Safety

Crane simulators allow operators to experience a range of challenging conditions in one day that could take many years in the workplace. Euan Youdale talks to Arnold Free, CMLabs chief operating officer, about the simulator market

Gunnebo Johnson Corporation landed the prestigious Asian Hercules III project, together with Franklin Offshore in Singapore. Over the next twenty five months from then the crane ship will be designed, tested, manufactured and delivered. of the largest crane ships in the world – for the offshore business.

A boom truck crashed into the roof of a house in Concord New Hampshire yesterday as it attempted to lift parts of a tree from the rear garden.

A telescopic crawler crane overturned yesterday while being loaded onto a transport trailer in Connecticut.

A reader has sent us a fascinating video of a job in Zams, Austria, the client, a food company building a supermarket and restaurant, had to install a clear span concrete floor into an existing building. Might it also qualify for our Death Wish series though?

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.

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

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).