WORLD NEWS
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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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NOVEMBER 2013
HIGHLIGHTS
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Chinese shipping
company Nanjing King Ship
Management has ordered 20
MacGregor cranes. The order
includes five 36 tonne capacity
cranes with an outreach of 26
metres, 10 twin-GL cranes and
five 50 tonne capacity cranes.
They will be fitted on four
new 38,000 tonne deadweight
general cargo ships which are
currently under construction at
Taizhou Kouan Shipbuilding,
China. The vessels are
scheduled for delivery in late
2014. Delivery of the cranes is
planned between 2014 and the
beginning of 2015.
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PEMA Truck & Trailer
Hire, in Herzberg am Harz,
Germany, has added several
new Nooteboom semi-low
loader trailers to its fleet. The
3-axle and 4-axle extendible
Teletrailers and semi-low
loaders are fitted with self-
steering axles and hydraulic
power steering.
Liburnia Maritime Agency based in Opatija, Croatia, has transported
two new build asphalt barges from Rijeka to Colombia. The barges
weighed 650 tonnes each and measure 60 metres long. Following the
transport of the two barges, Liburnia Maritime Agency said it now holds
the Croatian heavy lift record.
WCTS 2013
The World Crane Transport
Summit 2013 opened on
29 October to a strong
international audience in
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Around 270 industry
professionals gathered at
the Hotel Krasnapolsky in
the centre of the Dutch city.
It is the third time that the
two day conference has been
held. The event offers thought-
provoking presentations to help
generate debate on key issues
facing the lifting and project
transport industry worldwide.
Speakers at this year’s event
included Léon Schöpping,
senior construction engineer
& PTE lifting & hoisting, Shell
International Exploration &
Production; Joel Dandrea,
executive vice president,
Specialized Carriers & Rigging
Association (SC&RA); and David
Collett, ESTA president and
R Collett & Sons (Transport)
managing director.
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See page 33 in this issue
of IC for a pictorial review of
the event.
Soft market hits
Terex Cranes
Net sales at Terex Cranes for
the third quarter of 2013 were
US$ 453 million, down
$63 million or just over 12 %,
from the $516 million in the
same quarter of 2012.
Better was the MHPS
segment that includes port
cranes. Net sales there were
$461 million in Q3 2013, up
3.5 % from $445 million in the
same quarter of 2012.
Ron DeFeo, Terex chairman
and chief executive officer,
“Our Cranes segment continues
to experience soft market
conditions. Geographically,
the global economy is best
described as lacking a clear
direction. North America
remains the most stable market
overall. Europe has seen slight
improvements in certain
products, mostly in our AWP
segment, and the Middle East
continues to provide growth.
However, overall weakness
in Europe and Australia have
offset the growth we have
experienced in other markets.”
Net sales for the whole of
Terex Corporation were $1,811
million in the third quarter of
2013, down 0.6 % from $1,822
million in the same period
a year earlier. Income from
operations was $140.9 million
in the third quarter of 2013,
an increase of $9.0 million on
the $131.9 million for Q3 a
year before.
“Our third quarter operating
results were as we expected
but with a better tax rate,”
DeFeo continued, “The current
environment is mixed overall
and remains challenging
to predict.”
Indian contractor takes on
first Liebherr flat top crane
Indian developer and
contractor Shantiniketan
Buildtech, has taken on
a Liebherr 71 EC-B 5i
flat top crane to work on
the development of the
Shantiniketan residential
building in Noida, Delhi.
The tower crane has a
capacity of 5 tonnes and a
working radius of 50 metres,
allowing it to lift 1 tonne at the
jib end.
Construction of the
residential building began in
2012 and is expected to be
finished in 2014. The building
will have five towers and 18
floors. The 71EC-B 5i will be
transferred to the second tower
once the foundations have been
completed. Project manager, B
K Tiwari, said, “To ensure the
highest quality of construction
throughout we believe in
buying the best equipment with
top-branded products such as
the Liebherr crane. ”
The Liebherr 71 EC-B 5i flat
top crane on the development
of the Shantiniketan
residential building
