Worker hit by crane bucket dies at Tallyrand Dock
A man was killed while working on a shipping vessel in the Tallyrand neighbourhood on 2nd Jan 2022, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. The accident occurred at 1915 Wigmore … Read more
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Labourer killed by falling rebar in Pune Metro
A 27-year-old labourer was killed after a bundle of rebars had fallen on him at a Pune Metro shed near Siddhi Lawns in Pimple Gurav last Friday morning (7th Jan … Read more
HAB Construction Pays Maximum Fine For Worker’s
The sessions court in Malaysia has meted out the maximum fine of RM50,000 on a construction company for failing to ensure the safety and welfare of its workers, which resulted … Read more
Will Texas Crane Accidents Woes Continue In 2022?
Texas failed to get through 2021 without more fatal crane accidents, continuing a trend that began decades earlier, public records show. Following a 2019 fatal crane collapse in Dallas that … Read more
Foreign worker crushed to death in construction site accident
A foreign national was killed when an iron pole structure dangling from a crane fell on him at a construction site near Jalan Kuchai Maju, Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park here on … Read more
XCMG delivers 35 units of 1,000-tonne Crawler
On 11 December 2021, XCMG held a grand ceremony for delivery to commemorate the start of delivery of 35 units of XCMG XGC15000A, 1000-tonne class crawler crane to Dafeng Energy … Read more
BPH Equipment took delivery of its third Kobelco CKE900G-3
UK based BPH Equipment has taken delivery of its third new 100 tonnes Kobelco CKE900G-3 crawler crane so far this year. The three new cranes are all Tier 5/Stage V … Read more
First Enerpac JS-500 jack-up system in the US at Engineered Rigging
When President Biden signed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill into law last month, he destined an already booming construction industry to reach new heights. Before the passing of the bill, ResearchandMarkets.com … Read more
Bold Tern Upgrading at Keppel Fels
Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s jack-up vessel Bold Tern has arrived in Singapore, where it will be upgraded with a new 1600-tonne crane to enable the installation of next-generation wind turbines and foundations weighing up … Read more
Sany and Palfinger end cross-shareholdings
Austrian loader crane and aerial lift manufacturer Palfinger and Chinese crane and construction equipment manufacturer Sany have signed off on their agreement to hand back the shares that each of … Read more
Verton appoints Hanho for South Korea
Australian load orientation company Verton has appointed Hanho International as its distributor for South Korea. Seoul based Hanho has been importing and exporting used mobile cranes since 1989, the company … Read more
JLG sues Sany and ex-employee
Oshkosh/JLG has filed a lawsuit against ex-employee – McKenzie Ditty – and Sany America, alleging that one of its former senior project engineers may have provided the Chinese equipment manufacturer … Read more
Wolffkran debut WOLFF 8076 Compact
According to the European Architectural Barometer, every third construction project in Europe uses prefabricated parts. A trend with significant implications for the tower crane industry calling for higher capacity cranes. … Read more
Ullrich takes delivery of Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 – No. 27 in the company’s 27th year
High performance and long boom for a wide range of jobs LTM 1060-3.1 well suited for operations without additional ballast transports – Ullrich vehicle fleet to be expanded in an … Read more
Six Sennebogens for AGD
UK crawler crane sales and rental company AGD is adding six new 70-tonne Sennebogen 673R telescopic crawler cranes to its fleet with funding from Walbrook Asset Finance. The 673 Es … Read more
Double World Record Breakthrough For XCMG! First XCA1800 and XCC2000 are delivered!
In the past ten years, China’s wind power industry has developed rapidly and the installation capacity has also ranked first in the world. As the superpower country has announced their … Read more
Tower crane overturned in Neutraubling
A tower crane overturned on 16th December in Neutraubling, near Regensburg, Germany, seriously injuring two tower crane erectors. The crane, a Wolffkran WK 122 SL, with a counterweighted base is … Read more
XCMG XGC16000 completes 98-metre modular steel structure
Recently, two extrusion pelletizing steel structure frame modules of the 450,000 tons/year high-end polypropylene new material project of Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. undertaken by the Shandong branch were successfully … Read more
Trio XCMG crawler aids in Asian Cup Stadium
Recently, at the construction site of the Xiamen New Sports Center, with the installation of the last steel beam, the main steel structure of the training hall of the stadium … Read more
Top Crane Accidents & Recoveries In September/October 2021
1. Crane rolled off cliff, killing two in Taiwan It was reported on 23rd September, a 130-tonne truck crane had a brake failure and rolled off the road into the … Read more
Worker Falls From Tower Crane In Tokyo
A male worker fell from a tower crane at a construction site in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and was later confirmed dead. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, etc., before 4:00 pm … Read more
Namyangju Tower Crane accident is due to human errors
The Homeland Safety Administration (President Park Young-soo) announced on the 22nd December that the tower crane accident that occurred at the apartment building construction site in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do on 14th … Read more
Man crushed to death after construction crane drops its load (Not true)
A man has died just days before Christmas after he was crushed to death when a crane lost its load at a building site. The report has been untrue as … Read more
Axel Johnson’s Lifting Solutions Acquired Lifting Gear UK
Lifting Solutions, a business group within Stockholm based Axel Johnson International, has strengthened its presence in the British rental market through the acquisition of Lifting Gear UK, a complete lifting … Read more
Kenz Knuckle Boom Crane shipped to Rotterdam on Wagenborg Barge 1
Recently Wagenborg has transported a knuckle boom offshore crane over the inland waterway from Dordrecht to Rotterdam. The 200 tonnes Kenz knuckle boom offshore crane was loaded on Wagenborg Barge … Read more
Ainscough Lifts River Lea Lock Gate for AmcoGiffen
Ainscough Crane Hire’s Heavy Cranes team recently support its client AmcoGiffen to undertake a refurbishment job at Three Mills Lock. Three Mills Lock, also known as the Prescott Lock, is … Read more
Hareket Takes Delivery Of Sany SCC8000A
On November 23, 2021, the Sany Group and the Turkish lifting company Hareket Group held a grand delivery ceremony for the Sany SCC8000A crawler crane at its workshop in Izmir. … Read more
Tadano donates for Ahr and Erft rivers flood victims
Tadano helps – that is the motto that led the teams at the Tadano plants in Lauf and Zweibrücken to donate over 32,000 Euros for the victims of the catastrophic … Read more
Konecranes to modernize four polar reactor cranes for major US power utility
Konecranes was chosen for a $58.6 million modernization project for a major power utility in the United States. The utility has two polar reactor cranes in two different facilities that … Read more
Comansa tower cranes help build bridge between Cebu-Cordova
Two Comansa 21LC660 flat-top tower cranes are working on the construction of a cable-stayed bridge that will join two islands in the Philippines. The cranes are configured with an 80-metre … Read more