October 2013

HERMANVILLE — A section of a giant wind turbine was damaged Wednesday here in eastern P.E.I. when one of the hooks the crane was using…

Crane supplier Sin Heng Heavy Machinery reported net profit of S$3.8 million for its first quarter ended Sept 30, 2013, up 15.8 per cent from…

CHINCOTEAGUE — An incongruous Chincoteague icon is back in place nearly a year after it toppled during Hurricane Sandy. Video Here The Viking, as the 23-foot-tall…

Kansas City is getting a head start on Christmas this year setting a 100 ft tree in Crown Center.  Haggard Hauling and Rigging handled the…

Faulty crane killed Swedish man, 63.  A damaged loading hook caused the fatal accident in western Sweden last week, in which a 63-year-old crane operator…

The tower crane that dropped its jib on the cabinet office in London has now been removed. The two parts of the crumpled jib were…

In a series of surprise inspections by the Manpower Ministry (MOM) focusing on crane safety, 61 companies were fined and two construction sites ordered to…

LITTLE CURRENT—A 365 ton crane, which is being used on the construction of the McLean’s Mountain Wind Farm project, overturned yesterday along Green Bush Road.…

Construction cranes in Singapore may have to be fitted with “black boxes” as a safety requirement. Known as data loggers, the devices can record the…

The overnight storm has continued to cause disruption around the country, with deputy prime minister Nick Clegg the latest victim of the bad conditions after…