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“Virtually every manufacturer is working off a backlog - there are a lot of new crane sales but not a lot of new crane deliveries. Production is stretched out so far that availability is driving up the prices of used cranes. Most customers can't wait six months for a crane so they start looking for something used.”

The Health and Safety Guide, published by Penny Hydraulics

Higher than expected inflation figures in the US caused stock markets around the world to fall sharply in mid-May. Crane shares also dropped, although some of the losses were not as severe as those of the mainstream indicators. Chris Sleight reports

The IC50 is the original ranking of the world's largest crane owning companies and this year there are big changes. Not only has the main list been expanded yet again but the way that the main index is calculated has also changed. This is an attempt to better reflect the capability of those companies with heavy duty cranes and attachments. Due in part to this change there is a new number one and plenty of movement further down the table. Read on for full details

There is a big change in the 2006 IC 50 Tower Index - with a different company at the top and there is a major new entrant further down the listing

Brazil is in the final stages of doubling the capacity of its Tucuruí hydroelectric power plant, the fourth biggest in the world. Needed for the extension were 11 turbine rotors, each weighing up to 270 tonnes and measuring 8.70 m in diameter and 5.00 m high. The 70 day transport operation, including 300 km by road and crossing the city of Sao Paulo, was a top logistical challenge met by Irga. Gino Koster reports how it was done

Rigging Job of the Year winners

Rigging job more than $750,000: Barnhart, Alabama, US

Rigging job between $150,000 and $750,000: Barnhart, Memphis, TN

Rigging job less than $150,000: PSC Crane & Rigging, Ohio, US