Top Stories
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Terex offloads Atlas loader crane business
Terex Corporation announced on 11 March that it has agreed to divest its Atlas knuckle boom crane business ...more
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Ritchie Bros. increases auction revenues in 2009
International auctioneer Ritchie Bros. announces increase in auction revenues in 2009. ...more
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Linden Comansa launches luffer family
April's Bauma exhibition in Germany sees the launch of the first model of a new family of Linden Comansa luffing jib tower cr ...more
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Pair face charges over New York crane collapse
A tower crane rental company owner in New York City, USA and a former employee have been charged with criminally negligent ho ...more
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New 600 tonne crawler from Liebherr
Expanding on the narrow track theme of the LR 1400/2-W of six years ago, Liebherr has gone up the scale with a larger model f ...more
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Imperial Crane places air handling unit atop Chicago high school
Imperial Crane places air handling unit atop Chicago high school ...more
Equipment News
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Konecranes introduces Smarton overhead crane
Konecranes introduces its Smarton overhead crane that can lift loads ranging from 30 to 500 tons. ...more
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Hirschmann signs up new premier dealer in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Hirschmann signs up new premier dealer in Sao Paulo, Brazil ...more
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Spivey appointed Modulift managing director
Sarah Spivey appointed managing director for Modulift ...more
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Lebanon and Qatar buy Gottwald mobile harbour cranes
Gottwald Port Technology GmbH has sold mobile harbour cranes (MHC) to Lebanon and Qatar which, it says, strengthens its posit ...more
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Hydrostatic Terex Noell to El Salvador
The Port of Acajutla, El Salvador, will be the first container terminal in Central America to get a Terex Noell straddle carr ...more
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Liebherr cranes of choice for Weiland Kran & Transport
Weiland Kran & Transport GmbH, a German rental company, replaced mobile cranes in the 70 to 500 tonne capacity range with thr ...more
Project News
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Bisso umbilical load in
Marine and energy services specialist Bisso Marine loaded a 281 tonne umbilical reel onto an offshore installation vessel in ...more
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Sarens raises turbines to new heights
With its 6 MW output, Enercon's E-126 turbine is one of the most powerful wind turbines in the world. Earlier this year, a 1, ...more
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James Jack raises the roof at school
Scottish crane rental specialist James Jack completed a complex tandem lift to raise the roof from a primary [junior] school ...more
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Hong Kong housing lifts by Liebherr
Four Liebherr tower cranes are on lifting duty at the twin-towered Hong Kong Housing Authority's latest public housing co ...more
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Wolffkrans in central Frankfurt
Construction works for the new Tower 185 skyscraper in downtown Frankfurt have been in full swing since the start of 2009 ...more
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Electrifying central London
Ainscough Crane Hire carried out a lifts in a confined area as part of an ongoing upgrade of the electricity supply in centra ...more
Other News
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New NCCER tower crane curriculum
NCCER has released a new tower crane operator curriculum ...more
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Four Manitowoc executives promoted
Four executives have been promoted at Manitowoc in the Americas ...more
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Who knows?
Speculating on the economic outlook for the western USA has become risky, if not impossible. It's even hard to plan ahead, Ha ...more
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New Modulift dealer in USA
UK-based spreader beam manufacturer Modulift has announced Lifting & Rigging Specialty Sales as a new master distributor for ...more
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Nuclear decommissioner joins lifting association
Magnox South Limited, the company responsible for decommissioning five closed nuclear power stations in southern England, has ...more
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Turner Industries gets first Crane Rental Service safety award
Turner Industries Group in the USA has become the first SC&RA member to earn a Crane Rental Service Safety Award ...more
Ron DeFeo, Terex chairman and CEO
