Shimizu invested an estimated 50 billion yen for the world’s largest Self-Elevating Platform (SEP) vessel that is capable of transporting and crane to install ultra-large-scale offshore wind turbines. Construction of … Read more
19 June 2019 – Ten female students of Assumption Convent School in Bangkok have sustained injuries after a crane collapsed on a building site adjacent to the school in the … Read more
A crawler crane has collapsed into the streets at Sentul, KL in Malaysia. Three houses and two passengers damaged, four people injured.
22 Oct 2019 – A fire broke out on a pipeline operated by Indonesian state oil and gas company Pertamina in West Java province on Tuesday, killing a Chinese construction worker, a local fire official said. Pertamina halted fuel … Read more
The tower crane manufacturer has announced the addition of a new model to its extensive range of large-capacity Flat-Top cranes: the new 21LC1400, a crane that will be available from … Read more
The launch of the new flat-top tower crane 21CM750 crane took place on 27 November 2019, in Hangzhou, China. Comansa will also start manufacturing 21CM750 at its factory in China, mainly … Read more
The top of a flat top tower crane – jib, cab, counter jib – broke free from its tower at a site at Smeaton Grange near Campbelltown on the southwest … Read more
With a combined figure of $27.851 billion, 2019 saw the revenue of the top 20 largest crane manufacturers in the world rise 12.5% – up over US$3 billion compared to … Read more
Wigan, UK-based Marsden Crane Services has taken delivery of a Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 mobile crane. The 60-tonne LTM 1060-3.1 all-terrain crane has a three-axle chassis, six-wheel steering system and a … Read more
Irish crane hire company Kavanagh Crane Hire has taken delivery of the first-ever Demag AC 45 City crane in Ireland. According to Demag, part of the Tadano Group, Kavanagh has … Read more
Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested in a new energy-efficient Mantsinen crane costing US$3 million (£2.3 million). The organisation procured the Mantsinen 120M wheeled model to handle the wide range … Read more
Increase in high-rise construction and trend for faster building times sees the growing demand for cranes with increased lifting capacities. Manitowoc to display one of the first Potain MCT 205 … Read more
Mexican crane and heavy haulage contractor Eseasa used its Liebherr 3,000 tonne capacity LR 13000 crawler crane to load seven oil platforms onto barges at the port city of Tampico, … Read more
Heavy lift and transportation specialist Mammoet has announced a collaboration with deep water marine terminal Port of Coeymans. The port is located ten miles south of Albany, in the state … Read more
UAE-Italian joint venture Cimolai Rimond commissioned Belgium-headquartered heavy lift and transportation specialist Sarens to help raise the steel dome of the Expo 2020 Stadium in Dubai, UAE. The dome was … Read more
Three Terex luffers are being used for the construction of the Karlastaden mixed city development in Gothenburg, Sweden. The Karlastaden development by Serneke Group will cover 32,000sqm and ten city … Read more
Jekko has launched the new SPX1280 mini crane, which will replace the SPX1275. The new machine has a maximum lifting capacity of 8t and in pick & carry mode can … Read more
Liebherr had proven that even large vehicles such as the five-axle LTM 1160-5.2 with a road weight of 60t can meet the high on-road Euro VI c standard in a … Read more
The 40-tonne Link-Belt TCC-450 overturned in Kirkland, near Seattle, Washington, trapping the operator in his cab. The crane, a 40-tonne Link-Belt TCC-450 owned by foundation drilling contractor Kulchin, was working … Read more
The contract for the construction of the new Terminal 2 Kuwait International Airport (KIA) was awarded to Limak Construction, based in Ankora, Turkey. Work on the project started in May … Read more
Huisman has been awarded a contract for the design, engineering, construction and delivery of a 5,000mt Tub Mounted Crane (TMC) on board Jan De Nul Group’s newest offshore installation vessel. … Read more
Egypt’s Specialized Contracting Company Cranes, based in Cairo, has purchased a used LR1400/2 crawler crane from Liebherr. Accordingly to Liebherr, the 400-tonne LR1400/2 crawler crane will be mainly used in … Read more
ALE has loaded out an 18,000-tonne topside in Zhuhai, China. ALE’s hydraulic skidding equipment was installed underneath the topside, with the skid tracks installed on a foundation of concrete blocks, … Read more
Two Potain self-erecting cranes are in the final stages of completing a residential development in Neuvecelle, France, a commune on the bank of Lake Geneva. Sannicolo, the crane owner and … Read more
A Potain Igo 50 self-erecting crane is repairing more than 4,000 square meters of the damaged roof on the Sant’Orsola, a 14th Century ex-monastery in Florence, Italy, that is thought to … Read more
UK public trust Port of London Authority (PLA) has taken delivery of a 45 tonne Grove RT550E Rough Terrain Crane. The RT550E features a five-section 39-metre main boom plus an … Read more
Rotterdam based crane heightening specialist ZPMC Netherlands commissioned heavy lift and transportation specialist ALE to assist with the heightening of ten cranes at the Port of Felixstowe, the busiest container … Read more
Large panels of glass were handled by a pair of four-axle Liebherrs, installed as part of a project to refurbish the Frankfurt Exhibition Centre Tower. At 256.5 metres, it was … Read more
Peterborough, UK-based crane hire, sales and servicing company Crowland Cranes has taken delivery of a new Liebherr LTM 1090-4.2 mobile crane. The Liebherr LTM1090-4.2 all-terrain was ordered fully specified and … Read more
Two 330-tonne capacity M2480D tower cranes, owned by Australian crane company Marr Contracting, has been lifted into location in Turkey while fully-assembled, to assist in the construction of what will … Read more