Mr. Varganyi was released without bail; Mr. Lomma was also released, but he must post $100,000 bail within a week.

The crane was shown to a small group of employees and dignitaries yesterday after it rolled off of the production line.

The accused were described as “reckless” by district attorney Cyrus Vance, who said that their alleged negligence with the tower crane on the 333 East 91st Street construction site, led directly to the deaths of two construction workers.

All 12 workers had been rescued by 14:00 with one said to be suffering from life threatening injuries.

The work is taking place at Bugis district interchangebale station, a heavily populated part of the city.

Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has sold mobile harbour cranes (MHC) to Lebanon and Qatar which, it says, strengthens its position in the Middle East.

The 34 year-old operator was employed by APM Terminals and was loading steel sheets on trucks at the port when the crane tipped over.

Terex has released more details of its new 100 tonne long boomed AC100/4L along with a photograph.

The new LTL-3000 is being designed in conjunction with Hitachi Transport for construction of the new advanced boiling water reactor at Higashidori NN-1 nuclear power plant for Tokyo Electric Power Compan

Liebherr Container Cranes has delivered a Super Post Panamax container crane to the Port of Tauranga, New Zealand.