crane certifications

WorkCover NSW has fast-tracked a safety inspection program of tower cranes across the state after one caught fire and collapsed at a Sydney construction site late last year. The inspections,…

Hannover/Paderborn, Germany, January, 2012 – On behalf of wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON, crane service provider Neeb-Schuch recently erected a total of four wind turbines in a windpark close to Hannover and a wind turbine in Benhausen, Paderborn, using a Terex® AC 1000.

Manitowoc is to launch the 165 tonne MLC165 lattice-boom crawler crane at Bauma designed for the global market. With a maximum 84 metre main boom length it has the option of a fixed or luffing jib.

A 1,000 tonne Liebherr BOS 35000 heavy lift crane aboard the support vessel Caballo Marango has been successfully tested in the sea off the port of Rostock. The overload test…

At a height of 138 metres, the world’s largest quay cranes have set sail for the London Gateway container port. Taller than the London Eye, the first three cranes manufactured…

This spring at Bauma, Manitowoc is unveiling two new Grove rough-terrain cranes: the RT550E and RT770E. The two cranes have new features that improve efficiency on the job site.

At the end of 2012, Terex Port Solutions successfully commissioned a Tandem Lift Assistant at Rendsburg Port Authority GmbH, Germany.

The operator of the crawler crane that collapsed in New York on Wednesday has been blamed for overloading the crane. A statement from the Department of Buildings claims that the crane was lifting a load of 23,900lbs (10.8 tonnes), when the crane’s maximum capacity was around half that amount.

The tower/boom of a large crawler crane has collapsed while lifting a load of lumber in Long Island City, Queens, New York. Seven people are said to be injured, three of them were trapped under the fallen boom and suffered more serious injuries, but not to the extent that their lives are threatened.

The Quadstar 1100 is a new 110 US ton (100 tonne) capacity rough terrain crane from Terex Cranes. Highlights include a long boom for its class and a strong load chart, Terex said.