Huisman has installed and load tested its 17 m super fly jib for one of the heavy lift mast cranes onboard BigLift Shipping’s Happy Buccaneer
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Italian manufacturer CTE has built a combined truck mounted aerial lift and loader crane for a fire department in Hong Kong.
Valla Calendasco, Italy, has introduced the 13.23-ton 120EVO compact battery powered pick and carry crane.
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Shuttlelift Introduces, Double-Beam Mobile Gantry Cranes
In response to a growing need for efficient and cost effective lifting solutions Shuttlelift launched a new series of double-beam mobile gantry cranes.
The managing director of a failed construction company has been fined £80,000 plus £18,495 costs following the death of an employee caused by a crane overturning while overloaded.
Lifting and transporting wind turbine, major challenge
Handling state-of-the-art wind turbine components is a major challenge for crane service companies, turbine OEMs and transport specialists alike.
A ‘newly discovered’ letter could stir up confusion in the on-going civil and criminal trials concerning New York’s fatal Upper East Side crane collapse in 2008.
Tower Crane Register to be revoked
The UK’s Tower Crane Register, introduced in 2010, will be abandoned, as recommended in an independent review of health and safety legislation published in November 2011.
Kobelco Cranes has started production of its new S series crawler cranes aimed at markets outside of Japan, Europe and North America.