Manitowoc has is putting the final touches to its new Product Verification Centre in Wilhelmshaven, Germany one year after announcing plans to build it. Cranes…
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On construction sites, one of the most important jobs is that of the signal person. Sometimes known as the signal man, this individual is responsible…
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58-year-old employee Timothy Dubberly was killed in an industrial accident involving a crane at the Port of Fernandina on Friday morning, according to Fire Chief…
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Crane & Lifting NewsUnique Crane News
Father and Son Team Drive 80-foot Pilings to Build New Bridge
July 14, 2016David Spears sat in the crane’s cockpit and lowered the 46,000-pound counterweight onto the tractor trailer. Jesus was with him. After he’d nestled the load…
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Crane & Lifting NewsMishaps
Crane strikes power line, creates widespread outage in Seattle
July 13, 2016About 10,000 people briefly lost power in parts of Seattle after a loader crane working on a home improvement project in South Seattle became entangled…
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Federal investigators this week are still looking into an accident on Brainard Avenue, in North Boston suburb Medford, Massachusetts, Â after a 150-foot crane toppled onto…
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Terex Material handling has installed a Demag double girder overhead travelling process crane at Iggesund Paperboard Ltd’s production facility in Cumbria, England. Part of the…
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Suspects including engineers and two government employees will face trial in Saudi Arabia over the deaths of 110 people when a crane toppled over at…
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New York – Empire Crane Company has expanded their offering within the New York and Northern New Jersey market as an authorized dealer for Magni…
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Carl Ryan climbed rung-by-rung up the 210-foot crane, knowing the whole time that he would have to come back down. And on the way down,…
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New York City took the first steps towards tightening regulations of construction cranes and their operators on June 30, implementing several measures designed to prevent collapses…
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A crane working on a barge in London, almost overturned yesterday when something caused it to tilt forward precariously. We only have a few details…
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The total destruction was caught on camera but the footage starts quite calmly, as it shows the crane successfully carrying the heavy tanker. The crane, believed…
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The Association for Subcontractors and Affiliates (ASA) has recognized Imperial Crane Services, Bridgeview, Ill., as one of its members that has excelled at safety. The…
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Did you know that a blue whale’s lung capacity is 5000 litres? In comparison, humans can only manage a meagre six litres on average. As…
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New York – Empire Crane Company is proud to announce that Chloe Lonergan received a scholarship from the Syracuse Builders Exchange Foundation, is a recipient…
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Global economic development in the current year will probably be similar to 2015 with approximately the same rate of growth as in the previous year…
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Construction equipment rental company AMECO has added a 450-ton Grove GMK6400 to its fleet. The company is headquartered in South Carolina and has operated in…
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Industry News
Liebherr 1000 EC-B 125 Litronic tower crane used to erect turbine with 149-m hub height
June 13, 2016ENERCON’s Liebherr 1000 EC-B 125 Litronic tower crane erected a new wind turbine in the Prechtaler Schanze Wind Farm in April 2016. With a hub…
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Rostock, Germany – Liebherr is extending its product range of IT tools and services with LiDAT® smartApp. This telematic system is using big data analytics…