crane industry news

A 42 year old man, Michael Parsons, was killed and another injured as they were storing the crane for the night, reports say that “something fell from the crane and landed on the two men

IHS Global Insight forecasts a 4% growth in construction activity throughout South America in 2010 and, according to Harald Böhaker at Austrian loader crane manufacturer Palfinger, “South America is experiencing a historical economical change never seen before.

The 12 tonne Hydra crane built by ACE, reportedly lifting a two tonne concrete pile, when the ground under its front wheels subsided causing it to tip over sideways with the three section boom dropping across the busy road. Officials from the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation immediately blamed the incident on operator negligence

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International Tower Cranes 2011 is a new top-level one day conference and networking dinner for tower crane users and manufacturers worldwide. ITC 2011 will be held in central London, UK on 12 May 2011. Organised by KHL Group, publisher of International Cranes and Specialized Transport,

The Effer 2200 is the largest production truck-mounted crane in the world in reach and moment standards, according to NALE. Its performance factors of maximum reach,

One man died and two were injured when a boom truck dropped a large beam that it was placing on a site in Burnaby, near Vancouver, Canada

Bigge Crane and Rigging has added two new models to its large crane rental fleet, the Grove RT9130 rough terrain crane and Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane. Several of each model are available for both nationwide bare rental and operated and maintained rental.

Altec has developed a tilt cab option for all of its riding seat crane models. The new cab allows the operator to adjust the angle of the cab from 0 degrees to 20 degrees above horizontal, with hydraulic power, the company said.

The CPA has sent a letter from the Heath and Safety Executive to its members highlighting potential problems of using cranes in high cycle applications, following an incident in Aberdeen when the boom snapped on a mobile crane. The incident in Aberdeen harbour was recently investigated by the HSE and involved a conventional 100 tonne mobile crane being used for loading supply vessels.