• Manitowoc and local dealer Shawmut Equipment are helping Sprague Energy receive and stage massive wind turbine components for transport from Sprague’s Mack Point terminal in Searsport, Maine.
• The effort is part of a significant investment in renewable energy infrastructure in the state.
• A fleet of Manitowoc crawler cranes is completing up to 30 complex lifts a day, with loads of up to 101 USt.
• The 150-ton class MLC150-1 lattice-boom crawler becomes the fifth crane from Manitowoc in operation at the union’s 265-acre International Training & Education Center in Crosby, Texas.
• The crawler is equipped with the latest Manitowoc Crane Control System (CCS) to ensure operators of all levels are comprehensively trained on the technology.
• Manitowoc has partnered with the union for over 20 years, providing cranes of all types to local chapters across the U.S. and Canada.