Crane business

“The public is in danger every day.” That’s the accusation of insider who say the state is ignoring risky construction practices. The KOMO 4 Problem Solvers investigated and found several instances where both workers and the public were at risk.

Ezra Holdings, the Singapore based marine services and support provider to the offshore oil & gas sector, says it has acquired a 60,000 Square Metres (650,000 sqft) fabrication facility in Houston, Texas at “distressed prices”. Ezra says the facility will allow it to fabricate customised cranes for modern offshore Oil & Gas vessels.

The Calgary Zoo is coming alive. Starting in about a month , visitors strolling through the prehistoric park will be introduced to some new residents, the move into their new digs were assisted by some rather large moving equipment provided by Stampede Crane and Rigging.

If working with cranes is an essential focus of your business then you will be fully aware that if your crane stops working your business effectively stops as well. A Crane is a piece of machinery and like most machinery it has the potential to be upgraded (modernized), this maximizes your cranes performance and improves reliability and durability on many levels.

A runaway crane smashed into a bus yesterday in Taiwan killing four people – three women and a man – and injuring a further eight. There were a total of 16 passengers on the bus. The accident involving a dated four axle truck crane, occurred in Guishan, Taoyuan County

An All Terrain crane owned and operated by the Budapest Fire department turned over on Wednesday while lifting artwork into Buda castle. The crane a four axle Tadano Faun ATF 60-4, working over the rear, had just lifted a crate of Munkácsy paintings in to the castle by way of its large balcony.

Three rail-mounted cranes manufactured by German manufacturer Kirow have been shipped from the Wallmann Terminal in Hamburg to a Chinese customer by project forwarder Kühne + Nagel onboard multipurpose vessel Rickmers Jakarta. The shipment is bound for Xingang, China, where it is scheduled to arrive in late November

Liebherr has delivered its 50th mobile harbour crane in Russia since it started in 1996. Over the last 15 years Liebherr has delivered at least one example of every different type of the mobile harbour crane it produces. Covering every type of freight, from container handling to bulk operations, from heavy lifts to general cargo.

The superstructure of a Liebherr LTR 11200 crawler crane has been mounted on an offshore jack-up barge for wind farm work. Danish based ship owner DBB Jack-Up Services A/S worked with Liebherr on the mounting of the 1,200 tonne capacity LTR 11200 superstructure to a pedestal on its self-propelled jack-up barge the Wind.

The lack of any tower crane manufacturers at what was meant to be SAIE’s bi-annual tower crane year was a sign of the difficult economic conditions that still exist in Italy. Major manufacturers like Liebherr and Terex chose not to attend October’s annual exhibition held in Bologna, Italy either, although the latter was represented by a distributor