Cranes: High and mighty

With the impact of Covid-19 being felt across the world of construction, it is perhaps a surprise that global sales of mobile cranes are predicted to hit a record high this year. This prediction comes from market research and forecasting company Off-Highway Research and is almost completely due to the huge spike in truck crane sales expected in stimulus-driven China, with this demand seeing a staggering 48,000 mobile cranes (truck, crawler, RT and AT) sold in the country. To put this into context, the worldwide market for mobile cranes outside China is about 10,000 units per year.