Safety

A marine crane on the bulk carrier Seapace broke free from its pedestal this week, seriously injuring the operator.

Some of the toughest and more unusual conditions are currently experienced by today’s underwater aquanauts. Divers are very often working alone, in conditions of variable depth water pressures and temperatures, combined with poor visibility while also battling with ocean currents.

A boom truck overturned yesterday on Interstate 40 to the east of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Fortunately no one was injured in the incident.

The other day I was asked “what training do you need to drive a crane?”. While this might seem a simple question with a simple answer, it is actually a good deal more challenging.

Industrial Video and Control (IVC) is now offering the CZ-3041-1 crane monitoring system.

A new lifting related training company, SWL Training has been established in the UK by Kevin Bennison.

News from one of our readers in the Netherlands of the 1,200 tonne Gottwald AK912 owned by ALE that keeps on going.

Two men died on Friday when a large tower crane collapsed during erection at a site in Paris suburb of St Germain en Laye, France.

As technology has improved and cranes continue to get larger many lifts made in the past with two or more cranes are now being made with just one.

Konecranes’ Danish distributor of lift trucks NC Nielsen delivered a 100 metric ton (MT) capacity reach stacker to Jutlandia Terminal in Esbjerg, Denmark.