A 200-foot lattice boom truck crane collapsed at The Steel District construction site in downtown Sioux Falls on Tuesday morning (16th August 2022), causing minor damage to a building. There … Read more
A case has been filed for causing the deaths of five persons by negligence after an approximately 60-tonne segment of a box girder of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell … Read more
Happy customers are the best advertisement, as the saying goes, and Karlsruhe, Germany-based crane firm Bissinger is certainly a happy customer. “Our decision to buy this HK 4.050-1 – our … Read more
The City of Toronto launched an investigation into why a widespread power outage affected thousands of customers on Thursday, noting that it may have been caused by a subcontractor working on a … Read more
An operator died when a 70-ton construction crane toppled at a Sriracha pier. Salid Panthong, 49, died at the scene of the 11th August accident in Tung Sala. The Si … Read more
The Town of Tonawanda Police Department is investigating an incident after National Grid says one person was found dead at Mid River Marina on Wednesday (3rd August 2022). National Grid … Read more
A crane fell Tuesday morning (9th August 2022) onto a five-story apartment building under construction in Winchester, according to authorities. Winchester Police Chief Daniel J. O’Connell said via email that … Read more
A fatal accident occurred again at a Korean company that had a fatal accident in the past. The South Korean government has announced plans to “supervise” companies that have suffered serious … Read more
A builder was knocked unconscious when he was hit with a bottle of pee which dropped from a 50-metre crane. The man, who was part of a team of builders working … Read more
Ask Welti-Furrer Fleet Manager Amos Dubacher, and he will tell you that the Tadano AC 7.450-1 has a lot going for it – and not just the fact that its status … Read more
Recently, XCMG launched a heavyweight hydraulic truck crane, XCT110-1, with a main boom of 75m. This has surpassed its predecessor XCT110 which only has a 73m main boom. It is … Read more
Manitowoc will display five Potain cranes, including the new MDT 489 and Igo T 99. The company will use the show to highlight its extensive range of customer-focused technologies and … Read more
The Port of Esbjerg in Jutland, Denmark has ordered a second Liebherr LHM 800. It will be the seventh Liebherr mobile harbour crane at the port – Denmark’s largest. The … Read more
Tadano has become the first crane manufacturer to collaborate with German transport simulation software specialist HeavyGoods, uploading its entire European All Terrain product range to the HeavyGoods crane catalogue/platform. The … Read more
Cosco Shipping (Qidong) Offshore has commissioned Netherlands-based heavy crane fabricator Huisman to design and build a new 2,600-tonne Leg Encircling Crane for installation on a new F-class jack-up vessel being … Read more
Philippine contractor, ready mix concrete supplier and rental company – Geo-Transport & Construction – has taken delivery of four Tadano Rough Terrain cranes, a 110-tonne GR-1100EX-3 and three 80-tonne GR-800EX-3. … Read more
Dutch crane rental company Kuiphuis Kraanverhuur has ordered two more Spierings ‘e-Lift’ electric/hybrid self-erecting mobile tower cranes – a four-axle SK597-AT4 and a six-axle SK1265-AT6. The eLift system allows the … Read more
Czech sales and rental company KMB Stavebni Servis has taken delivery of three new Unic spider cranes. The company is also the official distributor for Unic in the Czech Republic. … Read more
Philippines engineering and construction services company Devex has taken delivery of a new Tadano GR-1000EX-4 Rough Terrain crane – the first to arrive in the country. The GR-1000EX-4 has a … Read more
Canadian contractor Cambie Forming has taken delivery of a new 24-tonne Liebherr 280 HC-L 12/24 Litronic luffing jib tower crane. The new crane joins several 280 HC-Ls in the fleet … Read more
Liebherr Training Services in the UK has launched a new course to help tackle a shortage of trained telescopic crawler crane operators. The three-day course is geared exclusively to telescopic … Read more
Raimondi Cranes has delivered five new flat top tower cranes to the Santa Chiara Hospital Centre, a development consortium in Pisa, Italy, which when complete will be one of Europe’s … Read more
Singapore’s Lee Teck Lee Transport has taken delivery of the first Palfinger PK 135.002 TEC 7 to arrive in the city-state. The new 109 tonne/metre crane was unveiled in 2017 and has … Read more
Ecuadorian joint venture company, Consorcio Noroccidental Atlas (CAN) has taken delivery of the first 600-tonne Tadano(Demag) CC 2800-1 NT to arrive in the country and is said to be the … Read more
As wind turbines grow taller, Manitowoc expands its MLC300 boom insert options to increase boom lengths for greater reach. The new Wide Boom Plus inserts boost the MLC300’s flexibility to … Read more
Edmonton fire crews and police responded after a construction crane fell over in Edmonton Tuesday afternoon (2nd August 2022). Just before 2 p.m., emergency crews were called to 120 Street … Read more
In a chilling incident, a towing crane crashed into the water while lifting a truck which had already fallen off the bridge. The incident took place in Odisha’s Talcher town … Read more
Four labourers died and one was seriously injured after they fell off the 17th floor of a residential society while completing construction work in Gurgaon’s sector 77 on Tuesday evening … Read more
Liebherr LR 11000 crawler crane replaces railway bridges in the Swiss Alps Increased central ballast means no need for a derrick boom or suspended ballast First bridge replacement completed after … Read more
