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INTERNATIONAL AND SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT
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DECEMBER 2013
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EVENTS DIARY
This issue’s picture of
the month was sent in by
IC reader Pat O’Dea. The
picture was taken from the
cab of a Wolff 180B tower
crane working on a Bovis
site in Wood Street, London.
From the picture it looks like
the crane is lifting the dome
of St Paul’s Cathedral.
Picture of themonth
PEOPLE NEWS
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Tadano
America has
named
JAY
SHIFFLER
vice
president and
general manager
of marketing. He will direct the
marketing efforts of Tadano
America rough terrain and all
terrain cranes, reporting to Yo
Kakinuma, Tadano
America president.
Shiffler, who has more than
30 years of experience in the
crane business, said, “I am
very excited to return to the
manufacturing realm of the
crane business, where I started
my career.” Shiffler joins Tadano
from Wheco Corp, where he
was vice president of business
development for nine years.
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JIMMIE KING,
a heavy haul
truck driver,
rigger and crane
operator at
Florida, USA-
based Bryson Crane Rental
Service, has received a training
and certification scholarship
awarded by the Florida Crane
Owners Council (FCOC).
The scholarship includes a
four day mobile crane operator
classroom and hands on training
certification preparatory course.
The training was donated by
the Crane Institute of America,
Sanford, Florida. King also
received mobile crane operator
certification exams from the
Crane Institute Certification.
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At Liebherr Great Britain
and Ireland
MIKE HANLON
has
been appointed as the ports and
re-handling specialist for the
region. Hanlon has worked for
Liebherr for more than 20 years
2014
SC&RA BOARD &
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
5 – 8 January 2014
Park City, Utah, USA
INTERMAT MIDDLE EAST
14 – 16 January 2014
Abu Dhabi
CONEXPO 2014
4 – 8 March 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
SC&RA SPECIALIZED
TRANSPORTATION
SYMPOSIUM
19 – 21 March 2014
Houston, Texas, USA
SMOPYC 2014
1 – 5 April 2014
Zaragoza, Spain
SC&RA ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
22 – 26 April 2014
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
ESTA AWARDS OF
EXCELLENCE
24 April 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL CRANES
AND TRANSPORT TURKEY
8 May 2014
Istanbul, Turkey
SAMOTER 2014
8 – 11 May 2014
Verona, Italy
INTERNATIONAL RENTAL
EXHIBITION
24 – 26 June 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
INTERNATIONAL CRANES
AND TRANSPORT ASIA
PACIFIC
30 September 2014
Singapore
BAUMA CHINA 2014
25 – 28 November 2014
Shanghai, China
BACK PAGE
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With regret IC reports the death of lifelong crane
man
ANDREW BROWN
at the age of 69.
At the end of 2012 Brown retired from a 50 year
career in the crane industry when he finished
work leading the Kobelco Cranes Europe operation
in the UK.
Brown started as an engineering apprentice at Ransomes and
Rapier in Ipswich, UK, in 1961, before transferring to NCK-Rapier
as a sales representative in the UK. He became product manager
when the Ajax, Eiger, Orion and Olympus cranes were developed.
As export manager he then led a drive to sell cranes and walking
draglines worldwide, helping to earn the company its first Queen’s
Award for Export.
At Ruston-Bucyrus in Lincoln, UK, he was a project manager.
Brown joined Kobelco when the UK company was formed in 2000.
He died on 20 November following a battle with cancer.
OBITUARY
and has worked
as an engineer,
a member of
the sales team
and also works
in Liebherr’s
Maritime Crane division.
Hanlon said, “With such a
range of products in the portfolio
to offer the ports industry we
have solutions for every port
in the country. Finding the
right product or combination of
products for each customers
bespoke application makes
every day different.”
