Ernie Pierini

The jib of a tower crane working on a construction site in Uetendorf near Thun, Switzerland buckled last week dropping its load into the site.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has been commissioned by oil and gas services firm Bourbon to supply a 150-tonne active heave-compensated subsea MacGregor crane.

Torrential rains caused a 50 ton crawler crane to slide into the Tuckaseigee River in Cullowhee, North Carolina (south west of Ashville) last week.

A UNIC mini spider crane on hire from GGR Group took to the water recently to assist with essential repair work on Buscot Weir lock, Oxfordshire.

A demonstration was held for media today (June 26) of the new Tower Crane Operator Training Program being delivered at the Operating Engineers College campus in Holyrood.

Erecting the new generation of wind turbines while using less counterweight was one of the objectives that Terex Cranes had in mind when developing the Superlift 3800 crawler crane.

On the edge of Great Mosquito Cove in Trinity Bay (Newfoundland & Labrador), crane operator Sherry Smith climbs each day to the top of some of the world’s tallest cranes — her office space.

The British Broadcasting Corporation – the BBC has confirmed that it is working on a ‘fly on the wall’ documentary about crane rental.

The Bigge Crane and Rigging Southern California branch has taken part in an emergency elevated drill with the fire and safety department at a refinery in El Segundo, California, USA.

Less than a year ago economic analysts were lamenting the fate of the UK crane industry. Although far from pronouncing the industry dead, manufacturers were warned that the market for cranes was in much need of emergency life support.