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10 PROJECT OF THE MONTH Verlinde partners with Handel Sollevamenti to carry out technical maintenance on Elifriulia helicopters.


13 NEWS Konecranes to deliver six of its largest STS cranes to the Port of Savannah in the US; CMAK supplies 20 cranes to an automotive factory; PaR Systems helps to clean up Chernobyl disaster site; LEEA UKCA mark explained and more.


23 ENTERTAINMENT | APPLICATION REPORT The pandemic brought almost all public entertainment to a halt but the makers of


hoisting and lifting equipment are on standby as ‘the show must go on’. Julian Champkin reports.


29 AFRICA | REGION REPORT Despite its political instability Africa launched the African Continental Free Trade Area in January and the nation continues to deliver on natural resources and minerals, as told by Jenny Eagle.


36 PROCESS CRANES | TECHNICAL REPORT Process cranes are becoming more complex and interdependent with real-time data collection and intelligent software, writes Julian Champkin.


ON THE COVER: A Demag process crane lifts an aluminium coil with a hook at Stahlo Stahlservice sheet steel processing facility in Gera near Leipzig in Germany. Demag Cranes & Components won a tender to supply 12 cranes at the plant lifting aluminium coils weighing up to 30t and steel coils, up to 40t.


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