UK-based heavy lift company ALE has announced plans for the making of an 8,000-tonne capacity crane, the AL.SK700 in 2016. ALE has once again trying to challenge the heavyweight champion … Read more
It was reported this afternoon that there was a lorry loader that tipped to its side after trying to hoist a huge precast segment. The crane toppled towards the fencing … Read more
UK tower crane rental house, Falcon Crane Hire admitted two health and safety breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 at Southwark Crown Court in London on … Read more
Chris Becker (CMAA), Rob Beightol (MMA), Dr David Michaels (OSHA), Bob Burkey (HMI), Matt Smurr (MHI),Standing: Bill Schneider Jr. (CMAA), Josh Arwood (CMAA) and Chris Hess (HMI) The Occupational Safety … Read more
After 33 years working at Manitowoc, Eric Etchart has retired. He held the president and general manager post from 2007 to 2015. Mostly based in USA, Etchart also travels around … Read more
Wouter van Noort (Mammoet) (Left), Koos Spierings (Spierings) (Center) and Martin Tuijtel (Mammoet) (Right) Mammoet Nederland has placed order with Dutch crane manufacturer Spierings for five mobile tower crane. They … Read more
Sales at crane and material handling equipment manufacturer Cargotec, whom under its arm has brands like Hiab, Kalmar, MacGregor has reported an 11% of sales turnover in 2015. It has … Read more
Crane’s superstructure is being lifted off the deck. Norway-based crane provider, the Nordic Crane Group, recently purchased six units of Grove GMK cranes from Manitowoc dealer Norman Olsen. With over … Read more
Will Terex-Zoomlion deal a possible national security issue ? Duncan Hunter raise concerns. U.S. Congressman, Duncan Hunter has raised concerns about a possible Zoomlion-Terex deal in a letter to U.S. … Read more
What will be the final decision for Terex ? Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. offered to buy US crane-maker Terex Corporation for an estimated amount of US$ 3.3 … Read more
The planning of the proposed merger between Terex Corporation and Konecranes has been paused. A Terex statement said “it would be prudent to pause the integration planning activities for the … Read more
Liebherr-Werk Nenzing in Austria has developed a new 100 ton capacity class lattice boom crawler crane. The LR1100 will make its debut at the Bauma exhibition in Germany in mid-April … Read more
Shinui Petra’s Manitowoc MLC650 – First in South Korea Shinui Petra, one of South Korea’s largest construction equipment rental companies, has introduced a ground-breaking crawler crane into its rental fleet … Read more
Alan Johnson Alan Johnson has been appointed UK sales director at Danish loader manufacturer HMF’s operation in UK. For the last seven years, he was the technical director at the … Read more
Tat hong Heavy Equipment, a wholly-owned Tat Hong Holdings subsidary, has accepted the offer to surrender the lease of 11 Gul Crescent back to the landlord, Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) … Read more
Japanese crane manufacturer Hitachi Sumitomo has launched a 350-tonne capacity SCX3500-3 lattice boom crawler crane in Bauma 2016. The 350-tonne SCX3500-3 crawler crane is designed to occupy a minimum amount … Read more
Heavy load contractor Kran Saller GmbH based in Deggendorf in Bavaria has erected five wind turbines at a wind farm in Dagebull, Germany, near the Danish border using a Liebherr … Read more
Terex Cranes India’s Saeesh Nevrekar (left) and Narendra Wahile (center) congratulating H N Construction’s Vidyanand Singh H N Construcion Pvt of Bokaro Steel City, India has taken delivery of a … Read more
Liebherr-Great Britain has supplied the UK’s first 50 ton capacity LTC1050-3.1 compact mobile crane to Middlesex, UK-based Lee Lifting Services. The new crane joins the LTM1040-2.1 and LTM1060-3.1 which both … Read more
Horizon Reinforcing and Crane Hire’s first Kato CR350-Ri in Scotland. Horizon Reinforcing and Crane Hire has bought the first Kato CR-350Ri, 35 ton city crane in Scotland from distributor Rivertek … Read more
Handshake between Sparrows Group’s SVP, Steve Bertone (left) and Miguel Mechanical Services’ MD, Anthony Miguel (right). Sparrows Group has grown its Americas footprint into Trinidad and Tobago following and agreement … Read more
https://youtu.be/xoPipDWuNd4 Zoomlion has manufactured and developed a 2,000 ton all terrain crane – QAY2000, creating a new milestone for China crane manufacturers. [quads id=3] Zoomlion QAY2000 was first displayed in … Read more
Sany SRC860 is the first US tailored product designed jointly by Sany’s Chinese and American team. The SRC860 has a 60 US tonnes capacity at a 10 feet load radius. … Read more
Crane Network. Technical Specifications The CR350Ri features a 32.5 metre six section boom and a three section hydraulically telescopic jib that extends from 6.5 to 14 metres, which can be … Read more
Crane manufacturer Tadano has launched the ATF 100G-4 all terrain crane and an updated version of the ATF 70G-4. The 100 tonne capacity ATF 100G-4 has a 51.2 metre boom … Read more
German manufacturer Liebherr has announced that they will be producing a new series of hydraulic fast erecting tower cranes for the market. The new L1 series will be the maker’s … Read more
Liebherr has not expanded into further capacity class for the telescopic crawler cranes while they have displayed the three models developed throughout the years. Cranepedia Cranepedia Cranepedia In the later … Read more
Cranepedia Technical Specifications Max. Capacity 9 US ton (8.1 ton) Boom Length 4.2m – 10m (13.8ft – 32.8ft) (3 section boom) Boom Extension 3.6m – 5.4m (12ft – 18ft) Gross … Read more
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A unit of 50 ton mobile crane has toppled during a lift in a construction site beside Bedok Mall at about 3pm on the 6th Oct 2015. No one has … Read more