A new Bluetooth app for smart devices, named after Straightpoint’s (SP) Handheld plus display unit, is now available for download and easy connection to the…
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Crane & Lifting NewsMishaps
Crane accident kills two, injures three at Manitowoc in Shady Grove, Pa.
February 5, 2018A crane accident at the Manitowoc plant Friday morning left two men dead and three others wounded, one critically. “It was a crane accident that…
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Heavy item handling, transportation and installation specialist ALE has successfully completed a transportation project it started in March 2015. The project involved the transportation of…
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Equipment manufacturer Liebherr and Russian truck and engine manufacturer Kamaz have completed the development of a new six-cylinder in-line diesel engine range. Serial production will…
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Colombian logistics specialist Transportes Montejo has successfully completed the transportation of a 700 tonne Komatsu PC 8000 hydraulic mining shovel excavator over 25 kilometers of…
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UK crane rental company Bennetts Cranes (Bennetts) has erected a Raimondi LR213 on behalf of UK building contractor Henry Construction at a job site in…
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Caterpillar and Rio Tinto have signed an agreement for retrofitting 19 Cat 793F mining trucks for autonomous operation at the Marandoo iron ore mine in…
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Straightpoint (SP) has named Phil Roch marketing executive, as the load cell manufacturer looks to leverage his extensive expertise in technical content, videography and events.…
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Heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet has announced the successful delivery of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) to the Thames Tideway Tunnel project in central…
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A 600 tonne crawler crane, a pair of large wheeled mobiles and some SPMT were used to lift and place a steel bridge over a…
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Heavy lifting and transport specialist Mammoet has erected what it says is the biggest goliath crane in Northern Europe at Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.…
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North American crane manufacturer Iowa Mold Tooling has added a pair of new dealers to serve Saskatchewan, Northern Alberta and Wyoming. Transform Crane and Equipment will…
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US steel erector and crane rental specialist Kelley Steel Erectors has taken delivery of a new 80 US ton capacity Kobelco crawler crane. Left to…
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Boels Rental has announced it has acquired Netherlands-based Abird from private equity investor NPM for an undisclosed fee. Abird operates throughout the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, and…
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Megawide Construction and India-based airport operator GMR Infrastructure have won a contract for the expansion of Clark International Airport in the Philippines. The contract was…
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A total of five Raimondi tower cranes have now been erected and are operating onsite in Schaffhausen, Switzerland Swiss developer and builder, Klaiber Bau, will…
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Dutch mobile folding tower crane manufacturer Spierings Mobile Cranes has launched what it describes as the “first hybrid electric crane”, the SK487-AT3 City Boy. It…
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Italian crane manufacturer Fassi has acquired the remainder of of Cranab. Part of Cranab was acquired in 2013 and ownership increased in stages after that.…
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Seattle, WA (Dec 4th, 2017) As a seasoned Rigging Manager, Tony Scalici is quite familiar with solving unique challenges in the field. With 28 years…
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There are various types of cranes used in civil engineering construction works. A crane is a piece of heavy machinery that is a tower or…