A crane lifting a bride and her sister at a wedding in Gujarat state, West India overturned killing a man below and injuring four others,…
February 2014
-
-
Able UK, an operator of ship dismantling facilities in the United Kingdom, says it has taken possession of a large Liebherr LHM600SHL mobile harbor crane.…
-
Industry NewsUnique Crane News
Liverpool crane firm becomes official partner of ‘Memories of August 1914’
February 24, 2014Liverpool firm John Sutch Cranes has become an official partner of Memories of August 1914, which will see the Little Giant Girl and her pet Xolo…
-
Manufacturer News
Manitex International, Inc. Features New 70-Ton Crane at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014
February 18, 2014BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., Feb. 18, 2014 –/PRNewswire/ –Â Manitex International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MNTX), a leading international provider of cranes and specialized material and container handling equipment, today…
-
Australian crane rental giant Universal Cranes has built two bridges using Manitowoc cranes from its fleet. The company used Manitowoc’s largest all-terrain crane, a GMK7450…
-
A large panel weighing several thousand pounds has fallen from a crane and landed on a man’s leg in Scarborough this afternoon. Toronto Fire Service…
-
Crane & Lifting News
A total of 14 Liebherr tower cranes are helping to build Emaar Square in Istanbul.
February 13, 2014Emaar Square is one of Turkey’s largest private developments, and the Liebherr cranes are being used to meet all of the project’s high-rise lifting requirements.…
-
Mishaps
‘I couldn’t believe I’m alive.’ Mom survives falling crane on I-95 in Virginia
February 13, 2014RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) - “I couldn’t believe I’m alive.†That’s what a 30-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University student – a wife and mother of a little girl…
-
Industry News
OSHA Proposes Three-Year Extension for Crane Operator Certification Requirements
February 13, 2014OSHA has proposed extending the compliance date for crane-operator certification requirements. Published in the Federal Register on Feb. 10, the proposed rule would extend the…
-
A footbridge over a main road was destroyed by an upright crane on the back of a lorry, a South Yorkshire council has said. The…