WORLD NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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NOVEMBER 2013
HIGHLIGHTS
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Marshalls, a manufacturer
of landscaping materials
based in Huddersfield, UK,
has purchased 70 Hiab
loader cranes. The hydraulic
articulating cranes have Hiab’s
Operator Protector System
and will be fitted to vehicles
supplied by leasing company
Contract Vehicles Limited. Guy
Ripley, regional logistics and
fleet manager at Marshalls,
said, “A lightweight but high
capacity crane is crucial to us
because we need to maximise
the payload on the delivery
vehicle. Our Hiab cranes meet
the variety of challenging
unloading situations we
encounter when delivering
to builders’ merchants,
building sites, and
residential properties.”
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Joint-venture crane
company Palfinger Sany
has opened a liaison office
in Turkey to help develop
business for its wheeled
mobile crane sales in the
country and in the surrounding
region. Ersava Güdül, who
has years of technical and
commercial experience, will
manage activities there as
regional business development
manager for Palfinger Sany,
the company said.
Palfinger Sany Mobile Cranes
offers truck cranes from
25 to 130 tonnes capacity
and all terrain and rough
terrain cranes. It has input
from hydraulic loader crane
manufacturer Palfinger in
Austria and construction
equipment manufacturer Sany
in China.
CARGOTEC LOWERS 2013 FORECAST
Crane and materials handling equipment manufacturer Cargotec said its performance will be lower than
forecast for 2013. Sales and operating profit, excluding restructuring costs, are expected to fall short of 2012.
Earlier guidance was for sales to be slightly below 2012 and operating profit excluding restructuring costs
to be at or slightly below 2012, the manufacturer said.
Sales and operating profit for the second half of 2013 in the MacGregor marine crane division will be
lower due to continued slippage in merchant ship deliveries, Cargotec said. In the Kalmar port crane division
the third quarter was positive but cost overruns on some ship-to-shore crane projects had a negative effect.
Preliminary results show third quarter order intake at Cargotec of €724 million (US$ 977 million),
sales at € 752 million ($ 1.014 billion) and operating profit, excluding restructuring costs, at € 35 million
($ 47 million).
Manitowoc Q3 growth
into double figures
Third-quarter 2013 net
sales in Manitowoc’s crane
segment were US$ 612.6
million, up 10.4 % from $555.1
million in the third quarter
of 2012. Primary drivers
were continued growth in
the Americas and in crawler
crane sales. Also reported
was ongoing success with
the Manitowoc Crane Care
product support division.
Crane segment operating
earnings for the third quarter
of 2013 were $55.7 million, up
110.2 % on the $26.5 million
in the same period the year
before. The operating margin
was 9.1 % for the third quarter
of 2013, up from 4.8 % in
Q3 2012.
Order backlog was $568
million on 30 September 2013,
down by $158 million from the
end of the previous quarter.
Third quarter 2013 orders, at
$450 million, were 23 % lower
than the third quarter of 2012.
Growth in the Crane
segment was largely
responsible for the combined
Manitowoc Company (cranes
and foodservice) increase of
7.1 %. Sales were $1.015 billion,
up from $947.5 million in the
same period a year earlier.
Looking ahead, based on
results so far this year and
the outlook for the final
quarter, Manitowoc’s forecast
is for crane revenue to show
mid single-digit percentage
growth and for the operating
margin to be a high single
digit percentage.
Mammoet launches
heavy lift terminal crane
International lifting and
specialized transport service
provider Mammoet, based in
the Netherlands, has developed
a new terminal crane.
The 600 tonne capacity (at
25 metres radius) Mammoet
Terminal Crane 15 (MTC15)
has a load moment rating of
15,000 tonne-metres. It can be
installed in general ports to
provide heavy lift capability,
for excample, for load ins and
load outs of petrochemical
vessels and other components
and equipment. In addition,
local resources, such as water
or sand, can be used for the
containerised (7.6 x 6 metres)
ballast and it can be assembled
by one 80 tonne assist crane.
Capability is comparable with
a 1,200 tonne capacity crawler
crane, Mammoet said.
Patrick van der Meide,
Mammoet senior commercial
manager, said, “With the
successful testing of the
MTC15 in Westdorpe, the
Netherlands, Mammoet has
engineered a technological
breakthrough for our
customers. Mammoet is also
developing a skid track to
move the MTC15 parallel to
the quay.”
The new 600 tonne capacity Mammoet Terminal Crane 15 (MTC15)
