Crane business

A 20 year old tractor driver also died at the scene, but it is unclear if he was in his vehicle at the time and how it relates to the crane accident. Local reports say that the crane collapsed from its base and that the weather was very stormy at the time with strong winds

The new 200 tonne Liebherr is the 12th crane in the fleet, which also includes an LTM 1030, LTM 1055, LTM 1060, and a LTM 1100. The expanding fleet also includes truck mounted hydraulic cranes, city class cranes and specialised mini crawler cranes.

Hungarian crane company Ács-Gép Generál Zrt is working on two major construction projects for the country’s capital using its fleet of tower cranes.

The DVD aims to “raise the awareness of safe practices which can avoid potential risks at all stages of tower crane climbing and aims at driving improvements across the industry to rule out incidents”.

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The Manitowoc Company, Inc.today announced that it had priced a public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes maturing in 2018 and bearing interest at a rate of 9.50%.

Two house roofs were smashed in Ho Chi Minh City Wednesday as a crane arm broke off and fell on them.

Russian rental company Ltech has arranged for Safi to build a special service elevator for a Moscow based printing company where a traditional lift would be too expensive. The Italian based mast climber manufacturer designed and built an indoor service elevator based on its Zenith MC hoist.

Four Liebherr saddle jib tower cranes are on lifting duty at the twin-towered Hong Kong Housing Authority’s latest public housing contract.

Based on the concept of the 71 K model, the new fast-erecting 81 K lifts loads more than 25% higher at the end of the jib, Liebherr said. The 6t capacity crane has a maximum hook height of 40.4m and 55m at a 30˚ jib angle.