crane industry news

A loader crane left in a raised position while travelling on the road, brought a pedestrian bridge down onto other traffic, during the rush hour in Helsinki yesterday, resulting in one death and three other injuries.

A reader in has Northern Ireland reported a near miss with a self-erecting tower crane earlier this week. The crane’s jib buckled and fell but was retained by its hoist cables. We do not know much about what happened, but we do know that it was on a site in Downpatrick.

The second International Crane Summit opened yesterday (22November) in Shanghai, China, with around 250 delegates from over 90 companies and 25 countries. The audience heard from a wide range of speakers from China, the US and Europe.

Comansa Jie, the Chinese joint venture tower crane manufacturer owned by Comansa of Spain and Jie Holding Group, is launching a new 18 tonne CJ 550 flat-top tower crane at Bauma China this week.

Six people died and one was injured on Saturday after a tower crane came down in Dandong City, northeast China’s Liaoning Province, close to the North Korean border. Six men were apparently working on the 50 metre crane when it went over on a construction site in the Zhenxing District. Four died at the scene, while the other two died later in hospital according to a statement from the local authorities.

“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.

A Romanian Self Erecting Tower Crane tips and strikes three cars. Up to now we have no reports as to fatalities or injuries from the crane tipping, we will continue to monitor this situation and update as information comes in.

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.

This video shows a Spierings self erecting mobile tower crane setting up ready for work, while always something to stare and marvel at this video shows something a little different. All is not as it may at first seem.