All Cranes Articles
All Erection & Crane Rental Corp. in the US has placed a 275 foot (84 m) bridge in three parts in one day
The UK's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported on the 2007 Liverpool tower crane accident and written to crane rental and supply companies in Great Britain about it
At Manitowoc in the US David Hull has been promoted to vice president of sales in North America for crawler cranes and mobile cranes
It is finally here. Lindsay Gale reports on the first time Rusch’s high reach demolition rig achieved its full 90 m working height prior to handover to Euro Demolition.
CKV Heavy Lifting And Assembly Ltd in Turkey has expanded its fleet with four new all terrain cranes
Terex Cranes held an event to mark the opening of its new UK headquarters on 8 August
Heavy lift specialist Sarens installed the first six 5 MW wind turbines at the C-Power Thornton Bank project in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium
Smit Heavy Lift’s 1,600 tonne capacity floating sheerlegs Taklift 4 played a major role in the recently completed offshore phase of the decommissioning of a gas platform in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. IC reports
Safety and maintenance are a top priority in the offshore industry. Euan Youdale speaks to one company about the progress of its latest safety programme and rounds up news in the sector
Auctioneer Ritchie Bros had unprecedented interest in its recent equipment auction in Queensland, Australia. Brent Stacey reports from the event where he talked to the major players
Share prices continued to fall in July in reaction to ever-higher oil prices. In the lifting sector this saw a continuation of the fourth major dive in less than a year. Chris Sleight reports
The first Wolff tower crane erected in Australia was recently shown to the local crane industry as a celebration of the formation of a partnership between Wolffkran and The Caelli Group. The Caelli Group is a formwork contractor and crane hirer that specializes in high rise construction. Established in 1972 and based in Melbourne, recent changes to the company’s structure mean expansion in two crane-related areas.
John Spanswick is chairman of Bovis Lend Lease and the Strategic Forum for Construction (SFfC) Tower Crane Group. He believes that well trained supervisors are a vital key to effective risk management at work sites
Mobile crane rental house Wollongong Cranes in Australia has taken delivery of a new Tadano Faun ATF 65G-4 all terrain crane.
Parts of a 1,250 tonne capacity crane were moved by air to complete a bridge installation in Sweden
Development work has started on a 350 tonne telescopic wheeled mobile crane at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen in Germany
Hertfordshire, UK-based haulage company Hallett Silbermann has taken delivery of three new Fassi hydraulic truck loader cranes.
Chinese manufacturer Zoomlion has sold a 600 tonne capacity QUY600 lattice boom crawler crane to a customer in India.
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing and SkyHook International in the US have agreed to develop a “commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft.”
Monday 14 July sees the launch of a new Jost luffing jib tower crane.