Crane Business

Another Jost tower crane jib collapsed yesterday on a building under construction in Croydon, London during a storm.

An All Terrain crane slipped off a narrow country road near Saint Vallier (Charente) in South East France yesterday, recovering it is proving to be something of a challenge.

A truck driver travelling with a fully rigged lattice crawler crane on his trailer, was surprised last week in the Netherlands, when the crane boom caught up on a high tension overhead power line.

Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co, Lexington, Ky., will unveil its second all-terrain crane at ConExpo 2014.

The Crane Institute Certification (CIC) and Arizona’s Institute for Safety and Health Management (ISHM) have entered into a joint marketing agreement with the aim of improving the safety and health of workers, and thereby reducing accidents.

Association of Crane & Rigging Professionals (ACRP) announce that they have opened the nomination process for 2014 Top Trainers. Nominations will be accepted until July 31, 2014.

Sixteen crane operators from the United States and Canada will move onto the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC Skills Championship, which will be held in March 6-7 at…

Liebherr has introduced a boom upgrade kit for its LR 1600/2 crawler crane which increases lifting capacities by up to 20 percent and extends the heavy duty lift height.

IPAF is welcoming a paper by FEM (Fédération Européenne de la Manutention – the European manufacturers’ association for material handling equipment), which reiterates that tower cranes are designed to lift loads, not people.

Changes to the ASME B30.3 2012 standard for tower cranes will affect your business.