Site Reports

Newcastle, UK-based industrial lifting and testing company, Lift-Rite Engineering Services, has developed a client specific, bespoke solution for the testing of capstan winches following their installation at a UK naval base. The capstan winches, which will be used to support the mooring of naval vessels at the naval base, require extensive testing of both foundations […]

Ainscough Crane Hire has continued its long-standing work with the wind sector by installing new turbines at a wind farm in Scotland. Turbine installation specialist, Fairwind, appointed Ainscough Crane Hire to undertake the installation of two Vestas V117 3MW turbines at Drumclair Wind Farm. This project presented a unique set of challenges, requiring meticulous planning, […]

Dutch infrastructure company, Hollandia Services, has used Enerpac cube jacks to complete the renovation of the bridge section of the Boekhorstbrug, Den Haag, Netherlands. The cube jacks allowed Hollandia to remove the bridge in an innovative and easy way, enabling refurbishment work away from the site and minimising disruption to the local community. Enerpac cube […]

Founded in 1995 in the city of Ribeirão Preto in South-East Brazil, Movequip offers its customers a complete portfolio of intelligent material flow solutions using high-tech lifting and handling systems. Movequip has been Verlinde’s partner since 2023. As a specialist of Big Bags loading and storage optimisation, Movequip markets lifting equipment that is extremely safe […]

A 308t historic lift of WWII dry dock gate was Lifted from the Brisbane River, Australia  using Modulift below-the-hook spreader beams. Modulift spreader beams have played a pivotal role in an extraordinary lift in the Brisbane River, Australia, where East Coast Cranes and Tutt Bryant Heavy Lift and Shift successfully removed a historic World War […]

Verton’s SP30 Rotational Control Stabiliser for Spreader Bars Succeeds in Woodside’s Subsea Pipe-Laying Project. Verton’s innovative crane spreader bar stabilisation and rotational control technology successfully completed the task set by Spliethoff Group in their pipe lifting operations for Woodside’s $12.5 billion Scarborough Energy Project. Woodside Energy is developing the Scarborough natural gas field, located in the […]

ESM Energie- und Schwingungstechnik Mitsch GmbH (ESM) from Heppenheim, Germany, specialises in the field of vibration technology. The innovative rubber/metal compounds produced by ESM are used in wind energy plants all over the world and are an important part of the energy transition. Vetter Krantechnik contribute to this having supplied several ErgoLine light-weight crane systems […]

Star Platforms Support East Anglia’s Largest Mural Project ‘From Ipswich with Love’. In partnership with the Wild Walls Festival, Star Platforms has supported an ambitious public art project at the University of Suffolk, UK, facilitating what is now the largest mural in East Anglia. Covering 640sqm and entitled ‘From Ipswich with Love’ the mural was […]

Specialist lifting equipment manufacturer, Modulift is facilitating civil engineering installation works at Hinkley Point C. One milestone moment saw the 730t reactor cavity precast pool installed with Modulift underslung beams and “Big Carl,” the world’s largest crane. This marks a significant step towards the UK’s first new nuclear power station in over a generation. BYLOR, […]

A Modulift CMOD 24 has been used to lift iconic supercars at the prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed. As an internationally renowned motorsport event, Goodwood marks a significant date in the diary for car enthusiasts, attracting around 200,000 visitors each year to its location in West Sussex, UK. The supercar lifts were carried out by […]