crane industry news

Officially unveiled March 4th. by Manitowoc were the new 650 tonne and 300 tonne capacity crawler cranes. Both of the lattice boom models have the Variable Position Counterweight system previously seen on the USA-headquartered manufacturer’s flagship model, the 31000.

Hoist rope for mobile cranes made from synthetic fibre has been launched by manufacturer Samson and crane maker Manitowoc.

Industrial Training International (ITI), which specializes in crane, rigging and lifting educational courses, is launching a new course aimed at providing foundation-level knowledge in rigging engineering.

UK contractor Bouygues must pay £250,000 five years after Portuguese worker Guilherme de Oliveira died during the construction of an extension at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, UK.

IMT will showcase its 40/275 articulating crane at ConExpo-Con/Agg 2014, March 4 – 8 in Las Vegas.

Liebherr delivered four new LTM 1055-3.2 mobile cranes to the Swiss Army.

A crane lifting a bride and her sister at a wedding in Gujarat state, West India overturned killing a man below and injuring four others, including the bride and sister.

The Crane & Rigging Conference and Industrial Crane &Hoist Conference (CRC/ICHC) will return to Houston in late 2014.

Crane operators competing in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line and CIC Crane Operator Skills Championship in Las Vegas next month include relative newcomers to the field as well as veterans with 35-plus years of experience.

Following the recent collapse of three luffing jib tower cranes during high winds the UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a safety alert relating to tower cranes.