Around 4:30 pm on the 7th April, a local resident reported to the fire department that the arm of a cargo truck collided with a pedestrian bridge on the national highway in Mitsuya-cho, Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The entire truck has flipped backwards due to the impact. No one was injured in the incident. … Read more
On the 29th, JR East began work to lift the train with a crane to return it onto the rail at the derailment site of the Tohoku Shinkansen “Yamabiko 223” in Shiroishi City, Miyagi Prefecture. Due to the Fukushima-ken-oki earthquake, 16 of the 17 cars were derailed. Until now, it was lifted up with a … Read more
Around 10:37 am on the 11th of March, a fire broke out on the premises of the Hokuriku Electric Power Company’s Nanao Ota Thermal Power Station in Otamachi, Nanao City, and a crane for landing coal from a carrier was burned and put out after about two hours. Nobody was injured in the incident. According … Read more
In July last year, at a construction site in Iwakuni City, he was accused of negligent fatalities in business, alleging that he operated a crane that overturn with the safety device released and killed the driver of the underlay truck. At the trial, the prosecutor’s office sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment, saying, “It was … Read more
Yoshinogawa City, Tokushima Prefecture and the Tokushima Prefecture Crane Cooperative have signed an agreement to supply large heavy machinery for the restoration of bridges and roads in the event of a disaster. At the signing ceremony held at Yoshinogawa City Hall on the 25th, Mayor Takashi Harai and Mayor Shingo Igai of the Prefectural Crane … Read more
On the evening of the 7th of Feb, a 19-year-old woman who was driving a light passenger car died in a head-on collision with rough terrain on a prefectural road in Nanao City, Ishikawa Prefecture. At around 3:45 pm on the 7th, a light passenger car heading from Shika-cho to Nanao-shi on a prefectural road … Read more
On the 24th of Jan, police arrested a 62-year-old man in a case in which a woman was hit and run and died in Konan City, Aichi Prefecture. Masaki Ishimaru (62) of Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, killed a childcare worker woman (24) who lived nearby while riding a bicycle at an intersection with a signal … Read more
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 on the 22nd, at the construction site of Toranomon, Minato-ku, there was a report that “a male worker fell from a height of 15 metres”. … Read more
Manitowoc appoints G Machinery as new Grove distributor in Japan The company has already sold and delivered a 150 t capacity GMK5150L-1J and a 250 t capacity GMK5250XL-1J. As part of its ongoing drive to strengthen its presence in Asia, Manitowoc has announced the appointment of G Machinery as its new distributor for Grove all-terrain … Read more
On the morning of the 16th November, at a demolition worksite in a residential area in Kita-ku, Tokyo, the rough terrain crane working on-site suddenly collapsed and turned upside down. Fortunately, no one was injured, but it has not been removed, and more than 10 households in the area have been evacuated. Around 10 am … Read more
The boom of the mobile crane is stuck right next to the truck. A security camera captured the moment of the accident that occurred in Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, Japan on the 3rd of December. Around 7:00 am morning, a rough terrain crane collided with a truck at Yonesato 2-3-chome, Shiroishi-ku, Sapporo, and the boom struck and … Read more
The telescopic crawler crane collapsed and the operator, in his 70s is slightly injured. According to the fire department, at around 10:30 am on the 2nd of November, a construction worker reported to the fire department that the crane had collapsed at the construction site in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was reported the … Read more
The earthquake that occurred about 10.41 pm on 7th October, it has caused one of the Metro’s trains on Nippori-Toneri Liner to be derailed. The Nippori-Toneri Liner is an automated guideway transit system between Nippori Station in Arakawa and Minumadai-shinsuikōen Station in Adachi, Tokyo, Japan. It is operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation. … Read more
Tadano has launched a new 25-tonne Rough Terrain crane in September 2021 – the GR-250N or Crevo 250 G5 – which is mainly targeted at the domestic Japanese market. The Crevo name has been used by Tadano since the company launched its first such models in 1995 when it was developed from the words Crane … 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
Around 1 pm on the 5th of July, a rough terrain crane overturned in Yoshinogawa City, on a village road in Sanagochi Murakami. The crane operator was taken to a hospital in Tokushima City but was confirmed dead about an hour later. Causes of death include head injuries. According to the Tokushima Central Police Station, the … Read more
Following the exit of its European companies from administration, Tadano has announced the next steps in its plans, with the long term aim to become the leading mobile crane manufacturer. The announcements come shortly after Koichi Tadano handed over the chief executive’s role to Toshiaki Ujiie, to become group chairman. Roughters to penetrate European market … Read more
Among a raft of changes at crane manufacturer Tadano, the company announced on 7th April it will drop the Demag brand and amalgamate the product ranges. As part of its strategy to again become the worldwide leader in the lifting equipment industry, Tadano acquired Demag from Terex in 2019. It is working “to bring the … Read more
A new 700-tonne capacity all-terrain wheeled mobile crane has been announced by Tadano in Japan. The AR-7000N is a seven axle telescopic boom crane for sale in the manufacturer’s domestic market. Charts show its maximum 700 tonnes lifted with 15.4 metres of the boom at a 2.7 metres radius. At 3 metres the figure is … Read more
Tadano has announced that chief executive Koichi Tadano, 66, will move to a new role as chairman from the start of April. Toshiaki Ujiie, 59, will take over as chief executive having served as chief operating officer since joining the company as a new senior executive at Tadano. Toshiaki Ujiie started with Tadano in April … 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
In July this year, Japan’s Aichi Prefecture crane rental company, MIC Co., Ltd, has took delivery of its fourth Demag CC8800-1 crawler crane. With this order, MIC has the distinct honor of purchasing the first crawler crane for the Japanese market since Tadano acquired Demag in 2019. Celebrating their 60th anniversary in business this year, … Read more
It was reported by various Japanese media that a crane accident has happened in Fukuoka on 12th September during noon time. The crane operator has succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead three days later in the hospital due to severe head injuries. The incident happened at Daimyo Korechi, Daimyo 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka where … Read more
Sotiris Kanaris visits Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes’s (HSC) Nagoya plant and learns about the company’s vision. With a site area that spans 110,000sqm and a floor area of 46,000sqm, the Nagoya plant has been the centre of the company’s manufacturing line for nearly six decades. At this facility, HSC manufactures lattice boom crawler cranes … Read more
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes (HSC) hosted the fourth edition of its bi-annual dealer conference in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, in November. Representatives of 17 dealers, including five new dealers, participated in the conference. The first day of the conference opened with the welcome speech by Shogo Yokoyama, president of HSC. After the welcoming speech, the … Read more
Japanese crane company Cranetal Noda, part of the Noda Crane Group, has taken delivery of five Liebherr 53 K/J fast-erecting tower cranes. The 53 K/J has a maximum lifting capacity of 2.8 tonnes and a radius of up to 40 metres. The crane has seven possible hook heights, between 15.8 and 31 metres, as well … Read more
A crane overturned yesterday morning on a construction site in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture, in Japan, killing one and injuring six others. The incident occurred at the site of a new homeware store as construction workers were arriving for work with many of them sitting in their cars as they prepared for the day. The crane, … Read more
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 the vessel started in August 2019. Shimizu plans to bring in orders for the construction of offshore wind farms, a market estimated to be over … Read more
Kato has launched its new 51-tonne (at 2.5m radius) rough terrain crane in Japan. The SR-500LX is ready for delivery with its 42 metres, five-section telescopic boom. It has a 9.4 to 13.7-metre telescopic luffing jib called EJib which can be used with the main boom at any length. Capacity is 4.2 tonnes with the … Read more
A brand new 1,250 tonne Kobelco 16000 J-H crawler crane collapsed while undergoing final tests on July 26th 2018 at Kobelco’s plant in Takasago, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The crane fell over at the Takasago Works manufacturing facility of Kobe Steel Ltd, killing two people, injured two others, crushed vehicles and damaged buildings. The Kobelco 16000 … Read more