A five axle All Terrain crane caught fire on the I-75 Interstate in Bay City, Michigan, on Friday, closing two south-bound lanes for several hours.
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A 220 tonne All Terrain crane overturned in Germany this morning landing on a house and trapping a man in the small town of Dettelbach, to the east of Würzburg– in northwest Bavaria.
NCCCO Kicks Off Boom Truck Operator Certification Program
The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO) now offers the first phase of its CCO certification program specifically designed for boom truck operators.
Crawler takes out power lines
A lattice boom crawler crane being transported on a barge in Oldenburg, Germany has overturned after coming into contact with overhead power lines.
A tower crane crashed onto the roof of apartment block in Vienna on Saturday after part of the slab it was sitting on broke away.
Crane Institute Certification (CIC) announces that it achieved accreditation for four of its crane operator certification programs.
Violent storm brings down tower crane
An exceptionally violent storm in north western Bavaria, took down a tower crane along with a number of trees on Monday.
Airbus Selects Demag Cranes for New Alabama Plant
Terex Material Handling has been awarded a contract by Airbus to supply 10 Demag process cranes for its assembly facility in Mobile, Alabama
ANSI certifies CIC crane operator programmes
Four crane operator certification programmes run by US based Crane Institute Certification (CIC) have received American National Standards Institute (ANSI)accreditation.
State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) around the country have discovered that night jobsites are safer and more efficient for a number of reasons.