On the morning of 23rd September, a fatal traffic accident occurred at the road intersection in Liuzhou Coty, Guangxi, China. A truck crane that was turning right hit an electric bike that was waiting at the traffic light, dragging the female motorist and the bike 2-3 metres before the crane stopped. The accident happened at … Read more
1. Fatal Crane Accident in Canada 3rd July 2021 – A man has died due to a crane collapsed involving a crane on the site in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The man, Corey Philips, 52, was declared dead at the scene. RIP. He was an employee of North Steel and was working under the main contractor … Read more
The main tower of Pier 28 of the bridge is constructed by the China Railway Bridge Bureau and it is 17.6 meters long, 14 meters wide, 106.8 meters high, and weighs 2800 tonnes. The steel tower is manufactured in the plant in a horizontal position. The steel tower was then transported to the bridge location using … Read more
About two weeks ago, at the Russian AGCC ethylene project site, XCMG’s 2000-tonne crawler crane XGC28000 “partnered” with the 2500-tonne gantry hydraulic lifting system. The XGC28000 uses its main boom configuration and as a tailing crane, the first mega column was successfully installed in place, marking a milestone in the project. It is reported that … Read more
On 19 August 2021, the Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project successfully completed the overall hoisting of the first wind turbine. This marks the maiden hoisting of a completely assembled wind turbine for offshore wind power in the northern coastal area. This project has also set the record as the first 5.0MW and … Read more
In order to further expand the market and explore the overseas markets, Zoomlion has launched a new off-road rough terrain crane ZRT851. The rough terrain crane combines the advantages of a truck crane and an all-terrain crane. It can both hoist and travel with loads and is suitable for lifting and hoisting operations in various complex … Read more
A cargo ship carrying hoisting equipment heading for Indonesia encountered a typhoon “fireworks” at sea. Strong winds and huge waves caused the hull to be unstable and sway from side to side. Subsequently, the six units of 80-tonne telescopic crawler cranes on the deck fell into the sea because of uneven force. In addition, some boxes with accessories … Read more
A Chinese female tower crane operator, Xiao Qiumei, 23, a famous Tiktoker (Douyin) fell to her death last week while climbing down from the tower crane. According to her family she stepped back and fell almost 50 metres to her death with the mobile phone she was using to film the update still in her … Read more
The project was conducted in June 2021 to install Dongfang DEW-D5.5S-172 onshore wind turbine. It was a 6MW with a tower height of 103 metres with a rotor diameter of 172 metres The 650-tonne crawler crane XGC11000A is configured with 108+12 metres wind configuration As the last wind blade joined onto the hub, the XCMG … Read more
Last month XCMG has announced the soft launch of their new 180-tonne crawler crane XLC180. Although no much information has been released on this crane, we will briefly touch on the main features of the new crawler. The XLC180 crawler has an 132% increased lifting capacity that is on par with some of the 200-tonne … Read more
We have received an information that on the 24th June last month, a brand new hydraulic truck crane has collapsed while erecting a tower crane in China. The new 25-tonne hydraulic truck crane XCMG QY25K5D has just obtained its license and the operator drove the crane straight to the job site for its maiden work … Read more
On July 15, 2021, China Nuclear Engineering & Construction Corp (CNECC) has completed the hoisting of the first ring support beam module for the first Zhangzhou Nuclear Power Unit 1 for the Hualong One reactor. It is also the 15th nuclear construction project that CNECC has participated in. The hoisting total weight of the ring … Read more
On 13th July 2021, the Weibo account StarTV uploaded a viral video of a boy trapped in a fire in a residential building in Suining City, Sichuan Province a day earlier. The fire broke out on the top floor of the dwelling, and a boy was trapped in a house due to the security steel … Read more
Two options are available, with either a 6 t or 8 t maximum capacity The MCT 135 meets growing customer demand for smaller topless cranes Its compact, versatile design enables operation in close proximity to other cranes. Manitowoc’s facility in Zhangjiagang, China, is continuing to respond to customer demand for powerful yet compact and cost-effective … Read more
Cadeler has partnered with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two wind turbine installation vessels. Oslo, Norway-listed Cadeler has signed a newbuild contract with Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry for the construction of two new X-class wind turbine installation vessels. Cadeler said the vessels are worth US$325.5 million each, up from a previously estimated … Read more
Shaanxi Petroleum Chemical Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd (SPCECC) has reached a milestone on 17th June 2021 at the Yuneng Chemical plant turnaround project when they successfully hoisted down the reactor head for the modifications works. The chemical reactor, with 12 reactors nozzles attached was hoisted out using two units of 2,000-tonne crawler crane in … Read more
16th May 2021 – XCMG has successfully handed over the first XLC26000 crawler crane to Shanghai Tengfa Construction Company Engineering Co., Ltd at XCMG crawler crane production base. At the same time, both parties have announced the joint R&D for a new ring crane – XTF600. This marks another strategic cooperation between the two parties … Read more
On the morning of 16th May, the construction site of the ethylene plant of the Guangdong Petrochemical Integrated Refining and Chemical Project reach a milestone in the project: Successful lifting of the quench tower with a height of 60.8m, maximum diameter of 12m and a total lifting weight of approximately 1,500 tonnes. The completion of … Read more
On 9th May 2021 at 2 pm, Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South 4 offshore wind power project completed the installation of the first offshore wind turbine in Shandong province, marking a major milestone in the project. About Shandong Peninsula South No. 4 Offshore Wind Farm Huaneng Shandong Peninsula South No. 4 offshore wind power project is … Read more
On the 9th May 2021, the Ningbo Formosa Plastics Chemical Propane Dehydrogenation Project (PDH) was completed after SinoPec’s 2000-ton crawler XCMG XGC28000 performed its last lift at the plant. The project was invested by Taiwan conglomerate, Formosa Plastics Corp in 2017 which plans to invest USD 800 million in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China to produce … Read more
As jack-up vessel “Zhenjiang” slowly lifted the accurately docking the 158m diameter wind blades the nacelle at an altitude of about 110m, the Jieyang Shenquan Offshore Wind Power Project successfully completed the installation of the first wind turbine, also marking its first lift after its comeback. The “Zhenjiang” jack-up installation vessel suffered a catastrophic accident … Read more
The Zoomlion ZCC3200NP has been working in one of the world-class petrochemical refinery – Shenghong Refining and Chemical Integration Project. It is one of China’s four major privately-owned refinery project, with a total planned output of 16 million tonnes per annual with an annual output value exceeding 90 billion yuan. (13.85 billion USD). On 6th … Read more
In the early hours of 7 March the Guangzhou Salvage Bureau heavy lift salvage and installation jack-up vessel, Hua Xiang Long installed the latest turbine in the China Three Gorges T7# Project bringing the total number of installed turbines to 30 since August last year, 22 5.5MW wind turbines and 8 6.45MW wind turbines. During … Read more
With the launch of the 8 t capacity MCT 185, customers now have a greater choice than ever before, allowing them to select the perfect topless Potain model for any application.
Construction equipment leasing company, Yigao Machinery, is using five Potain cranes to work on commercial and public infrastructure projects in Ningbo, China. The fleet consists of three MCT 278 and two MCT 328 tower cranes, all from Potain’s range of top-slewing cranes built specifically for the Chinese market. The MCT 278 cranes are working on … Read more
At 11:38 am on February 19th 2021, the floating crane vessel “Bridge Seagull”, with a lifting capacity of 3,600 tons, has successfully installed the 106 meters high steel main tower in a five hours operation. The 3000-ton steel tower was successfully hoisted to the nearly 50-meter-high pier steel beam. It was the first main tower … Read more
2021 has been a new year and all countries are getting recovery from the economy. As the crane industry gets busy, there are more accidents happening around the world. We will cover them here today. 1. Unstable tower crane at Atlanta, Georgia 19th Feb 2021 – A Terex hammerhead tower crane was to be dismantled … Read more
Load-out of the first semi-submersible hull for the Ling Shui 17-2 gas field project has been successfully completed in southern China. This was also the first transverse hydraulic shoe load-out of this grade weight to be completed in the country, with a hull structure weighing at 34,000t. Mammoet’s extensive offshore expertise has seen it break … Read more
Logistics Plus has assisted with the construction of floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in China. Three regasification modules were transported from the production facility to the shipyard in China. The largest module measured 20 m x 10.5 m x 14.5 m and weighed 425 tonnes. Logistics Plus noted that its global project manager Frederik Geirnaert, who … Read more
Over 35 units of tower cranes by Zoomlion has completed lifting operations for the Pingtan road-rail bridge project, the world’s longest road-rail cross-sea bridge. Zoomlion set a new benchmark in metocean engineering with customised machinery for what is described as the “world’s most difficult” bridge construction project. Zoomlion’s tower cranes were shortlisted by China Railway Major Bridge … Read more