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Mammoet Replaces Hardwood Timbers with Sustainable Bamboo

June 24, 2019 - Mammoet is making the switch to using sustainable bamboo jacking beams across all its operations. Following the success of these beams in the field, Mammoet has now made a commitment to replace hardwood with a bamboo alternative throughout the business. 

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Van Oord and Mammoet Enter into Agreement with Verton

June 24, 2019 - Van Oord and Mammoet are joining forces in a partnership with the scale-up Verton to develop a new lifting method for installing wind turbine blades. The company was scouted via the maritime innovation platform PortXL. 

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Yonkers Contracting Company Uses Grove GRT880 on New York Project

June 24, 2019 - Yonkers Contracting Company (Yonkers) is using its recently acquired Grove GRT880 on an infrastructure project along Route 17 in Harriman, New York. The project includes building a new bridge, a new interchange, and inserting new drainage. It has a quick-paced schedule and is expected to be completed later this year.

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ELFA Confidence Eases in June

June 24, 2019 – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Association has released the June 2019 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $1 trillion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market was 52.8, easing from the May index of 59.2.

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Manitowoc Ships 1,000th Igo T 85

June 21, 2019 - Manitowoc’s manufacturing facility in Charlieu, France has shipped its 1,000^th Igo T 85. The landmark self-erecting crane has been sold to a customer in Benelux. 

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Samson Appoints New CEO

June 21, 2019 – Samson has appointed Christian Rheault as CEO, effective July 1. Rheault comes to Samson with a strong combination of multinational experience. Most recently, he was CEO of Greene, Tweed, a U.S.-based global supplier of custom sealing engineered solutions for aerospace, oilfield, semiconductor, petrochemical, and power. 

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Hiab to Connect the Majority of its Equipment

June 21, 2019 - Hiab, part of Cargotec, will connect the majority of its equipment* as a standard feature from the factory, starting in the second half of 2019. Customers will get equipment enabled for their connected services like HiConnect. 

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Worker Hospitalized After Crane Collapse in Fort Lauderdale

May 3, 2018 - Emergency crews rushed a worker to the hospital after a crane fell on him in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning.

Officials say the piece of equipment fell just after 9 a.m. at a building located at 1850 South Ocean Lane.

Crews were able to get the man free and take him to Broward Health Medical Center as a trauma alert, but would not release details about his injury or how the crane fell.

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2 workers die when crane topples on dock in Southeast Texas

September 21,2017- GALVESTON, Texax ,Authorities say two workers were killed and another hurt when a crane fell on a marine dock in Southeast Texas.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/state/texas/article174548496.html#storylink=cpy

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