MANNAI HED, the heavy equipment division of Mannai Trading Company of Qatar, has sold the country’s first 300-tonne Grove all-terrain crane to ConXion, a local logistics and heavy equipment specialist.

The new high-capacity crane offers essential reach and power to both lift and lower materials and to move them horizontally.

The acquisition gives ConXion a significant competitive advantage, particularly for the completion of signature high-rise projects in Qatar, and comes as the demand for such cranes in
Qatar is at an all-time high, said Mannai Trading.

ConXion provides logistics expertise and the transportation of cargo, heavy equipment and industrial products throughout Qatar and rest of the GCC. As a key partner of the construction industry, it is expanding its fleet of specialised vehicles – and particularly high-capacity cranes.

Mannai HED is a distributor and provides after-sales support for a number of internationally renowned heavy equipment lines including Grove Cranes, JCB units, TCM forklifts, Massey Ferguson agricultural equipment, Daewoo Buses, DAF Trucks and Eicher Trucks.

Mannai HED Operations general manager Khalid Yousef said: “The sale of this Grove crane comes at a time of increasing demand from the construction industry for high capacity cranes which will be crucial to help Qatar meet its targets for infrastructure and real estate development.

“At Mannai HED we work closely with our partners to understand their needs and we make strategic investments to help them to realise Qatar’s vision for the future using the world’s best equipment, supported by a first-class after-sales service. We look forward to a continued strong partnership with ConXion in the future.”

Grove is one of the world’s leading producers of mobile cranes and has manufacturing facilities in Europe and North America. Part of the renowned Manitowoc Crane Group, Grove provides a range of products to meet the worldwide market demands of the lifting industry.