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WORLD CRANE REPORT
There has never been a
report like this into the
crane industry before
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CRANEOWNERS: TEN-YEAR
GLOBAL
TRENDS
The fleet of cranes, staff and
depots of theworld’s 50 largest
crane-owning companies
Fleet size
Fleet changes
Fleet composition
IC
50numbers
Cranes sizes
Employment
Depots
Staff anddepots ratio
Global analysis –Economic fundamentals
IC
50 –Fleet size andmanufacturer revenues
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NORTHAMERICANS IN THE IC50
Regional statistics
Thereare 19NorthAmerican companies in the league tableof theworld’s 50 largest
crane-owning companies, four ofwhich are in the top ten
N
orth America boasts 19 companies within
the top 50 of the
IC
50 league table of the
world’s largest crane-owning companies.
These includeUS companies Lampson,Maxim,All
Erection andEssex,which areplaced in the top ten.
The US dominates, with 13 out of the 19
companies, and the ten largest companies in the
region are American. The remaining four are
Canadian, the largest beingGuay, which is ranked
11th regionally and37thon aglobalbasis.
The total
IC
Index (aggregate fleet loadmoment)
for the group in 2012was 4.33million tonne-metres
– equivalent to a lifting capacity of roughly 1.44
million tonnes. This wasmade up across a fleet of
9,118 cranes, comprising 7,138wheeledmobiles and
1,980 crawlers – about a 78:22 split in unit terms.
The average loadmoment of each crane was 475
tonne-metres– equivalent to about158 tonnes.
These 19 companies employed 10,695 people in
2012 and operated out of 249 depots.On average,
eachNorthAmerican
IC
50 companyhad36.6 cranes
and43 staffper location.
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1
3
Lampson International
USA
10
275
1,221,415
2
5
MaximCraneWorks
USA
32
2,150
592,114
3
6
AllErection&CraneRental
USA
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1,400
585,559
4
10
EssexRentalCorp
USA
22
276
376,615
5
17
DeepSouthCrane&RiggingCompany
USA
6
600
234,276
6
20
BucknerHeavyliftCranes
USA
3
400
195,674
7
26
BarnhartCraneandRigging
USA
20
1,000
141,869
8
30
BiggeCraneandRigging
USA
10
350
133,305
9
33
JFLomma
USA
6
175
109,770
10
36
AmQuipCraneRental
USA
14
580
100,986
11
37
Guay
Canada
18
500
92,625
12
38
NCServicesGroup
Canada
11
360
85,405
13
41
SimsCraneandEquipment
USA
10
215
73,483
14
44
SterlingCrane
Canada
18
600
70,916
15
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IrvingEquipment
Canada
10
280
70,307
16
46
BraggCraneService
USA
15
700
68,040
17
48
CraneRentalCorporation
USA
3
100
63,663
18
49
TheWalshGroup
USA
1
5,000
59,545
19
50
TurnerBros
USA
6
394
58,230
Rank 2012
North
America Global
Companyname
Based
Depots
Employees
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Index
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GLOBAL - FLEET COMPOSITION
WHEELEDANDCRAWLERCRANENUMBERS INTHE IC50GLOBALFLEET -2003TO2012
Tracks versus wheels
The
IC
50’s fleet is split about 80:20betweenwheeledmobile and crawler cranesbut
the crawler sectorhasbeenmore resilient throughout the crisis years
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n 2012 the
IC
50’s fleetof 21,896 craneswasmade
upof 4,874 crawlers and 17,022wheeledmobiles,
a78:22 split. In termsof absolutenumbers, this is
thehighest that crawler cranenumbershave
been in the last ten years. In addition,
22% is thehighest shareof the global
fleet that this type of crane has
everhad.
The split betweenmobile and
crawler cranes has been around
the 80:20mark for the last ten
years, and in 2008 and 2009,
there seemed to be a small swing
takingplace towardsmobile cranes.
The two years from 2010 to 2012,
however, saw a more pronounced
preference for crawlers. Crawler crane numbers
have seen eight consecutive years of growth, with
2006, 2008 and 2010 being particularly strong. In
comparison, mobile crane numbers fell
in 2010 and 2011, and it is these two
trends combined that have seen
the relative popularity of crawler
cranes increase in the last
threeyears.
The growth ismost striking
when viewed over the ten-year
time scale. From 2002 to 2012,
mobile crane numbers have
increased a total of 18.8%. In the
same period, crawler crane numbers
have risenby63.1%.
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Crawler
cranenumbers
have risen 63.1% in
ten years
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Wheeledmobile cranes
Crawler cranes
3,352
13,118
3,307
12,233
3,431
12,720
3,669
14,027
3,839
15,287
4,126
17,341
4,220
17,469
4,612
17,390
4,619
16,908
4,874
17,022
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INTRODUCTION
T
his
Executive Study
is themost comprehensive report ever prepared into
the global crane sector. It isbroadly split into two sections,one focusingon
cranemanufacturers, which examines their financial performance, stock
market performance and standing within the wider construction equipment
industry. This draws on unique studies by
International Cranes and Specialized
Transport
, including the
IC
m20 league table of cranemanufacturers and the
IC
Share Index.
The second section looks at crane owners worldwide, drawing on ten years
of data from the
International Cranes and Specialized Transport
IC
50 ranking.
This in itself is aunique study in themarketbut, in this report,wehave taken the
informationone step furtherwith analysisof long-term trends in the industry.
Using a sample of theworld’s 50 largestwheeledmobile and crawler crane-
owning companies, we have looked at changes in fleet size and composition,
lifting capacity, employment, number of locations and how these factors play
into thewider economicpicture.This analysishasbeen carriedout for the global
IC
50 group,with separate sections onmajor crane owners in Europe andNorth
America. These illustrate some striking differences between operations on each
sideof theAtlantic.
Such a wealth of information on the global cranemarket has never before
been assembled in a single report and, we believe, the analysis in these
pages represents a unique insight into the workings and long-term trends of
the industry.
The most
comprehensive
crane market study
ChrisSleight
BusinessEditor, InternationalCranes
andSpecializedTransport
AlexDahm
Editor, InternationalCranesand
SpecializedTransport
KHLExecutiveReport:WORLDCRANEREPORT
AUTHOR
ChrisSleight
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EDITOR
AlexDahm
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EDITORIALDIRECTOR
PaulMarsdenBSc
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CristiánPeters,MurrayPollok,D.AnnShiffler,
HelenWright,Euan Youdale
PRODUCTION&CIRCULATIONDIRECTOR
SaaraRootes
PRODUCTIONMANAGER
RossDickson
DESIGNMANAGER
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CRANEOWNERS: TEN-YEAR
EUROPEAN TRENDS
Europeans in the
IC
50
Fleet size
Fleet changes
Fleet composition
IC
50numbers
Cranes sizes
Employment
Depots
Staff anddepots ratio
Europe analysis –
Economic fundamentals
IC
50 –Fleet size and
manufacturer revenues
CRANEOWNERS: TEN-YEAR
NORTHAMERICAN TRENDS
NorthAmericans in the
IC
50
Fleet size
Fleet changes
Fleet composition
IC
50numbers
Cranes sizes
Employment
Depots
Staff anddepots ratio
NorthAmerica analysis –
Economic fundamentals
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