October 2017

TANDEMLOC has released the Modular Autoloc spreader frame for lifting containers. Using four twistlock bayonets, the spreaders are simultaneously actuated by slackening the four-legged sling from…

Last week, Sarens introduced its new super heavy-lift crane, the SGC-140, at an event in Ghent, Belgium. Sarens reported that clients are demanding cranes so…

Carrying commercial general liability insurance is one of the costs of doing business as a crane owner. While a number of different brokers offer insurance,…

For more than six decades, Superior Rigging & Erection Co. has been known for handling complicated steel erection, crane rental, specialized transport, machinery moving, and…

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau (CICB) has entered into a partnership with the SC&R Foundation to provide grants for crane operator training and NCCCO certificate courses.…

The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) and Industrial Training International (ITI) have finalized a purchase agreement that allows all IUOE member training centers and…

DICA has introduced the Cavity Pad Plus outrigger pads, which joins the company’s SafetyTech outrigger pad product line designed for mobile cranes, digger derricks, hi-lift aerials,…

Raimondi distributor Strictly Cranes Pty Ltd, New South Wales, Australia, has sold three new Raimondi tower cranes to residential builder-developer Piety THP. The two 10-tonne…

The Crane Manufacturers Association of America (CMAA), an independent trade association affiliated with the Material Handling Industry (MHI), will host a one-day overhead crane safety-themed…

In Chicago, Kelly Tractor’s 140-ton Link-Belt TCC-1400 worked through cold temperatures to complete foundation work for CASE Foundation Co. The $150 million residential, parking, and…