Manitowoc - Mon July 08, 2024
Europe's Largest Ever Potain Top-Slewing Cranes Tackle Massive Gravagna Viaduct Refurbishment in Italy
Manitowoc marks a significant achievement with the successful assembly of the world's first four Potain MDLT 1109 cranes for a complex project — the refurbishment of the Gravagna viaduct near Genoa, in Italy....
Manitowoc - Tue June 25, 2024
Two Grove Cranes From Palumbo Heavy Lift Team Up for Spectacular Tandem Lifts in Naples
Italian heavy lift and transport company Palumbo Heavy Lift used two strong Grove all-terrain cranes to dismantle long masts on a sailing superyacht at a yard in Naples. The yard is one of seven owned by Palumbo Group....
Manitowoc - Tue October 31, 2023
Two Grove All-Terrain Cranes Team Up to Repair Historic Italian Church
Italian crane rental and transport company Santoni Autogrù called on two of its high-performing all-terrain cranes to help repair a local church: a Grove GMK4100L-2 and Grove GMK4100L-1. Located in Pinzolo, Italy, the San Lorenzo church's 100 kg cross was struck by lightning and detached from the building's bell tower last year....
Manitowoc - Tue April 04, 2023
Potain Cranes to Aid Major Renovation of Historic Milan Hospital in Italy
Italian construction company Consorzio Stabile SIS has chosen four Potain top-slewing cranes for a pivotal role in the renovation of one of Italy's oldest hospitals, Policlinico di Milano. The project is set to last approximately three years and will require the use of the Potain cranes for the duration of the construction work....
Manitowoc - Wed April 01, 2020
Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority Receive Grove Training in Italy
Technicians from Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority (GPHA) visited Manitowoc's facility in Niella Tanaro, Italy, to learn proactive maintenance and basic repairs on the Grove RT530E-2 rough-terrain crane....
Manitowoc - Mon January 06, 2020
Potain Igo 50 Helps Renovate Mona Lisa's Resting Place
A Potain Igo 50 self-erecting crane is repairing more than 43,055 sq. ft. of damaged roof on the Sant'Orsola, a 14th Century ex-monastery in Florence, Italy, that is thought to be the final resting place of Lisa Gherardini, better known as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa....
Manitowoc - Tue August 13, 2019
Manitowoc's Niella Tanaro Plant Adds New Grove GRT655/655L Rough-Terrain Cranes to Production Line-Up
The first Grove GRT655L and GRT655 rough terrain cranes have been assembled at Manitowoc's Niella Tanaro plant. The news comes almost exactly one year after it was announced that GRT880 and GRT8100 rough terrain cranes would begin production from the Italian factory — the first to be produced outside of Shady Grove, Pa....
Associated Press - Tue July 02, 2019
Remaining Parts of Collapsed Italian Bridge are Demolished
GENOA, Italy (AP) — A spectacular planned explosion on June 28, knocked down the remaining spans and supporting pillars of the Italian bridge that collapsed last year with the loss of 43 lives. The blast in Genoa at 9:37 a.m....
Giles Lambertson – CEG Correspondent - Tue September 04, 2018
What Caused the Genoa Bridge Collapse?
When a 260-ft.-long span of a heavily traveled highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy on Aug. 14, speculative causes of the collapse immediately were flung around like flying debris. The shoot-from-the-hip reaction used to be called "instant analysis" and helped foster public cynicism about the media....
Emily Buenzle - Tue August 14, 2018
At Least 35 Dead in Bridge Collapse
A bridge collapse in Italy has killed at least 20 people and injured at least 13. The Morandi Bridge, in Genoa, Italy, collapsed after a violent, sudden rainstorm hit around 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 14. According to the head of the local ambulance service there were dozens of fatalities, Adnkronos, an Italian news agency, reported....
