crane certifications

Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has carried out a large number of surprise inspections focused on crane safety, following several recent incidents.

Competitors in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship next March in Las Vegas, Nev., will be operating in comfort and style.

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order for two MacGregor active heave-compensated (AHC) offshore cranes from a Turkish shipyard.

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.

A Liebherr LR 1300 crawler crane was used to set a world record for lifting the widest tilt-up panel in history.

The Edinburgh tram network has enlisted Street Crane Company to install a double girder travelling crane at the company’s Gogar depot.

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.

The crawler crane that slipped off a barge in South Whidbey Harbour, in Washington state last week, has been recovered.

A 50 tonne capacity articulated crane overturned last week while making a lift in Switzerland.

A boom truck overturned onto a house in Tequesta, Florida, (north of Palm Beach) yesterday, while lifting an air conditioning unit. Thankfully no one was hurt in the incident.