Crane business

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.

A crane overturned this morning in Phuket City, Thailand, cutting off a high voltage power line, but it is hard to see exactly what happened.

A luffing jib tower crane has lost its jib on a site in Ealing, London these evening, no one has been injured in the incident and we do not know if it is related to the strong gusty winds currently in the area.

Badger Equipment and Associated Training Services (ATS) has teamed up to demonstrate the new Badger CD4415 Rough Terrain Crane to crane operators.

The New York City authorities have announced new legislation that limits the age of cranes operating in its jurisdiction.

The British Columbia Association for Crane Safety (BCACS) has received official WorkSafe BC approval to move ahead with the Pilot Phase of a reciprocal certification programme with US crane operator…

A video of a lift that purportedly occurred last week in Russia hopefully no one was hurt.

We have received photographs of an incident involving two five axle All Terrain cranes in Caracas, Venezuela last Friday.

Liebherr’s new 1000 EC-B 125- unveiled at Bauma- is currently completing an intensive test programme at the company’s Biberach facility.