INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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AUGUST 2013
WORLD NEWS
7
A Terex CBR 24 Plus self
erecting tower crane helping to
restore the Phnom Bakheng,
the oldest temple complex of
Angkor in Cambodia.
The careful restoration work,
which includes the stabilisation,
repair, waterproofing and
partial reconstruction of the
temple, is being organised by
WMF and APSARA National
Authority.
The Terex CBR 24 Plus lifts
two tonnes and can be erected
quickly. It is being used to the
restore the lower terrace on
the northern half of the east
elevation. Some emergency
stabilisation and protection of
the surrounding brick shrine
structures has also been
carried out.
Sales up 3% at Terex Cranes
Terex Cranes reported 3 %
year-on-year growth in
revenues to US$ 521 million
for the second quarter of 2013.
Operating income, however,
dropped to $23 million,
compared to $50 million in the
second quarter of 2012. Terex
said while global markets were
softer than it had expected it
had seen improved orders for
large crawler cranes.
The Terex Corporation
overall reported a 5 % year-
on-year drop in revenues for
the second quarter of 2013
to $ 1.9 billion after gains in
the cranes and aerial work
platform divisions were offset
by declines elsewhere. Ron
DeFeo, Terex Corp chairman
and CEO, said the marketplace
overall had softened compared
to the manufacturer’s original
expectations for 2013.
Terex Corporation expects
to achieve total revenues of
between $ 7.5 billion and
$ 7.7 billion in 2013, down
from its previous estimate of
$ 7.9 billion to $ 8.3 billion.
Its total forecast operating
margin for the year is between
6 % and 7 % compared to its
previous outlook of tween 7 %
and 8 %.
First job for 4,000 tonne XCMG crawler
The XCMG model XGC88000
4,000 tonne capacity level
crawler crane has performed
its first job in Yantai, lifting a
propylene tower in Wanhua
Industrial Park, China.
The propylene tower
weighed 1,680 tonnes and was
118 metres tall and 14.4 m
wide. The XGC88000, which
has a maximum load moment
rating of 88,000 tonne-metres,
was configured with an 108 m
heavy boom and 33 m fixed jib.
A new 1,000 tonne XGW1100
was used alongside the crawler
for tailing.
The lift, which was carried
out on 5 July 2013, took four
hours to complete and was
watched by more than 100
project leaders and guests
from Sinopec and Xuzhou
Construction Machinery
Group, the manufacturer said.
The XGC88000 crawler crane
installing the propylene tower
in Wanhua Industrial Park,
Yantai, China
Kobelco sales up 21%
Kobelco Cranes, part of Kobe
Steel, reported sales up 21 %
for the first quarter of the fiscal
year 2013, largely due to post-
earthquake reconstruction
in Japan.
According to a statement
released by Kobe Steel,
unit sales of crawler cranes
increased throughout Japan
in the first quarter of 2013
compared to the same
period last year. Unit crane
sales also increased due to
the reconstruction demand
after the Great East Japan
Earthquake in 2011.
Crane sales in Japan were up
compared to last year and they
increased in Southeast Asia as
a whole. Unit sales in Europe,
however, decreased.
Crane segment sales in
the first quarter of fiscal
2013 increased 21.2 % year-on-
year from JPY 9.5 billion
(US $9.6 million) in the first
quarter of 2012 to JPY 11.5
billion yen ($11.7 million).
Forecast sales for the full fiscal
year 2013 were estimated at
JPY 61.0 billion ($62.1 million).
HIGHLIGHT
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BigLift Shipping’s new
heavy lift vessel, Happy Sky,
has begun its first voyage,
from Shanghai in China to
Cape Lambert, Australia.
The 155 metre long vessel
is transporting three large
modules for a port project in
Cape Lambert. The largest
of the modules weighs
935 tonnes, while the smallest
weighs 777 tonnes. Happy Sky
was built by Larsen & Toubro
in India and features two
900 tonne capacity Huisman
heavy lift mast cranes. The
cranes have a lifting height
of 40.9 m above deck. The
voyage is the first of four
consecutive shipments.
Italian hydraulic truck loader
crane manufacturer Fassi Gru
has acquired French company
Marrel, a manufacturer of
hook lifts, tipper scissors and
hydraulic cylinders.
The move is a joint
partnership with Miltra, Fassi’s
French distributor. Roger
Boutonnet, owner of Miltra,
said, “Miltra and Fassi Gru
have a solid and longstanding
collaboration behind them; our
determination in addition to
our tested understanding, has
prompted us to undertake this
important investment.”
Fassi intends to offer
products from Marrel alongside
its articulated cranes. Marrel is
based in Andrézieux-Bouthéon,
close to Lyon.
FASSI GRU
ACQUIRES MARREL
