crane industry news

The crane was erected in 1942, replacing an older crane that had been hit by bombers during an air raid on the town of Barrow and its docks by the Luftwaffe 1941..Two watchmen, posted on top of the crane died when it was hit.

One of our English readers spotted one of the craziest operators we have seen since starting our Death Wish series – in France.

A man was killed earlier today and eight others injured when a double decker bus ran into the boom of a loader crane working in the inside lane of the three lane Chai Chee Street.

Let’s face it; building sites are generally pretty grim places to work. A bleak landscape with heat, dust and occupational hazards are quite the industry norm out here.

In spite of a number of fatal accidents people are still setting up lifts in the street without proper cordoning off.

Operator information systems are moving with the times to provide accessible data in busier working environments for more advanced and larger cranes.

A four axle truck crane dropped its boom across two houses after the ground gave way under one of its rear outriggers.

UK-based King Lifting used a 130 tonne capacity all terrain crane to lift a ferry from the Serpentine river in Hyde Park, London.

The 6-axle segment of all terrain crane manufacturers’ ranges has far fewer models than the one for five axles – and that is unlikely to change.

Chinese hoist manufacturer Baoda is to supply 14 hoists for the construction of the massive Shanghai Center high-rise building in Shanghai’s Pudong district.