by Crane Market | Jul 28, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News
Family-owned Bay Area crane company moves into its second century with a global reach All around the San Francisco Bay Area, Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. has contributed significantly to many of the region’s iconic structures. In the 1930s, the now 100-year-old...
by Crane Market | Jul 20, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
Palfinger Marine said Monday it has delivered two fixed boom type platform cranes for use at the 8-MW Formosa Phase 1 offshore wind project in Taiwan, marking its entry into the Asian offshore wind crane market. Two PF 8000 fixed boom type platform cranes were...
by Crane Market | Jul 14, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News
In Secunda, South Africa, Sasol was in the process of replacing the tar separator tanks at its coal-to-liquids facility. During this replacement operation, the facility had to remain in production. The heavily congested plant proved such a challenge, that the...
by Crane Market | Jul 14, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
The SunCoke Energy Partners’ Convent Marine Terminal (CMT) in Convent, La., is one of the largest export terminals in the U.S Golf Coast, providing strategic access to seaborne markets for coal and other industrial materials. Since acquiring the facility in...
by Crane Market | Jul 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News, Offshore News
ALE Heavy Lift has performed the first load-out for the Wikinger Offshore Wind Farm Project in Ferrol, Spain. The jacket weighed 625t and was loaded-out using SPMTs and a Demag CC 8800-1 crawler crane. ALE has been contracted to perform a total of 58 land...
by Crane Market | Jul 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Equipment Rental News
Deep South Crane & Rigging (Deep South) won the 2016 Houston Business Roundtable (HBR) ‘Best of the Best’ Contractor Safety Excellence Award in the Crane & Rigging Support category, recognizing its exemplary safety performance and model safety program. Deep...