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DRIVING CHANGE
From start-up Canoo’s Lifestyle Vehicle to Dodge announcing it will launch the ‘World’s first battery electric muscle car’ in 2024, Jenny Eagle looks at changes in the automotive industry, noting how a global semiconductor shortage has affected sales.
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LOADS OF DATA
Digital technology makes monitoring the weight and condition of your loads ever easier and ever cheaper. Julian Champkin reports.
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CHANGE FUELS GROWTH
In the Middle East, economic diversification to reduce reliance on oil will provide new opportunities for the lifting industry. Keren Fallwell reports.
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Dellner Bubenzer has launched a SB 28.5 disc brake, now available worldwide.
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Liebherr supplies 3 RMGs to CSX Intermodal in North Carolina
Liebherr Container Cranes has supplied three fully automated rail mounted gantry cranes to CSX Carolina Connector Intermodal Terminal (CCX) in Rocky Mount, North Carolina with Liebherr Remote operator Stations (ROS) for supervised moves.
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CRS CraneSystems champions hazardous coal dust environment
CRS CraneSystems has installed a 65/15 ton hazardous Class 2, Division 2, Group F rated bridge crane for a facility expansion at a coal terminal in Canada.
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Sick Monitoring Box for better machine performance of cranes & hoists
Sick has launched The Monitoring Box, that enables plug-and-play condition monitoring and preventative maintenance of sensors, machines, processes and plants with live status feedback and historical analysis, supporting more effective maintenance and optimised efficiency.
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The Crosby Group launches HHP Bluetooth App
The Crosby Group has launched an updated version of its HHP Bluetooth App for monitoring loads in several additional applications, increasing productivity and safety.
LATEST FEATURES
From start-up Canoo’s Lifestyle Vehicle to Dodge announcing it will launch the ‘World’s first battery electric muscle car’ in 2024, Jenny Eagle looks at changes in the automotive industry, noting how a global semiconductor shortage has affected sales
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Loads of data
Digital technology makes monitoring the weight and condition of your loads ever easier and ever cheaper. Julian Champkin reports.
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Change fuels growth
In the Middle East, economic diversification to reduce reliance on oil will provide new opportunities for the lifting industry. Keren Fallwell reports
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Decommissioning milestone
The decommissioning of the UK’s nuclear power estate continues, with numerous complex handling challenges that need to be performed safely, reliably and accurately.
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On the right track
Demag partners with one of the largest Czech manufacturers of diesel-electric locomotives and special railway vehicles to install several cranes in its new workshop.
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Digging deep
The world’s mining companies are rushing to reduce their carbon footprint through electrification and a shift to renewable power but the technology for industrial-scale carbon capture and storage is still in its infancy. Jenny Eagle investigates.
BLOGS
JLT Mobile Computers has acquired longtime French sales partner ID Work, which will now become JLT France, with ID Work founder Philippe Briantais as managing director of the new operation.
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All eyes on the Middle East for Dubai World Expo
For the first time in history, the World Expo, an international cultural exhibition (held every five years), is taking place in the Middle East. To combat a global reluctance to travel due to health concerns, organisers are streaming events online until the end of March 2022. The event, originally scheduled for October 2020 in Dubai was postponed due to Covid to October 2021 to March 31, 2022.
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Port of LA applauds $2.3bn Government investment
The Port of LA welcomes California Gov. Galvin Newsom’s 2022-23 state budget proposal, known as ‘The California Blueprint’, including a planned record investment of $2.3bn for California ports.
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Certex UK opens Taiwan office to serve renewable energy market
Certex UK (part of Axel Johnson Int. Lifting Solutions Group) has opened an office in Taiwan to serve the renewable energy market.
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Mazzella Companies acquires CIS
Mazzella Companies has acquired Contractors & Industrial Supply Co., Inc. (CIS), strengthening its footprint in Tennessee and Alabama as a one-stop for lifting, crane service, cranes, and rigging services.
