Terex Port Solutions (TPS) has obtained design approval for Terex Gottwald Model 8 floating cranes in the G HPK 8200 B four-rope grab variant operated on the open sea. This was necessary because the ...
A floating platform lifting thousands of tons sounds like it should tip over instantly, yet these crane barges do it routinely in open water. Here's the clever combination of hull geometry, ...
The recovery of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters of northern Sicily is expected to begin in the coming weeks to help shed light on how a supposedly unsinkable vessel ...
Those coolhunters over at Oobject have uncovered another gem of engineering: the floating crane. Because the cranes require a massive superstructure and a relatively shallow hull, designers have to ...
On average, more than 40,000 vessels, 900,000 passengers and 200,000 tons of cargo pass through the gates of Chicago's Harbor Lock each year, and the lock itself opens and closes 11,500 times annually ...
At 328 feet, the crane stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, plus has a lifting capacity of nearly 2000 tons. But what makes The Left Coast Lifter extra spectacular is that it operates by floating ...
SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. — One of the world's largest floating cranes has reached the site of a New York bridge project on the Hudson River. The "I Lift NY" super crane reached the $3.9 billion Tappan Zee ...