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CONTENTS
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ON THECOVER
REGULARS
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Market confidenceamong crane
usersworldwide is consolidated
and slowbut steady. See the
CraneConfidenceSurvey on
page34.
NEWS
6
BUSINESS
13
SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTNEWS 20
THEKNOWLEDGE
36
EQUIPMENTANDACCESSORIES 45
BACKPAGE
47
OFFICIALMAGAZINE
INTERNATIONAL
JANUARY 2015
AKHLGrouppublication
Confidence
survey
Safetyequipment
Craneaccidents
TheKnowledge
Financing
Auctions
SHOWREVIEWS
BaumaChina
bC India
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SC&RANEWS
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BAUMACHINAREVIEW
14
Asia’sbig industry event of 2014, BaumaChina,
sawmore than190,000visitorsbut fewernew
cranes than the last show.
AlexDahm
reports
fromShanghai
SAFETYEQUIPMENT
17
ANDTRAINING
Preventingaccidents is thebestway toprotect
workers, but theyare still happening, so rescue
equipment is vital.
LauraHatton
reports
CRANEACCIDENTS
25
KlausMeissner
and
Søren Jansen
discuss the root
causesofmobile crane accidents
BC INDIAREVIEW
30
The third editionof theBC India exhibition
showed improvedbusiness sentiment among
crane companies.
ParthaPratimBasistha
reports
AUCTIONS
33
New technology, the internet andworldwide
markets, are all havingan effect on the auction
business.
LauraHatton
investigates
CRANECONFIDENCESURVEY 34
The annual
IC
crane rental confidence survey
presents apictureof theglobal crane rental
market andwhatmay lieahead
FINANCING
39
Equipment upgrades arekey tomaximising
businessopportunities,writes
BrianFoster
, head
of industry finance at SiemensFinancial Services
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