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The Battersea Tower Crane Collapse created new regulations and guidance. As the new UK government moves to save costs, the industry is being deregulated once again, but this is a fail and not a win for industry.

A mechanic who ordered a critical part for a tower crane that collapsed on the Upper East Side four years ago, killing two workers, avoided jail time on Tuesday under the terms of a plea bargain.

Linden Comansa has extended the jib length of its recently launched 21 LC 660 tower crane by four metres. The four versions of the tower crane which have maximum loads of 18, 24 36 and 48 tonnes now have maximum jib lengths of 84 meters.

The Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Inc. (CMAA) has released Specification 79, the newly revised 2012 Crane Operator’s Manual.

Over 60 Manitowoc Crane Care dealers throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa met recently for a three day conference in Wilhelmshaven, Germany to discuss the company’s latest customer service initiatives for its Grove mobile crane range.

Early August sees deployment of a rocket powered robot crane to lower NASA’s mars rover, called Curiosity, to the surface of the red planet.

A city inspector who became the poster boy for haphazard oversight after two Manhattan tower cranes collapsed in 2008 was cleared on technicalities of the top charges against him today — but was still convicted of lying on paperwork to shirk inspections.

The new CTL 650 F45 is Terex Cranes’ new generation entry into the extra-large capacity class of luffing jib tower cranes. It completes the company’s portfolio of 14 CTL series luffing models.

The government of Ontario, Canada has announced a safety blitz this month and next, checking crane safety on construction sites and surface mines across the province.

The number of tower crane accidents in Dubai and the UAE is not significantly different from Europe, says the head of the European crane manufacturers association.