XCMG building 3,600t monster

Chinese manufacturer XCMG is tripling its highest capacity crawler cranes with its new 88,000 tonne-metre maximum load moment XGC88000. The previous machine...

Construction

Abu Dhabi Highway Bids Wanted

[caption id="attachment_1086" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The E311 is expected to be completed by the end of 2014."][/caption] The Department of Transport (DoT) in...

Construction

Jassim adds rental power

[caption id="attachment_1083" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The power rental fleet has been expanded"][/caption] Jassim Transport and Stevedoring Company in Kuwait has expanded its Power...

Construction

Consortium wins Al Sufouh contract

[caption id="attachment_1080" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The contract is for the maintenance of the rolling stock and fixed installations"][/caption] Dubai’s RTA has awarded a...

Construction

Gulf Capital in for Sakr Energy

[caption id="attachment_1076" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gulf Capital acquired the stake without using debt"][/caption] Gulf Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based private-equity company, bought an 82.7...

Opinion

Who pays for training?

The UAE has been gradually reforming the rules, regulations and rights of the unskilled workers that are employed by the construction industry...

Analysis

The fight for JLG’s future

A shareholder meeting in the US in January centred around the future of JLG. The company has been caught up in a...

Analysis

Libya in limbo

Optimism about a quick restart in Libya was misplaced. The speed and the scale of the uprising in Libya caught the industry...

Opinion

Bringing cranes to Khalifa

Konecranes won a $120 million contract to supply 30 automated stacking cranes at the new deepwater gateway port that ADPC is constructing...

Analysis

Not swept away

In post-tsunami Japan, its machinery industry begins to recover and turn to the future. At first it didn’t feel unusual, but then...

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