Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Featured Crane: Liebherr LTR 1220 Telescopic-Boom Crawler Crane July 28, 2017 Five years ago, Liebherr debuted the 240-ton capacity LTR 1220 telescopic-boom crawler, one of the largest telecrawlers in the world. A year later, the first… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Certex Employs Below-the-Hook Lifting Solution to Load a Helipad July 28, 2017 Certex, a supplier of steel wire ropes, lifting products and services to the oil, gas, industrial and renewable markets, accepted a scope of work to… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Using Models in Rigging Training – Plus, a Rigging Quiz July 28, 2017 Roger “Skip” Ohman Jr. is a mechanical engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the rigging and lifting industry, including 18 years at… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Five Minutes with Mike Appling July 28, 2017 This week’s Five Minute interview is with Mike Appling, CEO of TNT Crane & Rigging. Founded in 1985 with one 18-ton crane, TNT Crane &… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Flaherty Equipment Joins the Tadano Dealer Network July 25, 2017 Tadano America has appointed Massachusetts based Flaherty Equipment Repair Corp. as a distributor for Tadano’s line of rough-terrain and all-terrain cranes. Flaherty Equipment is will… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Mammoet Removes Historic 12th Street Bridge July 25, 2017 Mammoet successfully lifted and removed the historic 12th Street bridge from its foundation in Calgary, Alberta. The bridge, built in 1908, spanned the Bow River… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsManufacturer News Iowa Mold Tooling Names New Hires July 25, 2017 Iowa Mold Tooling (IMT) has added two sales team members. Jeff Nelson joins the company as a sales engineer with the primary responsibility to support… Read more
FeaturedManufacturer News International Orders for Manitex PM Knuckleboom Cranes July 25, 2017 Manitex International Inc. has received approximately €1.5 million in new Manitex PM knuckleboom crane orders from two international customers. The orders are for a number… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Manitowoc MLC300 Crawler Constructs Bridge from a Barge July 25, 2017 Kraemer North America, Plain, Wis., was hired by Illinois DOT to construct a new 2,482 foot-long bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Savanna, Ill.,… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsIndustry News OSHA to Offer Web-Based Injury Tracking Application July 25, 2017 On Aug. 1, 2017, OSHA will launch the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The web-based form allows employers to electronically submit required injury and illness data from… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Portuguese Structural Steel Buys Tadano ATF 160G-5 All-Terrain Crane July 21, 2017 Portuguese Structural Steel, Newark, N.J., has taken delivery of its first Tadano crane. The 176-ton capacity Tadano ATF 160G-5 all-terrain crane will be used to… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedMishaps Adcock Cranes Makes Quick Plan to Remove Fallen Boom Lift July 21, 2017 When an 85-foot boom lift fell through the upper deck of a parking garage in Tampa, Fla., Mark Adcock of Adcock Cranes had to come… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Video: Imperial Crane Rolls Boiler at Manufacturing Facility July 21, 2017 Watch this video of Imperial Crane Services’ crews moves a 300,000-pound boiler onto its side to fit into a suburban manufacturing facility. Video: Imperial Crane… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Liebherr 53 K Self-Erecting Crane Operates in the Chilean Andes July 21, 2017 A Liebherr 53 K self-erecting crane is currently working on the construction of two hydroelectric plants as part of the “Alto Maipo” project in the… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Auburn Crane and Rigging Receives Demag AC250-5 All Terrain Crane July 21, 2017 Empire Crane Co. has delivered the first Demag AC250-5 all-terrain crane in the United States to Auburn Crane and Rigging. The Demag AC250-5 is a compact… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Mardian Equipment Retrofits Cranes with Rayco-Wylie LMIs July 21, 2017 For factory-authorized service centers like Mardian Equipment, tuning up and repairing customers’ machines is an everyday task. When a power plant in Four Corners, N.M.,… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeatured Shawmut Equipment Celebrates 60 Years July 20, 2017 In 2017, Shawmut Equipment is celebrating 60 years in business. The company was founded by George O’Connell in 1957, and members of the O’Connell family continue… Read more
FeaturedManufacturer News Tadano Faun Management Changes, Sawada Named CEO July 20, 2017 Kenichi Sawada has been named the new president and CEO of Tadano Faun GmbH. He succeeds Alexander Knecht, who will continue in an advisory role… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Kobelco CK Series Crawler Cranes Now Available from ALL Family of Companies July 20, 2017 The ALL Family of Companies has been named an authorized dealer for Kobelco Construction Machinery USA in Ohio, West Virginia, and western Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh.… Read more
Crane & Lifting NewsFeaturedManufacturer News Link-Belt Cranes Erect Steel on Little Bay Bridge July 19, 2017 R.S. Audley Inc., Bow, N.H., was awarded a contract to replace four northbound lanes on the Little Bay Bridge. The nine-span steel girder bridge carries… Read more