September 2017

Watch as workers remove a tower crane damaged during Hurricane Irma. The Fort Lauderdale crane was one of three tower cranes affected by the storm.…

Manitex International Inc. has announced that Steve Kiefer has been named president of North America for Manitex International. Kiefer has more than 25 years of…

Bechtel and Industrial Training International (ITI) are collaborating to expand the scope of the ITI’s virtual reality (VR) crane simulator on the market. The collaboration…

Iowa Mold Tooling Co. Inc. (IMT) has introduced four new articulating cranes and made revisions to its current crane line. According to John Field, articulating…

Ritchie Bros. has announced it is now accepting consignments for its five-day auction next February in Orlando, Fla. The February 2018 Orlando auction is one…

Registration is now open for LiftEx 2017, the U.K.’s only exhibition and conference dedicated to overhead lifting and working at height. The event takes place…

Lifting Gear Hire has acquired JD Neuhaus’s Aberdeen, Scotland-based rental division. JD Neuhaus, a manufacturer of hoists and crane systems for extreme environments, will retain…

Maxim Crane Works L.P. was contracted to provide lifting services for a mechanical contractor at a New Jersey power plant.  Maxim’s scope was to lift…

In the wake of Hurricane Irma, three Miami tower cranes were damaged on separate high-rise projects. Their damage has raised a number of questions, including…

Crane rental organizations are under a lot of pressure in 2017 to provide top-of-the-line equipment that is safe and can do the job. A number…