.tathong.com
T: +357 24 64 24 30
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T: +34 943 448800
E: asoulis@spidernet.com.cy
F: +34 943 448820 Promech Resources Co. Ltd
W: www.soulis-cranes.com.cy E: tlc@ikusi.com T: 00(662) 7171406-7
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TAT HONG HeavyEquipment USED CRANES
Hineman Crane Sales Ltd T: +65 6269 0022
T: 01794 322777 Multi-Crane International B.V.
F: +65 6367 1917
T: +31 172 440481
M: 07785 291922 E: lewis@tathong.com.sg
F: +31 172 442340
F: 01794 322070 W: www.tathong.com
E: info@multi-crane.com Australian Crane &
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S T: 61.3.9357.7524
Promech Resources Co. Ltd F: 61.3.9357.7521
SAFE LOAD INDICATION T: 00(662) 7171406-7 M: 0412.583.330
F: 00(662) 7171408 W: www.australiancrane.com.au
TAT HONG HeavyEquipment E: sales@promechresources.com
T: +65 6269 0022 or mtwi@ksc.th.com
W: www.promechresources.com
W
F: +65 6367 1917 PAT Kruger systems Ltd
T: +44 1889 580 101 WINCHES
E: lewis@tathong.com.sg TOWER CRANES (SADDLE JIB)
W: www.tathong.com F: +44 1889 585 885 NEW AND USED
E: info@pat-kruger.co.uk Nouman Fouad Trading
P W: www.pat-kruger.nl T: 00 971-2-6730778
F: 00 971-2-6730434
Huchez S.A.S.
SHEAVES T: +33 3445 11133
PARTS & COMPONENTS E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae
F: +33 344 511313
W: www.nftcrane.com
E: contact@huchez.fr
TOWER CRANES (SELF ERECTING) W: www.huchez.fr
Forjas Irizar SL
American Crane and
T: +34 943880936
Equipment Corporation F: +34 943889572
T: 1-877-877-6778 E: irizar@forjas-irizar.com Machine Trading International Rotzler GmbH + Co. KG
F: 610-385-3191 salmon@forjas-irizar.com T: 00352 2674 5480 T: +49 (0) 7627 701-0
E: sales@americancrane.com W: www.forjas-irizar.com F: 00352 2674 5483 F: +49 (0) 7627 701-166
W: www.americancrane.com E: Mtilux@aol.com E: info@rotzler.de
SPARE PARTS W: www.mti-lux.com W: www.rotzler.com
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Australian Crane &
Multi-Crane International B.V.
Machinery Pty. Ltd Carl Stahl GmbH
T: +31 172 440481
T: 61.3.9357.7524 T: +49 7162 4007 3000
F: +31 172 442340
F: 61.3.9357.7521 F: +49 7162 4007 8830
E: info@multi-crane.com
Åkerströms Björbo AB E: carlstahl@carlstahl.com
M: 0412.583.330 W: www.multi-crane.com
T: +46 (0)241 250 00 W: www.carlstahl.com
W: www.australiancrane.com.au
F: +46 (0)241 232 99 Tradehouse Int. A/S
E: sales@akerstroms.se T T: +45 3966 1866
F: +45 3966 1065
W: www.akerstroms.com
TOWER CRANES (LUFFING JIB) E: info@tradehouse.dk
W: www.tradehouse.dk
TOWER CRANES (SELF ERECTING)
NEW AND USED
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T: +33 (0)4 76 41 44 00 T: 00352 2674 5480 T: 00 971-2-6730778
F: +33 (0)4 76 41 44 44 F: 00352 2674 5483 F: 00 971-2-6730434
E: com@jay-electronique.fr E: Mtilux@aol.com E: nftuae@emirates.net.ae
W: www.jay-electronique.fr W: www.mti-lux.com W: www.nftcrane.com

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In our fleet Norway World’s biggest
block
Nordic Crane Group
The world’s largest rope block for a land-
Nordic Crane Group was set up exactly based crane has been completed and will
three years ago. The Stangeland and be tested in the coming month, according
Kynningsrud families came together to form to its manufacturer, the Dutch firm
this holding company on a 50:50 ownership RopeBlock. The 108t rope block was
basis for both families, and the names of the created for the Sarens megalifting SGC-
companies in the group have all changed to 120 ringer crane.
reflect this. Moving into the market for big
It is approximately 700km between modular lifts, the 120,000tm SGC-120 can
where these two families are based, use its six winches, twin booms and
Stangeland from Stavanger on the West specially designed ropeblock to lift a
coast and Kynningsrud from Halden on the maximum of 3,200t. It can lift 600t at a
eastern border. Since the families joined, radius of 100m.
we cover the south coast of Sweden, from Despite the size of the crane its
Malmo up to Gothenburg, and the whole components, rope block included, can be
coastline of Norway. We have over 30 transported in standard 20ft and 40 ft
locations in Norway and Sweden, but we shipping containers.
will work anywhere in Scandinavia our RopeBlock said the engineering of the
customers want us to go. block was ‘extensive’. When the design
The Norwegian oil market is mainly based from Stavanger all the way up the coast to and components were finally ready, the
the very north, and the Stangeland site was already in that market. Both families were block was assembled outside RopeBlock’s
looking to grow and needed more equipment to handle demand from the oil industry, plant in Oldenzaal.
both in Norway and Sweden. This also allowed us to bid for bigger jobs. The hook has five sheaves on each of
We work all across the construction industry, oil and gas sectors predominantly, but its six housings. The housings fit a total
there’s nothing that we won’t do. We have our own engineering company, Nordic Crane of 30 falls of wire ropes with a diameter of
Engineering, we have Nordic Crane installation in Sweden. We also have the company 50mm each. The modular block may be
Nordic Crane Wind, based 150km south of Gothenburg in Sweden, which has two of our configured for various capacities over
largest cranes, two 750t Liebherr LTM 1750s. 1,200t following removal of two sheave
We have two 600t Demag CC 2800s and 4 500t mobile cranes, a mixture of Liebherrs housings in the middle of the block. It
and Demags, in Nordic Crane Wind, with a few more 500 tonners elsewhere in the group. can lift using a general hook or two
Wind power projects are not as numerous in Norway yet as they are in Sweden; there double hooks in cast steel.
we do quite a lot of work involving wind power. Sarens has commenced the reeving
In total, following the recent merger with TO Bull, we have approximately 500 and load testing on delivery of the block,
vehicles, 350 cranes ranging from 750t to 30t, 50 lorry loaders and the rest are split using the hook to lift 625t at a 120m
between heavy transports and ordinary transports. radius on the full main boom.
Most of our cranes are German made, so we have mainly Liebherr, Demag, Faun or
Grove cranes. We also have six or seven Sennebogens for loading and unloading. We
have several crawler cranes, eight of which were purchased last year as part of a merger,
plus two LTR 1100s we gained from the acquisition of TO Bull. There are two Demag
CC2800s, the LR 1300 300t crawler, a 280t crawler, and six 100t telescopic crawlers.
The whole company is just three years old, so we have done a lot in that time. When
you have just bought a company the big job is to get synergy out of the whole group.
2010 was difficult, partially because the crane lorries have taken the market
completely up to 80t mobile crane capacity class. So for
the overall construction market it’s narrower, from 80t to
200t, that’s the range of cranes that they need mostly.
On the investment side, of course we see what is
necessary, but now we are bigger we can move
machines between companies in the group to where they
are needed and get maximum synergy. That is what we
are working on now.
Trond Helge Skretting, managing director

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