crane industry news

A report has been issued regarding the cause of the fatal 1,000 tonne crawler crane collapse in China last October. The report – or ‘final findings’ – was issued by the Jiuquan City People’s Government on December 16th, in a statement made by Jiuquan City administration secretary Yanzheng Lu.

The boom of an overturned crawler crane has completely disrupted traffic on the A-50 in the Netherlands this evening.

India’s first Manitowoc 16000 with wind attachment is currently working on one of the country’s largest wind farms, the Jasdan 100 MW project in Gujarat.

UK based outrigger mat specialist PL Crane Sales/Eco Lift has introduced a new outrigger mat for loader cranes, truck mounted lifts, spider lifts and cranes up to 7.5 tonnes Gross Vehicle Weight.

In the face of extreme challenges presented by Alpine weather and topography, a pair of Saez tower cranes was erected to help construct a new cableway station at Mont Blanc, one of Europe’s highest mountains. IC reports

Those looking skyward from the River Thames in central London, UK over the last week may have spotted a mini crawler crane being raised 283 metres to the top of The Shard tower, under construction in the city.

Swiss crane rental firm Leu used two of its Liebherr mobile cranes to construct a salt storage facility for United Swiss Salt Works (Schweizerische Rheinsalinen).

A mobile crane overturned at a parking garage site in the Simei area of Singapore yesterday. The crane’s boom came to rest on the structure of the parking deck and no one was injured in the incident.

In Parañaque City, Philippines, four Potain tower cranes are building the $200m Belle Grand Manila Bay resort, a large hotel and casino within the four-casino complex, “Entertainment City”.

A man was seriously injured in Calgary on Thursday after he was crushed by a lattice boom section being loaded onto a truck.