Crane Industry News

- Wed August 05, 2015

Video Captures Massive Crane Collapse

ABC News is reporting that prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into the dramatic collapse of two cranes onto a row of houses in a central Dutch city that briefly buried one man under rubble....

- Fri July 24, 2015

ALL Adds Two Liebherr ATs to Serve Customers in the South

The ALL Family of Companies has acquired two new Liebherr all-terrain cranes to serve customers in the south. The new machines include a 600-ton (544 t) Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 and a 350-ton (318 t) LTM 1300-6.2....

- Mon July 20, 2015

Watch How Cranes, Robots Help Ports Run Like a Tight Ship

An article on Gizmodo highlights the fact that shipping containers, being at heart a 8x8x20 steel box, are not a sexy or glamorous technology — in fact, you probably don’t think of them as a technology....

- Tue July 07, 2015

Construction Crane Topples onto Pitt Campus Science Building

PITTSBURGH (AP) _ Construction crews were working to straighten a truck-mounted crane which toppled sideways and came to rest against a science building on the University of Pittsburgh campus. Classes weren’t in session due to the holiday weekend and nobody was reported injured in the construction accident about 9:30 a.m....

- Tue June 30, 2015

Terex CC 8800-1 Twin Crawler Crane Completes Qatar AGR Lifts

Al Jaber Heavy Lift and Transport recently used its 3,200 tonne capacity Terex CC 8800-1 TWIN crane to help complete a series of super-heavy lifts on a petrochemical development in Qatar. The project involved a total of 143 lifts, 31 of which were carried out using the 1,600 tonne capacity Terex CC 8800-1 crane and two lifts - installing two AGR (Advanced Gas Reactor) absorbers each weighing 1,300 tonnes - with the crane in its TWIN format....

- Wed June 17, 2015

Liebherr Cranes in Balance Live Stream

Libeherr’s Cranes in Balance Live Demonstration is now streaming live at this web address:http://www.krane-in-balance.liebherr.com/en-GB/149579.wfwThe show offers an opportunity to see Liebjerr’s heavy equipment in action....

- Mon June 01, 2015

Empire Crane Now Offers Wolffkran in the U.S.

Empire Crane Company has partnered with Wolffkran to become an authorized Wolffkran dealer in the United States. Empire Crane will expand its product offering with the addition of Wolffkran tower cranes....

- Wed May 20, 2015

Empire Crane’s Tadano Mantis at Work on Bruins Training Facility

Empire Crane Company’s 2015 Tadano Mantis 15010 is currently working on the site of the new Boston Bruins training facility, Warrior Ice Arena. Empire Crane rented the Tadano Mantis 15010 to AmQuip who has been working on this project with S&F Concrete....

- Mon May 18, 2015

ALL Adds Manitowoc MLC300 to Its Fleet

Last March, the ALL Family of Companies purchased 10 new 330-ton (299 t) Manitowoc MLC300 crawler cranes. The MLC300 features technologically advanced variable position counterweight (VPC), a movable counterweight system....

- Mon May 18, 2015

Empire Crane Company Among Best Places to Work in Central New York

Empire Crane Company has been named one of 2015 Best Places to Work in Central New York. Paul and Luke Lonergan, owners of Empire Crane are honored to be recognized as one of the best places to work in CNY....