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The Crane Manufacturers Association of America, Inc. (CMAA) has released Specification 79, the newly revised 2012 Crane Operator’s Manual.

Over 60 Manitowoc Crane Care dealers throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa met recently for a three day conference in Wilhelmshaven, Germany to discuss the company’s latest customer service initiatives for its Grove mobile crane range.

MCM Events is delighted to name the first members of the Canadian Hoisting & Rigging Safety Council (CHRSC), which will be inaugurated at its Crane & Rigging Conference (CRC) Canada on Sept. 13-14 at the Sutton Place Hotel in Edmonton, Alberta.

The new CTL 650 F45 is Terex Cranes’ new generation entry into the extra-large capacity class of luffing jib tower cranes. It completes the company’s portfolio of 14 CTL series luffing models.

A Rough Terrain crane went over yesterday at a medical centre site in Boston, Massachusetts. No one was injured in the incident.

The government of Ontario, Canada has announced a safety blitz this month and next, checking crane safety on construction sites and surface mines across the province.

Sims Crane & Equipment, Tampa, Fla., annually holds a rodeo competition for its crane operators. Ed Cook, operating out of the Vero Beach location, was recently named Top Gun for 2012.

A demonstration has been staged outside the Department of Work and Pensions to highlight concerns over scrapping tower crane regulations

Around 3,000 people from all over the world were expected over two days at the Liebherr-Werk Ehingen factory in Germany on 13 and 14 June.

A 550 lattice truck crane tipped precariously while working on a road job in Mexico City on Saturday, after one of its outriggers broke through into a disused pedestrian underpass.