Safety

Linden Comansa added the final model, the 21 LC 660 tower crane, to its LC2100 series. Designed under EN 14439 European standards, the crane is available in four versions, depending on the maximum load: 18, 24, 36 and 48 tonnes (39,680; 52,910; 79,360 and 105,820 pounds).

A New York judge has put an end to an attempt by tower crane erector William Rapetti to get his licenses back.

According to the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO), crane operators wanting to work in West Virginia still need to obtain CCO crane operator certification following the passage of a bill that maintains a decade-old state requirement.

An operator escaped injury yesterday after his crane slid off of the road and rolled on to its side near Manning, Oregon.

A man received a massive electric shock earlier today in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, after the crane he grabbed the hook of a lattice crawler crane that was working next to a 23,000 volt high tension overhead power line.

Liebherr is providing four free one day training courses in the UK on covering the influence of wind on crane operations.

A traffic accident on Sydney’s Anzac bridge this morning is all over the press- because a crane is involved.

Manitowoc has introduced a fixed jib option for its 400 tonne capacity model 16000 lattice boom crawler crane to complement the existing luffing jib attachment

The latest casualty of wind those farm roads that are unsuited for cranes or big aerial lifts is a 103 metre WT1000 truck mounted aerial lift which rolled at the Gordonbush wind farm in Scotland.

A 100 tonne crane boom buckled while lifting bridge beams in Northern Norway earlier this week. The crane, owned by Vest Kran, was working from a massive barge, installing a new bridge in Vikan, near Bodø when the incident occurred. No one was injured.