Crane Safety

A Rough Terrain crane overturned at a reservoir operated by Louisville Water Company in Kentucky yesterday.

At the end of 2012, Terex Port Solutions successfully commissioned a Tandem Lift Assistant at Rendsburg Port Authority GmbH, Germany.

Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Crane & Rigging Hot Line magazine, announces that the Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) will continue its endorsement of the annual Top Trainer…

The operator of the crawler crane that collapsed in New York on Wednesday has been blamed for overloading the crane. A statement from the Department of Buildings claims that the crane was lifting a load of 23,900lbs (10.8 tonnes), when the crane’s maximum capacity was around half that amount.

The tower/boom of a large crawler crane has collapsed while lifting a load of lumber in Long Island City, Queens, New York. Seven people are said to be injured, three of them were trapped under the fallen boom and suffered more serious injuries, but not to the extent that their lives are threatened.

Crane manufacturer Sany America has launched its latest 550-ton crawler crane, the SCC8500.

Five crane operators from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, have been honoured by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association with SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award.

MJR Contractors Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, recently used two Manitowoc lattice-boom crawler cranes to help construct the $42.6-million Tullamore Pumping Station and Reservoir in Caledon, Ontario.

Liebherr will present its new subsea crane, the type RL-K 7500, in Rostock in January 2013.

Lifting Gear Hire Corporation (LGH) in the USA has donated a Modular 24 spreader beam with top rigging to the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) to assist in the construction of partially–built homes for the area