Manitowoc - Tue October 25, 2022
Manitowoc Launches Grove GRT8100-1 Rough-Terrain Crane
Manitowoc used its attendance at bauma 2022 to launch its latest rough-terrain crane: the Grove GRT8100-1. This upgrade of the hugely popular GRT8100 will be available from 2023 and offers a series of improvements over the original GRT8100....
Manitowoc - Mon October 24, 2022
Potain Unveils First in New Generation of Luffing Jib Tower Cranes at bauma 2022
Visitors to bauma 2022 saw the design and technology upgrades that will roll out to the Potain range of luffing jib tower cranes as Manitowoc introduced the first in a new generation, the MR 229. The new MR 229 is the first Potain luffing jib crane to feature Manitowoc's Crane Control System (CCS), the popular control command system that already features on all Potain hammerhead cranes....
Manitowoc - Mon October 24, 2022
Manitowoc Unveils Potain MDT 159 Topless Tower Crane at bauma 2022
Manitowoc unveiled the latest addition in its Potain MDT City crane range at bauma 2022, the 6.6 ton capacity MDT 159, which fills the gap between the MDT 139 and MDT 189. With a 197 ft. maximum jib, the crane is suited to small to midsized building projects of up to 10 floors, and it has been specially designed for tight urban job sites....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon October 17, 2022
Construction Crane Numbers Rise Across North America
After taking a dip in 2021, the North American crane sector is experiencing a comeback. In its first quarter report released in April, the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Crane Index logged a 4.5-percent increase in cranes at work across the continent....
Manitowoc - Mon October 10, 2022
Canadian Company R&D Crane Brings Together Four Cranes to Deliver Major Toronto Bridge
Canada's Cherubini Bridges and Structures has completed work on the Four Signature Bridges contract for Toronto's Port Lands project. The job wrapped up in style with the company successfully orchestrating a complex four-crane pick to get the final 492 ton segment of the bridge sent up the St....
Manitowoc - Tue October 04, 2022
VIDEO: On Site With First Potain MDT 489 Erected in North America
The first erected Potain MDT 489 tower crane in North America is now at work on a construction site in Madison, Wis., near the state capitol. Manitowoc President and CEO Aaron Ravenscroft took a trip to meet with the crane's owners — Nicholas, Nathanael and Mark Reynolds, of Reynolds Rigging and Crane Service — and watch the crane perform on the job site....
Manitowoc - Wed September 21, 2022
VIDEO: Series of Updates Transforms Manitowoc's Model 999 Into MLC250
The Manitowoc 999, regarded as a contractor's choice in the 275-ton crawler class for more than two decades, extends its reign to the next generation with the introduction of the new MLC250. The new MLC250 includes significant updates while retaining the characteristics that have built the 999's reputation in the infrastructure, refinery and commercial building end markets....
Manitowoc - Tue September 13, 2022
VIDEO: Mega Fleet of Manitowoc Crawler Cranes Creates New Chapter in History of Iconic Florida Bridge
The Howard Frankland Bridge has been an iconic Florida landmark for more than half a century, carrying 132,000 vehicles along I-275 between Tampa and St. Petersburg daily. However, its infamous traffic jams have resulted in the bridge becoming a major chokepoint, and multiple expansions since its opening in 1960 have proven only partially successful in reducing congestion and traffic accidents....
Manitowoc - Thu September 08, 2022
Manitowoc MLC650 Makes Turbine Installation a Breeze On South Korean Wind Farm
The first Manitowoc MLC650 outside of North America to feature its 11.5 ft.-wide boom insert kit option has begun work on a large wind farm installation in southwestern South Korea. Owned by Shinui Petra, a leading equipment rental company and long-time Manitowoc customer, the crawler crane arrived at DaeMyung Energy's mountaintop site in Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do on June 1....
Manitowoc - Tue August 09, 2022
New Boom Inserts Expand Manitowoc MLC300 Reach for Wind Turbine Work
Manitowoc is expanding its boom insert offering with the new wide boom plus kit for its MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane. The new inserts will give crane operators extra reach by lengthening their booms up to 429.8 ft....
