Crane business

Crane manufacturer Sany America has launched its latest 550-ton crawler crane, the SCC8500.

The Quadstar 1100 is a new 110 US ton (100 tonne) capacity rough terrain crane from Terex Cranes. Highlights include a long boom for its class and a strong load chart, Terex said.

Five crane operators from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, have been honoured by the Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association with SC&RA’s 2012 Crane Operator Safety Award.

MJR Contractors Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, recently used two Manitowoc lattice-boom crawler cranes to help construct the $42.6-million Tullamore Pumping Station and Reservoir in Caledon, Ontario.

Liebherr will present its new subsea crane, the type RL-K 7500, in Rostock in January 2013.

Lifting Gear Hire Corporation (LGH) in the USA has donated a Modular 24 spreader beam with top rigging to the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) to assist in the construction of partially–built homes for the area

Lunda Construction of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, is facing $105,000 in fines from OSHA for one willful, and five serious safety violations,

The boom of a mobile crane buckled this morning while removing the large Christmas tree from the top of the Macys store in Atlanta, Georgia this morning.

A world record has been set by a 4,000 tonne class crawler crane after it completed multiple 4,500 tonne overload tests, manufacturer XCMG said.

For the crane and rigging experts among you a photo sent in from a reader in the USA seeking an opinion.