Crane Safety

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…

A barge mounted crawler crane has overturned on a canal on Marco Island in Florida, the second such occurence in just over two years.

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.

A man aged 45 has died after falling from an aerial work platform that was struck by an overhead crane at a facility in Bobstadt, north of Mannheim in Germany, last Tuesday.

Strong winds in Montreal over the weekend caused a large mobile crane jib and hook come into contact with the 27 storey building it was parked alongside in Montreal, Canada, breaking four large windows.

A five axle Faun AT has overturned on a construction site in Lilleakerveien, Oslo, Norway.