Ernie Pierini

ZWEIBRÜCKEN, November 16th. 2012 – Terex Cranes announces the launch of the Superlift 3800 lattice boom crawler crane. As the successor to the Terex® CC 2800-1, it has big shoes…

Rush hour motorists had a lucky escape on Tuesday evening when a crane’s trailing boom dolly overturned on highway 101 near Santa Barbara, California.

Emerging markets are of growing importance to German manufacturer Liebherr, whose traditional stronghold has been Europe.

I overheard sales dialog on the airplane this morning. “He (the customer) has never responded to one of my emails, and never calls me back. The ONLY time he calls me is when he needs something.” Then back to devouring this week’s edition of US Weekly magazine.

Counterfeit spare parts for cranes originating in Asia are spreading into regions including the Middle East, said Thibaut Le Besnerais, global product director of tower cranes for Manitowoc Cranes.

An injured man was recovered by tower crane yesterday reportedly following the overturn of a work platform.

Five men blamed for the death of a co-worker crushed by a falling crane in Dubai, have been fined Dh2,000 ($540) each and jailed for three months.

The Favelle Favco-brand tower crane-whose luffing jib dramatically flipped backwards as Superstorm Sandy blew into Midtown Manhattan-was properly prepared for wind, says the construction manager in charge of the project.

Latin America’s largest civil works project is the $5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal, and expanding it to double its size is an international effort. At the center of the action are 14 Potain tower cranes and four Grove cranes.

Crane & Rigging Hot Line is proud to announce the winners of Top Trainer 2012.