Top Stories
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Record year for Palfinger
Palfinger posted the highest revenue figures ever recorded at the company in its 2011 financial year results ...more
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Learn about debt restructuring
Debt Restructuring for Cranes & Other Heavy Equipment is the title of SC&RA's next free educational webinar on 15 February ...more
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Konecranes profit drops as prices rise
Finnish crane maker Konecranes posted a 39% drop in profits for the fourth quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010 ...more
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Local buy-out for Sarens Polska
Sarens Polska has acquired Gdansk-based crane rental company Zuraw Grohman complete with its fleet of 160 cranes ...more
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Kobe Steel sales up, profits down
Japan's Kobe Steel Group, parent company of Kobelco Cranes has reported a 4% increase in consolidated net sales for the first nine months of fiscal 20 ...more
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Tiong Woon wins plant contract
Tiong Woon has been contracted to lay pipelines and construct intake towers at the Tuaspring Desalination Plant, under development in Singapore ...more
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Penny Hydraulics makes light work of cellar loading
Penny Hydraulics installed LoadLift platform lifts into two cellar service vehicles for for UK brewer Adnams ...more
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LCM Systems enjoys output growth
UK load cell manufacturer LCM Systems Ltd has reported a 15% growth in figures for the 2011 financial year, compared to 2010 figures ...more
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Manitowoc, Trimble crane positioning system
In the USA Manitowoc and Trimble are working to develop a crane positioning software that will map active construction sites to within 10 mm. ...more
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Modulift warns against fake parts
International lifting gear specialist Modulift Group, has issued a safety warning regarding the use of counterfeit spreader beam elements ...more
Equipment News
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Penny Hydraulics makes light work of cellar loading
Penny Hydraulics installed LoadLift platform lifts into two cellar service vehicles for for UK brewer Adnams ...more
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Manitowoc, Trimble crane positioning system
In the USA Manitowoc and Trimble are working to develop a crane positioning software that will map active construction sites to within 10 mm. ...more
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Modulift warns against fake parts
International lifting gear specialist Modulift Group, has issued a safety warning regarding the use of counterfeit spreader beam elements ...more
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Sany SAC12000 completes turbine installation
In China a range topping 1,000 tonne class telescopic boom wheeled mobile crane from Sany was used to install a 2 MW wind turbine tower and nacelle ...more
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Grove first at Hiap Tong
Hiap Tong has taken delivery of Singapore's first Manitowoc Grove GMK6300L all terrain crane ...more
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New centre to drive Verope expansion
Verope has opened a service centre in Zweibrücken, Germany, to provide specialist equipment and increased warehousing. To assist its growth plan, the ...more
Project News
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Sany SAC12000 completes turbine installation
In China a range topping 1,000 tonne class telescopic boom wheeled mobile crane from Sany was used to install a 2 MW wind turbine tower and nacelle ...more
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Shore to ship installation
Ainscough Crane Hire was contracted to lift a helideck onto Seajacks' Kraken vessel at Falmouth docks in the UK ...more
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Olympic Dam deal for Boom
Boom Logistics (Boom) has won a five year contract to provide crane services to to BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam operation in South Australia, 550 km nor ...more
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Holiday work
Work continued with big telescopic cranes right through December's festive season on a rail project at the UK's Birmigham New Street Station ...more
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UK's highest Unic on Shard duties
Those looking skyward from the River Thames in central London, UK over the last week may have spotted a mini crawler crane being raised 283 metres to ...more
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Manitowoc delivers first Grove crane to Baltic
Manitowoc has delivered the first Grove GMK6300L crane to a Baltic state. Owner of the 300 tonne capacity all terrain is Latvian rental company Arsava ...more
Other News
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Enter the SC&RA Jobs of the Year contest
SC&RA is calling for entries into its annual Jobs of the Year Awards contest ...more
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Liebherr tests PowerBoom
Liebherr has begun testing its new PowerBoom on its 3,000 metric ton LR 13000 crawler crane ...more
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ALL names five new personnel appointments
ALL names five new personnel appointments at its southeastern U.S. branches. ...more
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Ennen named Manitowoc SVP of engineering and innovation
Jens Ennen is the new senior vice president of engineering and innovation for Manitowoc Cranes ...more
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NCCER names new chairman of Board of Trustees
NCCER has elected Bob Parker as its 2012 Board of Trustees' chairperson. ...more
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NCCCO's newest certification programs earn ANSI accreditation
The CCO Rigger Level II and Articulating Crane Operator certifications are now accredited by ANSI to the ISO/IEC17024 International Standard for organ ...more






















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