Around 270 industry
professionals attended
the third World Crane
and Transport Summit in
Amsterdam, Netherlands,
during October.
IC
reports
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NOVEMBER 2013
Sessions from day one sparked
discussion on the need to recruit more
women in the heavy lifting sector and
ways for the industry to attract a new
generation of young people into the crane
and heavy transport sector.
Day two of the event included
presentations on preventing transport
accidents and a discussion on EN 13000.
Chinese manufactures also presented on
developments and trends in the country.
The two day programme also
included coverage on three challenging
projects completed by lifting and
specialized transport companies ALE,
Mammoet and Precision.
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WCTS REVIEW
T
he World Crane and Transport
Summit two-day conference and
gala dinner was held at the Hotel
Krasnapolsky in central Amsterdam on 29
and 30 October 2013. The event offered
a range of presentations to help generate
debate on key issues facing the lifting and
project transport industry worldwide.
Presentations at this year’s event
included talks on critical issues facing the
global cranes and heavy transport industry
and the importance of implementing
workable global standards.
Copies of the presentations and other
information on the event are available from
KHL online, as is a selection of videos.
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AMSTERDAM
29-30 OCTOBER
Nadine Dereza,
conference
chairperson
Question time with Joel Dandrea, SC&RA executive vice president; Dominic Swords, economist; Ron
Montgomery, SC&RA president; and Tim Ford, Terex Cranes president
Robert Weiss,
vice president,
Cranes Inc
Alexander Hoffmann,
product manager,
RUD Group
Andrew Youssef, Sany representative; David Collett, ESTA president; Leon Schopping, Shell
International Exploration & Production, and Yannick Sel, ALE Projects sales manager, answer
questions from the audience
Andreas Koehler, owner, Koehler Kran Service;
John Gillespie, president, Crane Industry
Council of Australia and managing director,
Gillespies Cranes Services, and Erik Kroes,
project sponsor, Mammoet
Delegates enjoying the gala dinner
