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.
Ernie Pierini
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
Contractor faces $105,000 in fines
Lunda Construction of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, is facing $105,000 in fines from OSHA for one willful, and five serious safety violations,
The boom of a mobile crane buckled this morning while removing the large Christmas tree from the top of the Macys store in Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
XCMG’s 4,000 tonne class crawler record
A world record has been set by a 4,000 tonne class crawler crane after it completed multiple 4,500 tonne overload tests, manufacturer XCMG said.
For the crane and rigging experts among you a photo sent in from a reader in the USA seeking an opinion.
Fatal crane incident in Bahrain
A man was crushed yesterday in Hidd, Bahrain after a mobile lattice boom crane dropped a container load of concrete slabs.
A crane rental company in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada has been issued with a $10,000 traffic fine after police officers spotted one of its 50 tonne Rough Terrain cranes travelling on public roads, in South Edmonton on Wednesday.
Irish truck distributor J Harris Assemblers has been fined €20,000 for selling on a loader crane that had been involved in a fatal accident without fixing the issue that allowed the fatality to happen.