Crane business

A Grove GTK telescopic tower crane caught fire, while working on a wind farm in northern Germany.

Terex has unveiled a new truck crane at Bauma China. The 36 tonne capacity Toplift 036G is built in Luzhou, China and features a lightweight 38 metre, five-section main boom and 14 metre swingaway jib giving a 51 metre maximum tip height.

A 3,600 tonne capacity crawler, 2,000 tonne capacity all terrain and an 800 tonne capacity lattice truck crane are just some of the highlights at the Bauma China exhibition.

WHECO Worldwide Services, North America’s leading crane and capital equipment structural repair and restoration services company, has released a free educational eBook called The Crane Accident Mitigation Manifesto about how to respond to and manage the post-accident experience.

A fire has caused the jib of a luffing jib tower crane to collapse onto a nearby building in Sydney, Australia this morning. Amazingly all of this was captured on camera.

Terex Port Solutions has been presented the “Crane of the Year” award by leading magazine International Bulk Journal (IBJ) in Hamburg, Germany.

Harrison Hoist employees were dismantling the crane when it went over causing two erectors to fall around 50 metres to the ground – both died from their injuries.

We can now confirm the fatal crawler crane overturn in Ba Ria, Vung Tau, in southern Vietnam on Sunday.

Cranes and specialized transport equipment from across the United States is being dispatched to hurricane-ravaged New York City, Staten Island and throughout the state of New Jersey in the wake of clean-up from Hurricane Sandy.

Over 40 contractor delegates attended a special IPAF half day seminar today at London’s Heathrow airport Terminal 5, in order to discuss the specifying of anti-entrapment devices on boom lifts.