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HSS Hire adds Laois Hire range of plant equipment to its hire flee
Traditionally known for its expertise in the provision of small tools and equipment and related hire services, HSS has extended its relationship with Irish partners Laois Hire to put down roots in the plant sector too. Bringing their partnership with plant hire company Laois Hire (already part of the HSS Group in Ireland) to the UK and operating from their Beckton supercentre to meet demand in the Greater London area, HSS Hire will now also of... [more]
Altec Industries partner with Prinoth to install cranes on Go-Tract vehicles
Altec Industries, Inc. has partnered with Prinoth to install cranes on their Go-Tract range of vehicles, including the Altec AC38-127S on the new GT4500 tracked vehicle, a huge, off-road unit for use in normally inaccessible terrains. Depending on the need, Altec can install 18 to 38 ton telescopic cranes, high-reach isolated man lift booms up to 46 meters, pressure washers and digger derricks on Prinoth track vehicles. These unique featur... [more]
Manitex reports strong bookings for boom truck cranes
Manitex International, Inc. has announced receipt of orders valued at $7.6 million for shipment during the first half of 2010. Approximately $3.7 million of the total is for Manitex cranes, which are expected to ship by the end of the first quarter 2010, $1.9 million is for the Company's specialized forklift products, which are expected to be shipped to international customers by the end of the first half 2010 and $2.0 million is for the Company'... [more]
Street Crane expands presence in Middle East market with JHECO appointment
Juffali Heavy Equipment Company (JHECO) has been appointed by Street Crane Company as their exclusive representative in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. JHECO, part of the E A Juffali and Brothers Group, is one of the largest commercial enterprises in Saudi Arabia. Under the agreement JHECO will offer a full range of factory cranes up to 200 tonnes safe working load using Street Crane’s hoists and major electro-mechanical systems. Street Crane... [more]
Manitex receives orders for Badger Equipment 30-ton cab-down style rough-terrain crane
Manitex International, Inc. has announced that its Badger Equipment Co. subsidiary has begun full production of a new 30-ton cab-down style rough-terrain crane and has received seven initial orders totaling approximately $3.0 million from crane dealers and railroad equipment distributors. Badger unveiled and demonstrated the new rough-terrain crane to numerous dealers and customers at its facility in Winona, Minn., in September 2009. This pro... [more]
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Whooping cranes had better winter this year (Houston Chronicle)
Despite fears about deterioration of their habitat, all but one in the flock of critically endangered whooping cranes that wintered in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge have survived to make the spring trip to Canada.
Uganda/Burundi: Cranes Set for Burundi CAF Encounter (AllAfrica.com)
Kampala — The Cranes will have to contend with an unfamiliar playing surface when they take on Burundi in the Africa Nations Championships encounter at Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium in Bujumbura on Sunday. The team of 18 players and five officials leaves for Bujumbura today.
Cranes on the block (Suburban Journals)
You cannot miss the towering cranes sitting idle in the field as you travel on Interstate 55 at Route A in Festus.
Texas Digest: Food stamp backlog expected to ease; groups sue to protect whooping cranes (Austin American-Statesman)
Texas Digest: Food stamp backlog expected to ease; groups sue to protect whooping cranes
Lawsuit Over Texas Whooping Cranes (KTSM El Paso)
Dallas - A conservation group has sued Texas environmental regulators over a record die-off of endangered whooping cranes. The Aransas Project filed the federal lawsuit Thursday in Corpus Christi.
Sandhill Cranes, Tourists Fight Weather To Migrate (KOLN Lincoln)
Officials say despite unideal weather conditions, good numbers of sandhill cranes and tourists are migrating to Central Nebraska.
The Aransas Project files federal lawsuit against TCEQ officials for illegally harming endangered whooping cranes (The Gilmer Mirror)
CORPUS CHRISTI, March 11 — The Aransas Project (TAP) filed a federal lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, against several officials of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in their official capacities for illegal harm and harassment of Whooping Cranes at and adjacent to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in ...
ICF joins Texas group in lawsuit for cranes (Baraboo News Republic)
ICF joins Texas group in lawsuit for cranes
Red-headed cranes fly into delta for dry season (Vietnews Online)
Around 300 have arrived in Kien Giang Province after spending the wet season in central Vietnam and Cambodia
Sandhill cranes return to Platte valleys (North Platte Bulletin)
I got a call from a friend about a week ago. He told me he’d seen a few cranes west of town. I went out for a drive a couple of days ago and found flocks of cranes.
