crane industry news

The hook of an improperly stowed telescopic loader crane seriously injured a man in Russia who had been pulled over by the police.

High quality information and other tools to help you run your lifting and specialized transport business more safely and efficiently top the agenda at the 2013 World Crane and Transport Summit.

Tadano has launched a three axle 145 tonne capacity rough terrain crane for sale worldwide.

On Oct. 17, 2013, Sims Crane and NBIS are teaming up with the Florida Crane Alliance to present the crane management seminar, How Changes in OSHA Crane Regulation Have Affected the Work Site that will offer insight into the ASME B30.5 and OSHA 1926.1400 changes that are reshaping roles and responsibilities of crane owners and crane users for construction and related industries.

A mobile crane overturned in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday while lifting steel bars, its jib cab down on a parked van. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

Albert Marine Construction is assisting in the repbuilding effort post Hurricane Sandy and has used an 85 USt (80 t) Manitowoc 8500-1 crawler crane for its part.

A tower crane collapsed in the early hours of yesterday morning on a construction site in Xi’an the capital of north west China’s Shaanxi Province killing four people and injuring four others.

Manitowoc signed a five year, strategic agreement with Orlaco, to provide and develop aftermarket camera systems for Manitowoc cranes, including Potain tower cranes, Grove mobile cranes, National Crane boom trucks and Manitowoc crawler cranes.

Liebherr claims to have assembled the world’s tallest crawler crane at its manufacturing plant in Ehingen, Germany.

A crane operator had a lucky escape on Friday, after the Rough Terrain crane he was operating overturned at St Clair Shores Marina on Lake Michigan.