CONTENTS Ӏ DECEMBER 2025 CONTENTS December 2025


08 JOB OF THE MONTH Mammoet removes iconic bank signs in Rotterdam using a Tadano lattice boom crawler crane.


16 CONSTRUCTION REPORT: EAST ASIA


Asia’s construction markets show


diverging trajectories. Cranes Today brings a snapshot of the construction markets in China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong.


24 KNUCKLE BOOM LOADER CRANES


As demand grows for smarter, safer lifting solutions the knuckle boom loader crane sector is undergoing rapid transformation.


34 RING CRANES: SARENS INTERVIEW


We ask Matthias Sarens, R&D manager at Sarens, about the company’s latest ring crane: the fully-electric SGC-170.


ON THE COVER 34 24


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Sarens' new SGC-170 (left) at work (alongside a SGC120/1) loading monopiles in Rotterdam. See p34.


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