Cranes

North American Crane Bureau Secures New Training Services Contract with Ford.

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Monday, July 26, 2021

The programs will include overhead crane operator training, overhead crane inspector training and overhead hoist maintenance training.

Key Points: 
  • The programs will include overhead crane operator training, overhead crane inspector training and overhead hoist maintenance training.
  • "We are pleased to be providing training in our overhead crane and safety programs for Ford.
  • With training facilities located in Central Florida, Cincinnati, OH and Southeast Texas, customers can receive hands-on crane operator training at these locations.
  • In 1996 NACB partnered with NCCER to facilitate the development of its first mobile crane operator training series.

Global Mobile Cranes Market Generated Revenue of $13 Billion in 2020 says P&S Intelligence

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

NEW YORK, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global mobile cranes market generated revenue of $13 billion in 2020, and is expected to grow significantly during 20212030.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Global mobile cranes market generated revenue of $13 billion in 2020, and is expected to grow significantly during 20212030.
  • During the COVID-19 pandemic, the mobile cranes market has been affected negatively due to the movement restrictions, social distancing measures, and lockdowns implemented around the world.
  • Among these, the mobile cranes market was dominated by the truck-mounted category in 2020, as these cranes offer movability and flexibility during construction.
  • P&S Intelligence is a provider of market research and consulting services catering to the market information needs of burgeoning industries across the world.

Insights on the Ship-to-Shore Cranes Global Market to 2027 - by Type, Lifting Capacity, Outreach and Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, July 12, 2021

The "Ship-to-Shore Cranes Market - Size, Share, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2019 - 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Ship-to-Shore Cranes Market - Size, Share, Outlook, and Opportunity Analysis, 2019 - 2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Ship-to-shore (STS) container cranes are specially designed with a specific arm outreach and specification details as per each customer's requirement.
  • Ship-to-shore cranes are used to enhance the reliability and efficiency of the terminal requirements to maintain productivity.
  • Thus, these factors are expected to propel the global ship-to-shore cranes market growth over the forecast period.

Leading Crane-Catastrophe Attorney David L. Kwass Available to Discuss Philadlephia Fatal Construction Crane Incident

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

PHILADELPHIA, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading crane-collapse trial attorney David L. Kwass, a leading national authority on fatal, catastrophic construction-crane incidents such as tonight's in University City, is available to discuss the tragic development.

Key Points: 
  • PHILADELPHIA, July 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading crane-collapse trial attorney David L. Kwass, a leading national authority on fatal, catastrophic construction-crane incidents such as tonight's in University City, is available to discuss the tragic development.
  • Mr. Kwass, a partner in the law firm of Saltz, Mongeluzzi & Bendesky, P.C (SMB), has extensive experience litigating to verdict crane-failure cases as well as writing and lecturing on the broad spectrum of crane-safety procedures, including best practices in all phases of worksite operation and post-incident investigations.
  • Mr. Kwass also chairs a national lawyer's group focused on litigating crane accidents.
  • For more information, visit www.smbb.com .

2021 Container Terminal Automated Equipment Market and Technologies Report - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

The "Container Terminal Automated Equipment and Technologies Market, Edition 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Container Terminal Automated Equipment and Technologies Market, Edition 2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • This research study is intended to provide trends in container terminal automation and analyzing the technologies that are assisting the trend of automation.
  • The report describes the historical market trends and forecasts the market size both in terms of value and volume of automated equipment used in terminal automation, automation solutions and services, and technologies (camera, radar, and LiDAR) market.
  • The report has analyzed six container handling equipment with automated functionalities including automated rail-mounted gantry (A-RMG) cranes, automated rubber-tyred gantry (A-RTG) cranes, automated stacking cranes (ASC), automated straddle carriers (AutoStrad), automated guided vehicles (AGV), and semi-automated and automated terminal tractors (Auto TT).

Rotunda Capital Partners Acquires and Combines American Equipment, Pacific Crane & Hoist and Allied Crane

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

Rotunda Capital Partners (Rotunda), an operationally-focused private equity firm, has partnered with the management teams of American Equipment, Pacific Crane & Hoist and Allied Crane to form the largest independent provider of overhead crane and hoist solutions and services in the Western U.S.

Key Points: 
  • Rotunda Capital Partners (Rotunda), an operationally-focused private equity firm, has partnered with the management teams of American Equipment, Pacific Crane & Hoist and Allied Crane to form the largest independent provider of overhead crane and hoist solutions and services in the Western U.S.
  • The combination of American Equipment with Pacific Crane & Hoist and Allied Crane brings together more than 100 years of collective industry experience and creates the premier consolidation platform in the highly fragmented North American overhead crane and hoist market.
  • The combination of Pacific Crane & Hoists advanced and highly engineered system capabilities with American Equipment and Allied Crane is truly unique and will enable us to address any overhead crane and hoist project or service requirement entirely in-house, said Michael Perera, founder of Pacific Crane & Hoist.
  • American Equipment Holdings is home to a collection of leading overhead crane and hoist distributors and service providers, including American Equipment, Pacific Crane & Hoist and Allied Crane.

Virginia Port Authority offering for sale three ZPMC Ship to Shore Cranes and a wide selection of replacement parts on GovDeals online marketplace

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

PORTSMOUTH, VA, June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virginia Port Authority, VA has placed three ZPMC Post Panamax Ship to Shore cranes and replacement parts for sale on GovDeals , a leading online auction marketplace for surplus equipment.

Key Points: 
  • PORTSMOUTH, VA, June 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Virginia Port Authority, VA has placed three ZPMC Post Panamax Ship to Shore cranes and replacement parts for sale on GovDeals , a leading online auction marketplace for surplus equipment.
  • The fully functioning cranes will need to be disassembled and removed by the buyer upon the completion of the auction.
  • According to ZPMC , these post-Panamax ship to shore cranes are the second largest modern container cranes and can fully load and unload containers from ships up to 18 containers wide.
  • In addition to the cranes, Virginia Port Authority will also be separately selling hundreds of new and unused, hard to find replacement parts for the ZPMC cranes.

CommercialLEDLights.com Increases Overhead Crane Safety With Cutting-Edge LED Crane Safety Lights

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Recognizing the need to close this serious gap in crane safety, certain LED lighting manufacturers such as Straits Lighting have developed state of the art LED crane safety and warning lights.

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  • Recognizing the need to close this serious gap in crane safety, certain LED lighting manufacturers such as Straits Lighting have developed state of the art LED crane safety and warning lights.
  • There are a number of different types and styles of LED crane lights depending on the crane configuration and size.
  • Although certain stores offer general mounted fixtures such as LED flood lights, there are currently a limited number of stores that actually carry LED safety lights designed specifically for cranes.
  • For more product information, check out our LED overhead and gantry crane lights at: https://commercialledlights.com/industrial-lighting/crane-lights/

Xinhua Silk Road: Zoomlion's smart tower crane plant in Central China put into operation

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Friday, May 21, 2021

b'BEIJING, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.

Key Points: 
  • b'BEIJING, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.
  • With fixed-asset investment of 1.8 billion yuan, it is expected to generate output value of 20 billion yuan annually.\nAlongside the factory\'s operation, Zoomlion formed a production pattern characterized by one smart plant, two "lighthouse" workshops or the world\'s most advanced workshops in other words, three smart stereoscopic warehouses and four unmanned production lines, marking a step further on its road to comprehensively intelligent manufacturing.\nCurrently, the company is capable of producing tower cranes of full series with their sizes ranging from 63 tonmeter to 20,000 tonmeter.
  • For every 18 minutes, a tower crane comes off its assemble line, marking a speed that ranks high among those of its domestic and global peers.\nYear to date, Zoomlion has manufactured over 150,000 tower cranes to enable construction projects worldwide and boasts for a long time the highest market share in the world.\nTang Shaofang, vice president of Zoomlion said the Changde City-situated smart factory completed comprehensive, digital and green upgrading and realized production of tower cranes with world class sizes and quality.\nOn Monday, the company held a delivery ceremony for the world\'s largest luffing jib tower cranes used for wind turbine hoisting labeled LW2340-180, a product with a maximum rated lifting load of 180 tonnes, fixed maximum lifting height of 180 meters and max operating range of 68 meters and capable of hoisting onshore wind power generating sets with six megawatts of installed capacity.\nBy building smart manufacturing bases elsewhere in east China, Zoomlion is accelerating its smart, digital and green transformation to become one of the world\'s strongest tower crane producers.\n'

Xinhua Silk Road: Zoomlion's smart tower crane plant in Central China put into operation

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Friday, May 21, 2021

b'BEIJING, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.

Key Points: 
  • b'BEIJING, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd., also the biggest tower crane producer around the world, put the second phase of its central China-located smart tower crane plant into operation on May 17.\nHence, its smart factory, which covers a total area of 49.33 hectares, is producing the largest wind tower cranes in the world.
  • With fixed-asset investment of 1.8 billion yuan, it is expected to generate output value of 20 billion yuan annually.\nAlongside the factory\'s operation, Zoomlion formed a production pattern characterized by one smart plant, two "lighthouse" workshops or the world\'s most advanced workshops in other words, three smart stereoscopic warehouses and four unmanned production lines, marking a step further on its road to comprehensively intelligent manufacturing.\nCurrently, the company is capable of producing tower cranes of full series with their sizes ranging from 63 tonmeter to 20,000 tonmeter.
  • For every 18 minutes, a tower crane comes off its assemble line, marking a speed that ranks high among those of its domestic and global peers.\nYear to date, Zoomlion has manufactured over 150,000 tower cranes to enable construction projects worldwide and boasts for a long time the highest market share in the world.\nTang Shaofang, vice president of Zoomlion said the Changde City-situated smart factory completed comprehensive, digital and green upgrading and realized production of tower cranes with world class sizes and quality.\nOn Monday, the company held a delivery ceremony for the world\'s largest luffing jib tower cranes used for wind turbine hoisting labeled LW2340-180, a product with a maximum rated lifting load of 180 tonnes, fixed maximum lifting height of 180 meters and max operating range of 68 meters and capable of hoisting onshore wind power generating sets with six megawatts of installed capacity.\nBy building smart manufacturing bases elsewhere in east China, Zoomlion is accelerating its smart, digital and green transformation to become one of the world\'s strongest tower crane producers.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/xinhua-silk-road-zoomlions-smart...\n'