2019

Published in the June issue of ICST magazine

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Slowing down
on the 27,892,816 of 2018. This year was still
higher even with 14 fewer companies.
The number of lattice boom cranes held
by the top 100 companies has declined, by
0.69 %, to 6,716 units. That goes up against
a 2 % rise in 2018. The second area showing
While development overall a decline in the top 100 is in the number of
depots, down for the second year running, this
remains positive, things have year by 2.7 % or 40 depots, compared with a
fall of less than half of one percent last year.
slowed down again in many Numbers were up in the top ten fleets
carrying the most wheeled mobile cranes.
aspects of this year’s IC50 This year showed a 2 % or 209 unit increase
over 2018. After many years of increases in
ranking of the world’s largest the number of lattice boom cranes, the total of
the ten largest fleets this year was down - but
crane-owning companies only just - by three units.
In terms of capacity, however, this

C
ontinuing the trend of the last two continues to increase in the lattice crane
years, this year’s IC50 once again sector, as it has done overall for at least a
shows a smaller percentage growth. decade. Comparing the total capacity of the BKL dismantling a tower crane in Ingolstadt,
Following a 6 per cent increase in 2017 and lattice cranes in our Basket of Eight (see box Germany. The Bavarian company has moved
5 % in 2018, this year the rise has declined story) sample, capacity is up this year by an into the top 100 this year at 93rd place (from
significantly further, to just 1 %. Here we impressive 9.6 %, or 1,800 tonnes, largely due 108) following recent years of strong expansion
are talking about the IC Index (see 'Notes for to a new giant crane from Sarens, a new ALE
the IC50') total of the top 100 of the 200 or so super heavy lifter and capacity enhancement only positive was an increase in the number
companies in the table. Areas also showing at Mammoet. of depots, perhaps suggesting that these
increases again this year are in the number Continuing with the Basket of Eight leading companies have invested further
of employees, up 2.38 % and the number of sample, an increase in the IC Index of 1.75 % in getting closer to their customers. At 507
wheeled cranes, up just 0.5 %, or 131 units, to was recorded overall. All the other figures depots the number was up 2 % from the 497
a total of 26,187. The increase last year was here, however, were in the negative. The of 2018. An increase in this number has been
more than 4 %. number of wheeled cranes was down by consistent for many years. The number of
So, in terms of all the entries this year, 0.2 %, depots down by 0.3 %, the number of employees, however, was down, by 4.5 %,
the total of 201 companies included eight lattice cranes by 1.4 % and there were 3.8 % or 1,428 people, to 30,460 from 31,888 and
either new or returning entries, while 22 were fewer employees than in 2018. reversing two years of rises. There were 4 %
deleted. Two of them were removed following Looking at the top 20 companies, the fewer wheeled cranes and 1 % fewer lattice
acquisition while the remainder were as a cranes (just 41 units).
result of no longer trading or it being old The distinctive colours In terms of positions in the table, while
data. The grand total IC Index value of all of Australia’s Boom Mammoet is number one (as it has been since
companies in 2019 was 28,051,368, up 0.57 % Logistics stand out the first IC50 more than 20 years ago), the
on the job site gap to Sarens in second place has reduced
massively in the last year alone. Mammoet’s
index is down this year, by 100,000 points, but
the gap has been closed to a greater extent by
expansion of Sarens’ capability. It has added
375,581 tonne-metres of capability to its fleet
since last year’s table. A whopping 250,000
of which was added by just one crane, the
SGC 250 super heavy lift crane shown in the
iron in November 2018. It is one of three new
giant cranes announced in October 2017.
The gap between the Mammoet and
Osprey is a relatively new company and a new Sarens fleets in 2018 was a formidable
entry in the IC50. Based in the United Kingdom, 554,145 points and now it is down to 78,564. To
it focuses on heavy contract lifting with its fleet give an idea of the difference, last year it was
of high capacity lattice and telescopic boom about the same as the size of Buckner’s fleet,
wheeled mobile cranes at 8th place in the table, to now being similar »
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RANK AREA OF
2019 2018 COMPANY NAME BASED DEPOTS EMPLOYEES OPERATION SENIOR CONTACT
1 1○ Mammoet Netherlands 90 4,600 Worldwide Jan Kleijn
2 2○ Sarens Belgium 90 4,543 Worldwide Wim Sarens
3 3○ ALE UK 44 2,600 Worldwide John Trafford
4 4○ Maxim Crane Works USA 55 3,615 Worldwide Bryan Carlisle
5 5○ Lampson International USA 8 300 Worldwide Bill Lampson
6 6○ Sanghvi Movers India 28 1,438 National Prajwal Kumar
7 8○ Bigge Crane and Rigging USA 18 1,000 National Weston Settlemier
8 9○ Buckner Heavy Lift Cranes USA 4 250 Worldwide Doug Williams
9 13 ○ Deep South Crane & Rigging USA 8 750 Worldwide Mitch Landry
10 10 ○ Weldex Scotland 2 160 Worldwide Iain McGilvray
11 7○ All Erection & Crane Rental USA 36 1,600 Continental Michael Liptak
12 14 ○ MIC Japan 14 650 National Eikichi Ohyama
13 11 ○ Tat Hong Singapore 35 1,700 Worldwide Michael Ng
14 15 ○ BMS Denmark 23 850 Worldwide Jens Enggaard
15 12 ○ Al Faris Dubai, UAE 10 3,055 Continental Hilary Pinto
16 16 ○ Al Jaber Heavy Lift UAE 8 850 Worldwide George Koshy
17 18 ○ Tiong Woon Crane and Transport Singapore 11 1,015 Worldwide Michael Ang Guan Hwa
18 19 ○ Hovago Cranes Netherlands 2 20 Worldwide Doron Livnat
19 17 ○ Prangl Austria 16 664 Continental Christian Prangl
20 24 ○ SoP&G Russia 5 800 Continental Ildar Akhmetov
21 23 ○ Barnhart Crane and Rigging USA 47 1,450 National Alan Barnhart
22 20 ○ Integrated Logistics Kuwait 3 2,500 Continental Saleh Al Huwaidi
23 25 ○ TNT Crane & Rigging USA 43 1,500 National Mike Appling
24 38 ○ Denzai Holdings Corporation Japan 14 350 Worldwide Kohki Uemura
25 26 ○ Starlog Enterprises (formerly ABG Infralogistics) India 24 500 National RC Swamy
26 27 ○ Wasel Germany 15 475 Continental Matthias Wasel
27 33 ○ W.O. Grubb USA 15 488 National Michelle Grubb
28 29 ○ Felbermayr Transport und Hebetechnik Austria 46 1,700 Continental Horst Felbermayr
29 31 ○ Eurogrùas Spain 25 994 Worldwide Antonio Carrion Fernandez
30 32 ○ Chu Kai Public Company Thailand 6 600 National Thongchai Praerangsri
31 34 ○ PVE Cranes & Services Netherlands 4 120 Worldwide Joost Bömer
32 40 ○ Aertssen Kranen Belgium 7 406 Worldwide Tom Deckers
33 37 ○ Sarilar Heavy Lift & Transport Turkey 3 460 Worldwide Erkan Gürbüz
34 36 ○ Uchimiya Transportation & Engineering Japan 5 300 National Seiji Tani
35 35 ○ JF Lomma USA 8 163 Worldwide James Lomma
36 53 ○ PT. Superkrane Mitra Utama Indonesia 2 963 National Leonardy Tan
37 39 ○ Fagioli Italy 10 595 Worldwide Fabio Belli
38 44 ○ Bragg Crane Service USA 13 650 National Mike Roy
39 41 ○ Ainscough Crane Hire UK 32 900 National Derek Gow
40 42 ○ Mediaco Levage France 60 1,600 National Alexandre-Jacques Vernazza
41 43 ○ Guay Inc. Canada 20 500 National Jean-Marc Baronet
42 49 ○ Tokyo Juki Japan 9 178 Worldwide Taku Tsuruoka
43 45 ○ Asiagroup Leasing Singapore 3 500 Continental Jeffrey Poh
44 51 ○ Chunjo Construction Korea 17 100 Worldwide Chang Hwan Jang
45 48 ○ Hareket Heavy Transport and Lifting Turkey 6 420 Worldwide Yusuf Engin Kuzucu
46 50 ○ Sims Crane and Equipment USA 14 480 Regional Dean Sims
47 47 ○ Chubu Kogyo (CKK) Japan 14 215 Worldwide Masayuki Shimada
48 28 ○ NCSG Crane and Heavy Haul Canada 11 400 National Andy Fraser
49 58 ○ Franz Bracht Kran-Vermietung Germany 18 750 National Dirk Bracht
50 65 ○ Johnson Crane Hire South Africa 15 550 Continental Lalith Senarathne

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WHEELED LARGEST
MOBILE LATTICE CRANE IC INDEX RANK
JOB TITLE WEB SITE CRANES CRANES LARGEST CRANE CAPACITY 2019 2019
Chief operating officer www.mammoet.com 981 241 PTC 210 DS 5,000 2,850,000 1
Chief executive officer www.sarens.com 1,093 440 SGC-250 5,000 2,771,436 2
Global manager, crane division www.ale-heavylift.com 125 61 AL.SK10,000 10,000 2,295,623 3
Chief executive officer www.maximcrane.com 2,715 505 Manitowoc 31000 2,300 2,270,239 4
President and CEO www.lampsoncrane.com 69 389 Lampson LTL-3000 2,722 1,255,693 5
Assistant vice president www.sanghvicranes.com 312 298 Terex Demag CC 3800-1 650 1,021,210 6
President and CEO www.bigge.com 724 224 Liebherr LR 11000 1,000 593,139 7
Chief executive officer www.bucknercompanies.com 12 141 Liebherr LR 11350-P 1,815 555,421 8
President www.deepsouthcrane.com 242 26 VersaCrane TC 36000/2 2,700 488,085 9
Managing director www.weldex.co.uk 0 130 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 480,500 10
President www.allcrane.com 1,903 341 Manitowoc 21000 907 474,699 11
President www.micjp.com 251 178 Terex CC 8800-1 Boom Booster 1,600 472,270 12
Chief executive officer - Asean www.tathong.com.sg 161 485 Manitowoc MLC650 700 468,287 13
Chief executive officer www.bms.dk 358 44 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 432,320 14
Founder & managing director www.alfarisgroup.com 807 67 Liebherr LR 11000 1,000 429,827 15
Business development director www.ajhl.com 177 87 Terex CC 8800-1 Twin 3,200 410,000 16
Chief operating officer www.tiongwoon.com 220 172 Terex CC 8800-1 BB 1,600 384,486 17
President and founder www.hovago.com 128 55 Terex CC 6800 1,250 345,300 18
Managing director www.prangl.at 200 12 Terex AC 1000 1,000 342,790 19
Director www.sopig.ru 37 44 Demag CC 8800-1 1,600 331,308 20
Chief executive officer www.barnhartcrane.com 466 45 Demag CC 8800 1,250 329,144 21
Chief executive officer www.integrated-me.com 588 93 Terex CC 8800-1 Boom Booster 1,600 321,981 22
Chief executive officer www.tntcrane.com 621 49 Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 750 293,139 23
Chief operating officer http.//denzai-j.com 225 102 Liebherr LR 11350 P-1800 1,815 224,891 24
Project manager www.abgworld.com 151 72 Terex CC 6800 1,250 211,234 25
Chief executive officer www.wasel-krane.de 203 18 Liebherr LR 1750 750 205,000 26
CEO www.wogrubb.com 284 76 Liebherr LR 1750/2 750 192,407 27
Senior partner www.felbermayr.cc 411 33 Liebherr LR 11000 1,000 189,268 28
President www.eurogruas.com 383 10 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 180,301 29
Chief executive officer www.chukai.co.th 495 105 Demag CC 6800 1,250 173,634 30
CEO www.pvecranes.com 4 85 Terex CC 6800 1,250 172,378 31
Business unit manager www.aertssen.be 123 61 Terex Superlift 3800 650 158,731 32
Chairman www.sarilar.com.tr 141 54 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 150,410 33
General manager www.uchimiya.co.jp 98 57 Terex CC 6800 1,250 145,133 34
President www.jflommainc.com 158 108 Manitowoc 18000 Max-er 750 140,565 35
Engineering maintenance www.superkrane.com 142 98 Liebherr LR 1750 750 139,257 36
CEO www.fagioli.com 25 17 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 137,770 37
Executive vice president www.braggcrane.com 337 34 Liebherr LR 1750/2 750 133,812 38
Sales and marketing director www.ainscough.co.uk 400 4 Liebherr LTM 1800 special 1,000 132,000 39
President www.mediaco.fr 640 10 Liebherr LG 1750 750 129,870 40
President www.gruesguay.com 430 22 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 1,200 129,331 41
President www.tokyojuki.com 44 66 Terex CC 6800 1,250 129,000 42
Business development manager www.asiagroup.com 192 128 Terex AC 1000 1,000 127,730 43
CEO www.chunjo.com 250 48 Manitowoc 31000 2,300 127,535 44
General manager www.hareket.com 67 16 Demag CC 6800 1,250 116,476 45
President www.simscrane.com 257 31 Kobelco SL6000 550 112,497 46
President and rep. director www.ckk-net.com 162 65 Demag CC 8800-1 1,600 110,798 47
President & CEO www.ncsg.com 218 30 Liebherr LTM 11200.9-1 1,200 110,517 48
Managing director www.bracht-autokrane.de 282 26 Liebherr LTM 1750 750 107,409 49
Managing director www.jch.co.za 218 4 Liebherr LR 1750 750 101,950 50
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RANK AREA OF
2019 2018 COMPANY NAME BASED DEPOTS EMPLOYEES OPERATION SENIOR CONTACT
51 59  Jousai Transport & Crane Japan 27 393 National Ichiro Kurikawa
52 55  Sistem Crane Rental & Heavy Haulage Turkey 3 180 Worldwide Kemal Akinli
53 61  Gruas Roxu Spain 9 308 Worldwide José Manuel García Suaráez
54 57  Vest Kran Norway 12 100 Continental Morten Martinessen
55 22  Schmidbauer Germany 23 660 Worldwide Werner Schmidbauer
56 30  Havator Group Finland 32 450 Continental Christoffer Landtman
57 52  Sterett Crane & Rigging USA 8 120 National Jonathan Spong
58 60  Kynningsrud Kran Norway 14 310 Continental Pål Kynningsrud
59 54  Locar Guindaste e Transportes Intermodais Brazil 9 1,200 National Julio Simões
60 81  Izmir Vinç Turkey 1 145 Worldwide Bulent Kusgoz
61 62  Scott-Macon Equipment USA 9 200 Worldwide Robert Dimmitt
62 63  Crane Norway Group Norway 5 300 National Erik Andersen
63 64  Imperial Crane Services USA 5 250 Worldwide BJ Bohne
64 78  Mountain Crane Services USA 4 160 National Paul Belcher
65 130  Vernazza Autogru Italy 5 152 Worldwide Diego Vernazza
66 66  Musselli (CST Consorzio Sollevamenti Trasporti) Italy 30 487 Continental Ferruccio Musselli
67 68  Marco Crane and Rigging USA 6 210 National Dan Mardian
68 67  Monadelphous Group Australia 7 4,718 National Garry Kearney
69 69  Antar Cranes Services Singapore 6 200 Continental Andrew Tan
70 75  Entrec Corporation Canada 11 580 Continental John Stevens
71 n/a Berry Contracting USA 6 3,500 National Berry Peterson
72 71  Makro Engenharia Brazil 8 1,210 National David Rodrigues
73 72  Yonehara Japan 30 972 National Hiroki Yamada
74 77  Stevenson Crane Service USA 4 198 Worldwide Donna Stevenson
75 115  Dufour Transports Manutentions Belgium 7 800 Continental Olivier Dufour
76 76  Allegiance Crane & Equipment USA 10 375 Worldwide James Robertson
77 56  Beyel Brothers USA 8 362 Local Joseph Beyel
78 74  Mr Crane USA 3 140 National Andy Steinberg
79 79  Barkat Cranes & Equipments Pvt Ltd India 4 395 National Gaganpreet Singh G Bedi
80 70  H&E Equipment Services USA 30 2,500 National Cary Burr
81 82  Jassim Transport and Stevedoring Kuwait 3 1,700 Continental Adel Kohari
82 n/a Alareedh (Mohammad Abdullah) Saudi Arabia n/s n/s Continental Mohammad Al Rasheed
83 21  Sinopec Heavy Lifting and Transportation China 7 550 Worldwide Sun Xiaobo
84 102  CraneWorks, Inc USA 9 115 Worldwide Keith Ayers
85 159  Aydintas Crane & Heavy Transport Turkey 3 140 Worldwide Hamza Aydin
86 91  Wagenborg Nedlift Netherlands 10 321 Worldwide G Bastiaansen
87 80  Dozier Crane & Machinery USA 3 45 Worldwide Dozier Cook
88 83  McNally Crane Hire / WindHoist Ireland 6 187 Worldwide Hugh McNally
89 86  Ness Campbell Crane USA 9 100 Regional John Anderson
90 93  Hokazono Japan 10 220 National Naoki Hokazono
91 89  Northwest Crane Service USA 8 140 National Andy Hodges
92 98  Dielco Crane Service USA 1 111 Local David Dieleman
93 108  BKL Baukran Logistik Germany 6 300 Continental Joerg Hegestweiler
94 95  Circle 8 Crane Services USA 6 253 Local Bryan Ericson
95 107  Capital City Group USA 6 225 Regional Brian Gibson
96 103  ML Holdings Company Crane Group (Crane Service, USA 14 667 National Scott Wilson
Marks Crane and Rigging, United Crane and Rigging)
97 92  Riga Mainz Germany 5 158 Continental Jos Vogelzang
98 90  Joyce Crane USA 6 165 Regional Joe Bob Joyce
99 101  Big B Crane USA 2 132 Regional Daniel Basden
100 97  Laramie Enterprises USA 2 65 Worldwide Jeff Laramie

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WHEELED LARGEST
MOBILE LATTICE CRANE IC INDEX RANK
JOB TITLE WEB SITE CRANES CRANES LARGEST CRANE CAPACITY 2019 2019
President www.jousai.co.jp 148 59 Liebherr LR 1750/2 750 94,963 51
General manager www.sistemcrane.com 39 11 Liebherr LR 1750 750 94,853 52
Sole administrator www.gruasroxu.com 170 5 Liebherr LTR 11200 1,200 94,010 53
www.vestkran.no 51 15 Liebherr LG 1750 750 93,587 54
Chief executive officer www.schmidbauer-gruppe.de 358 16 Liebherr LR 11350 1,350 93,351 55
Chief executive officer www.havator.com 188 45 Liebherr LR 1750 750 91,103 56
President www.sterettcrane.com 148 41 Terex CC 2800-1 600 86,610 57
CEO www.nckynningsrud.com 195 12 Liebherr LG 1750 750 85,800 58
President www.locar.com.br 187 23 Liebherr LR 1800 800 85,630 59
General manager www.izmircrane.com 32 28 Liebherr LR 1750 750 84,550 60
Executive vice president www.smequipment.com 453 60 Terex AC 200 200 81,510 61
General manager www.cranenorway.com 111 16 Terex CC 3800-1 650 75,703 62
President and CEO www.imperialcrane.com 220 18 Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 500 73,000 63
Owner and CEO www.mountaincrane.com 69 43 Liebherr LR 11000 1,000 72,717 64
CEO www.vernazzautogru.com 45 6 Terex Demag CC 6800 1,250 71,727 65
President www.musselli.it 300 0 Demag AC 800 800 71,109 66
President www.marcocrane.com 193 26 Manitowoc Grove GMK7550 450 70,859 67
Heavy lift manager www.monadelphous.com.au 109 20 Manitowoc 18000 750 69,140 68
General manager www.jpnelson.com.sg/antar 4 210 Kobelco 7250S 250 65,369 69
President & CEO www.entrec.com 198 21 Liebherr LR 1750 750 62,702 70
Vice president www.bayltd.com 83 19 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 1,200 60,900 71
Chief executive officer www.makroengenharia.com.br 312 13 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 1,200 60,084 72
Manager www.yonehara.co.jp 395 50 Liebherr LTM 1450NX 450 59,094 73
President www.stevensoncrane.com 161 26 Manitowoc 18000 Max-er 750 56,919 74
Administrator www.dufour.be 206 56 Liebherr LG 1750 750 56,436 75
President and CEO www.allegiancecrane.com 131 14 Terex AC 500 500 56,082 76
President www.beyel.com 179 50 Manitowoc 21000 907 54,754 77
President and CEO www.mrcrane.com 68 24 Manitowoc M2250 MaxEr 450 54,265 78
Chairman www.barkatworld.com 33 7 Liebherr LR 1750 750 52,960 79
Senior vice president of cranes www.he-equipment.com 265 0 Grove RT9150 136 52,500 80
Chief executive officer www.jtckw.com 158 9 Demag AC 700-9 700 51,012 81
General manager www.alareedh.com 568 7 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 1,200 50,849 82
President slt.segroup.cn 23 12 XCMG XGC 88000 4,000 50,060 83
Chief executive officer www.crane-works.com 470 1 Demag AC 220-5 220 48,666 84
Int. co-ordinator www.aydintasvinc.com.tr 41 11 Terex AC 1000 1,000 48,323 85
Managing director www.wagenborg.com 100 3 Liebherr LR 1400 400 47,298 86
Owner www.doziercrane.com 82 47 Liebherr LTM 1400-7.1 400 47,204 87
Managing director www.mcnallyscranehire.com 32 5 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1 1,200 45,080 88
President www.nesscampbell.com 95 5 Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 500 43,734 89
President www.hokazono.co.jp 97 25 Tadano AR-5500M 550 43,731 90
President www.northwestcraneservice.com 35 7 Liebherr LR 11000 1,000 43,620 91
President www.dielcocrane.com 63 14 Liebherr LR 1600/2 600 43,465 92
Chief executive officer www.bkl.de 111 0 Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 500 43,300 93
President www.circle8services.com 87 0 Grove GMK7550 450 42,060 94
President and CEO www.ccgroup-inc.com 115 24 Grove GMK7550 450 41,313 95
President www.mlcranegroup.com 283 27 Liebherr LTM 1500 500 39,508 96

Senior project manager www.riga-mainz.com 68 2 Liebherr LR 1750 750 38,800 97

President www.joycecrane.com 88 1 Liebherr LTM 1750-9.1 750 38,199 98
President www.bigbcrane.com 37 44 Manitowoc MLC300 300 36,798 99
Vice president www.laramiecrane.com 53 31 Demag AC 1200 450 36,450 100
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to Crane Norway’s fleet from 62nd place. Erection moves from 7 to 11.
In the top ten, the first six companies Among the top 50 companies, crane THE BASKET OF EIGHT
remain unchanged. At seven, Bigge is up one owners in Asia, especially from Japan, have In 2017 upset was caused to the long-
place. It has kept a high profile in terms of done well this year, as have larger companies running Basket of Ten sample of larger
multiple fleet additions and new equipment based in Europe. US companies have companies. It was as a result of one of
orders in recent years. Also up one place is generally also fared well while it is rather them, Maxim, acquiring two of the others,
Buckner at eight. Deep South Crane & Rigging more of a mixed picture elsewhere in the AmQuip and Essex, making it now the
has burst into the top ten to take 9th place, world. This mix is more apparent and more Basket of Eight. This group was formed
moving up four from 13th. Weldex retains widespread in the second half of the table using the top ten companies in the 2009
its long-held position in the top ten while All where a clear trend is hard to identify. ■ IC50 and has been running ever since,
tracking the changes each year.
In 2017 it was planned to create a new
NOTES FOR THE IC50 group of ten for 2018 but, because the
Companies are ranked by their IC Index, calculated as the total maximum load moment fleets of the two acquired companies in the
rating, in tonne-metres, of all cranes in a fleet. All companies in the list, plus other sample were retained by another in the
prospective ones, have the opportunity to supply fleet information and other requested group, we retained the eight and will see
data for inclusion in the ranking. Where companies supply full data the figure used is how it continues to pan out.
calculated by them. The Basket of Eight companies are as
In some cases, where no data is submitted, or is incomplete, we have based a company’s follows: Mammoet, Sarens, Lampson,
equipment fleet figure on an ICST estimate. In cases of insolvency, acquisition or lack of Sanghvi Movers, All Erection, Tat Hong,
information, companies are withdrawn from the table. Al Jaber and Maxim, which includes the
While we make great effort to ensure the accuracy of information provided, it cannot be assets of Essex and AmQuip, following their
guaranteed and ICST accepts no liability for inaccuracies or omissions. acquisition in September 2016 and April
The IC50 Index will next be updated in the first quarter of 2020. If you think your company 2017, respectively.
should be included please contact ICST for an application form. Note that tower cranes are The total IC Index value of the 2019
not in the main IC50 table here because they appear separately in the special IC Tower Index Basket of Eight, at 11,521,564, is up a
published in the September issue of ICST. Similarly, specialized transport equipment is also massive 83 % on the 6,294,798 total of the
featured in a separate ranking, the IC Transport50, in the August issue of the magazine. Calls first one in 2009. This year it was up 1.75 %
for entries in these tables are also issued and widely publicised like the ones for the IC50. on the 2018 total.

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