by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
Johor Bahru, Malaysia – Mammoet helped PETRONAS mark another milestone as their propylene fractionator, one of the components for their Pengerang Integrated Complex, measuring 121.3 meters and weighing 1,808.6 tons, was recognized by the Malaysia Book of Record as the...
by Crane Market | Aug 17, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
Mammoet transported the world’s longest wind turbine blade from LM Wind Power’s pilot plant in Lunderskov to the Blaest Test Center in Aalborg. Being the longest blade in the world, no transport equipment has been previously planned for such scale, so LM Wind Power...
by Crane Market | Aug 15, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Workforce News
A consortium of Spanish and Korean contractors will build a new £650m biomass plant in Teesside after the project secured financing. Construction News reports, the joint venture between Spain-based Tecnicas Reunidas and Korean firm Samsung Construction & Trading...
by Crane Market | Aug 12, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
Caterpillar, Inc. expects no significant demand growth for its energy and transportation products for the rest of 2016 as oil prices stay weak, a senior executive said on Thursday. “Oil prices, drill rig counts and our customers’ fleet utilization rates...
by Crane Market | Aug 5, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Energy News, Manufacturer News
The KROLL K-10000 has held the title of one of the world’s largest tower crane for over 40 years. Standing almost 400 feet tall with a 266 foot jib reach, the standard jib model can lift 120 tons at a radius of 269 feet. The long jib model can lift 94 tons to a radius...
by Crane Market | Aug 4, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Energy News
A Houston-based company building the Bakken oil pipeline through 18 Iowa counties has developed contingency plans to battle snow, ice and sub-freezing temperatures, if necessary, during construction of the project. The Des Moines Register reports, Dakota Access LLC, a...