MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (WHDH) -Â Late Tuesday afternoon a tree trimming truck tipped over in Marlborough. Neighbors on Lakeshore Drive say the truck was on an elevated…
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Once again Potain tower cranes are at the heart of a new hydropower mega project. A team of 19 Potain tower cranes are building the…
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RWE Innogy has completed installation of the offshore substation at its 295MW Nordsee Ost wind farm in the German North Sea. It took the 1800-tonne…
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BAY COUNTY (WJRT) -(07/18/14) – Two southbound lanes of I-75 were shut down Friday afternoon near US-10. It happened just after 1, when a truck…
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Manufacturer News
Manitex Agrees to Acquire PM-Group with Over $100 Million in Revenues
July 21, 2014BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., July 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Manitex International, Inc. MNTX +6.70% ,  a leading international provider of cranes and specialized material and container handling equipment, today announced that…
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One worker was killed and two others were hurt when a beam collapsed at a Fort Lauderdale construction site, officials said. The incident happened shortly…
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LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – There were no injuries Monday morning after a small crane tipped over at the Golden Nugget Casino construction site in…
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A mobile crane is Bibergau pounced on a house and buried a man among them. The man was rescued alive. Spectacular accident in Lower Franconia: In…
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A man in his 50s is in stable condition with a broken arm after a crane rolled over at a construction site north of Toronto…
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Industry News
Essex Rental Corporation Price Target Lowered to $3.50 at Oppenheimer (ESSX)
July 17, 2014Research analysts at Oppenheimer reduced their price target on shares of Essex Rental Corporation (NASDAQ:ESSX) from $4.00 to $3.50 in a report released on Tuesday. The firm currently has…
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The crane lifted 650 tonnes of test weights, making the unit’s advertised capacity official. In light of the results, Manitowoc is confident that it will only…
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COLLEGE STATION - A crane operator’s love for the Crimson Tide football team, while working on the renovation and expansion project at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field, may have…
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ABILENE, Texas -Â A construction crane toppled on top of a roof Monday at the new building addition at PrimeTime Family Entertainment off of Loop 322.…
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A giant 500-ton mobile crane, one the largest of its type in Canada, has arrived at Wellington Secondary School to participate in the ongoing $23-million…
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MANILA – A gantry crane collapsed at the Port of Manila on Monday morning, leaving one person injured. The gantry crane collapsed on least 25…
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Mishaps
Remembering the 3 ironworkers killed during a crane collapse at Miller Park in 1999
July 14, 2014MILWAUKEE — In a plaza outside the Milwaukee Brewers’ ballpark stands a 12-foot statue. Not one that honors a baseball hero, but one that is…
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A construction crane toppled over in Vienna’s eighth district of Josefstadt on Saturday morning, causing damage to at least one house. The collapse occurred at…
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Crane & Lifting NewsUnique Crane News
Peninsula’s Liebherr LR 1300 with 204′ of Luffer ready to work in San Jose, CA (Pics & Vid)
July 11, 2014SAN JOSE — The steel skeleton of the new $230 million family courthouse will soon appear on the downtown skyline, erected by a special crane…
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Chaos on a busy inner-Sydney street has been narrowly avoided after a crane toppled on a construction site on Friday afternoon. Police say the crane…
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Dubai Cranes & Technical Services, a subsidiary of Dubai Investments, has announced the opening of the first-of-its-kind crane storage and assembly facility in the region.…