cranes

Liebherr-Werk Nenzing has won Austria’s State prize for Environmental & Energy Technology, for its Pactronic hydraulic hybrid drive for cranes.

We have received some advance pictures of a new Liebherr 750 tonne All Terrain crane which will be unveiled next week – the LTM1750-9.1. We have very few details on the new crane, but Liebherr has confirmed that it will be launched next week, along with another new model at the company’s upcoming open days in Ehingen, Germany.

Cavotec has developed a lightweight radio remote control (RRC) unit for operators controlling equipment such as mobile cranes and tower cranes over extended periods.

According to the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), crane operators wanting to work in West Virginia still need to obtain CCO crane operator certification following the passage of a bill that maintains a decade-old state requirement.

A reader in the USA has sent us a photograph of an old crane that perhaps one of you can identify?

The Gottwald HMK260E (pictured here) is capable of lifting up to 100 tonnes with all the speed and accuracy needed when handling high value project cargo.

Manitowoc has introduced a fixed jib option for its 400 tonne capacity model 16000 lattice boom crawler crane to complement the existing luffing jib attachment

A 100 tonne crane boom buckled while lifting bridge beams in Northern Norway earlier this week. The crane, owned by Vest Kran, was working from a massive barge, installing a new bridge in Vikan, near Bodø when the incident occurred. No one was injured.

Two UK contractors, Bowmer & Kirkland and Bingham Davis have been found guilty of breaching health and safety laws following the collapse of a tower crane in Liverpool in 2009. They will be sentenced on Friday.

A crane operator died yesterday after the boom truck he was operating overturned at the dockside in Seward, Alaska. The operator, Feliz Morales, 52, was reportedly lifting nets from a boat, when his crane overturned, he was pronounced dead at the scene.