Shipping solutions

≈The use of aerial work platforms in a salty environment requires effective protection against splashes of seawater, shellfish or other residues on the machine’s dashboard. Manitou Group’s “Special Solutions” department created a tailor-made solution for a customer using an aerial work platform to wash boat hulls. To protect this dashboard, also known as a console, […]

10/01/2024 - 12:44 pm

OZ Lifting Chain Hoists Lower $250k Car

Winona, Minnesota-based Oz Lifting Products LLC provided equipment for a rig that lowered a $250k Lucid Air Sapphire electric car at Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The vehicle was centre of a holiday-season display in the jewellery section of the store, which is below street level. Getting it there took an overnight operation that involved four […]

09/01/2024 - 14:42 pm

Floating a great lifting solution

A family-owned company, Thunderbird Products, produces the world-renowned lines of Formula Boats. With a long-established philosophy of uncompromising quality in every detail, Formula is recognised as one of the world’s premier powerboat manufacturers, producing fiberglass boats from 24 to 50ft in length. Bohl Crane, which has been an R&M Materials Handling Master Distributor for more […]

03/01/2024 - 12:25 pm

Plug Power completes first installation of Electrolyzer at Amazon

Plug Power Inc, a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, completed the installation and commissioning of an electrolyzer system at an Amazon fulfilment centre in Aurora, Colorado, USA. The one-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane electrolyzer is the first for Amazon and is producing low-carbon hydrogen to fuel more than 225 […]

03/01/2024 - 10:55 am

Tandem-lifting hoist for Environment Agency

Hoist & Winch Ltd recently supplied a special tandem-lifting hoist system as part of improvements to the UK’s Environment Agency flood defence assets at Taplow Weir on the Jubilee Relief Channel in Maidenhead, UK. It is an 11.6km asset that reduces flood risk to 3200 properties by diverting water from the River Thames when flows […]

07/11/2023 - 16:27 pm

Nordic Crane expands heavy lift capability

Leading Nordic lifting company, Nordic Crane, has expanded its heavy lifting capability with the addition of an Enerpac JS-250 Jack-up system to the company’s rapidly growing Heavy Lift Division. Designed to lift loads up to 1300t, the JS-250 Jack-up will be deployed on infrastructure, tunnel and oil and gas projects in the region. The Nordic […]

16/10/2023 - 12:59 pm

Verlinde raises a glass

For nearly 15 years, Verlinde has been supplying lifting equipment to Construction Vinicole Murisaltienne to equip Burgundy wine houses. The company Construction Vinicole Murisaltienne, located in Meursault in the heart of the prestigious Burgundy vineyards, specialises in industrial trade for winegrowers. It supplies its customers with farm machinery and equipment, such as bottling tables or […]

04/10/2023 - 15:38 pm
Pic Cap: Photo credit: Photo provided by DP World

Groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell RTG to use a Corvus ESS.

The DP World Rubber Tyred Gantry (RTG) Crane is part of a Vancouver Port investment to test an array of low and zero-emission technologies to achieve zero emissions by 2050. Corvus Energy has announced that it has been selected by TYCROP and their hydrogen technologies partner H2 Portable to supply the battery energy storage system […]

17/09/2023 - 11:18 am

Airport terminal expansion project takes flight.

America’s Portland International Airport, commonly referred to as PDX anticipates substantial growth over the next two decades. It is scaling up in preparation to better serve 35 million passengers annually by undergoing a main terminal expansion project – nearly doubling its size. A key component of this expansion is the construction of a new, seismically […]

03/08/2023 - 10:14 am

Airport terminal expansion project takes flight.

America’s Portland International Airport, commonly referred to as PDX anticipates substantial growth over the next two decades. It is scaling up in preparation to better serve 35 million passengers annually by undergoing a main terminal expansion project – nearly doubling its size. A key component of this expansion is the construction of a new, seismically […]

03/08/2023 - 10:11 am

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