crane industry news

The area’s finest crane operators gathered in Sanford, Fla., last Friday to boom, hoist, and swing their way to a $1,000 prize and a trip to Las Vegas to participate in the Crane & Rigging Hot Line & CIC National Skills Competition.

A four axle All Terrain crane overturned yesterday on the D-149 near Cognac in South West France.

Work stopped last week on all 608 construction work sites run by Bouygues Entreprises France-Europe for its annual European Health & Safety Day.

We now understand that a man who died on a London construction site on Wednesday was crushed after a concrete stairwell was dropped on him while it was being lifted into position.

A tower crane collapsed on a construction site in Karlsfelder, just outside of Dachau, Germany on Tuesday.

A three axle All Terrain crane went over in Fort Collins, Colorado yesterday while lifting a tree from the back yard of a home in the town.

Ensuring that equipment is properly specified and fit for purpose is clearly critical to any safe lifting program. However, the fact remains that most accidents are the result of human error.

NASA first-ever deep space craft, Orion, was powered on for the first time in October, marking a major milestone in the final year of preparations for flight.

Iain Gillham, the tower crane operator critically injured when his crane collapsed in Liverpool, UK, in 2009 has won a £2.7 million out of court settlement. Gillham, a site manager…

Manitowoc’s largest crane the 2,300 tonne capacity 31000 crawler crane has completed it largest lift to date picking and carrying a 650 tonne cold box at a liquefied natural gas plant in Gwangyang, South Korea.