New Cranes

Altec has launched a new 45 ton boom truck/truck crane, the AC45-127S with 38.5 metre five section boom and 16.6 metre telescopic jib.

Hiab unveiled four new mid-sized loader crane models, the X-CLX 178, the X-DUO 178, the X-HIDUO 188 and the X-HIPRO 192, at a launch in Berlin yesterday.

Tadano has launched a three axle 145 tonne capacity rough terrain crane for sale worldwide.

Liebherr claims to have assembled the world’s tallest crawler crane at its manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany.

A 40-year-old crane operator had to be rescued from a tower crane around 35 metres in the air last Wednesday in Graz, Austria.

A man had a lucky escape on a job site in Vancouver, Canada yesterday after the hoist cables of a tower crane brushed against overhead power lines.

Sixteen students in a career/technical education class from Harnett Central High School in Angier, N.C., had a chance to learn about the crane industry firsthand in a two-hour class led by crane experts at ALL Carolina Crane & Equipment.

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The United States International Trade Commission announced a Section 337 investigation into construction giant Sany for patent infringement on Thursday.

The Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) programme for commercial vehicles in the USA has been fully implemented and the motor carrier industry is starting to see the effects of a CSA intervention