CEG - Thu September 15, 2022
Ring Power Crane Opens 5-Acre Branch Campus at New Location in Aiken, S.C.
Ring Power Crane recently opened a branch location in Aiken, S.C. The "branch campus" consists of five buildings situated on a 5-acre parcel of land and was selected for its geographic positioning in the state of South Carolina....
Manitowoc - Wed September 14, 2022
Merkel Autokrane Selects Pair of Grove Cranes for Complex Tandem Lift
German crane services company Merkel Autokrane selected two of its 275.5 ton Grove all-terrain cranes for a challenging tandem lift in the Bamberg area of Lower Franconia. The GMK5250XL-1 and GMK5250L were called in to build a multi-story parking lot for one of the world's largest online retailers of musical instruments....
Tadano - Tue September 13, 2022
Benchley Cranes Adds New Tadano GR-1000XLL-4 Rough Terrain Crane to Lifting Fleet
If it's one thing Benchley Contracting & Rental Corp., dba Benchley Cranes, knows, it's how to grow business. The Forestville, N.Y.-based company's roots trace back to 1957 with just a single crane, dragline and dozer....
Manitowoc - Tue September 13, 2022
VIDEO: Mega Fleet of Manitowoc Crawler Cranes Creates New Chapter in History of Iconic Florida Bridge
The Howard Frankland Bridge has been an iconic Florida landmark for more than half a century, carrying 132,000 vehicles along I-275 between Tampa and St. Petersburg daily. However, its infamous traffic jams have resulted in the bridge becoming a major chokepoint, and multiple expansions since its opening in 1960 have proven only partially successful in reducing congestion and traffic accidents....
Manitowoc - Thu September 08, 2022
Manitowoc MLC650 Makes Turbine Installation a Breeze On South Korean Wind Farm
The first Manitowoc MLC650 outside of North America to feature its 11.5 ft.-wide boom insert kit option has begun work on a large wind farm installation in southwestern South Korea. Owned by Shinui Petra, a leading equipment rental company and long-time Manitowoc customer, the crawler crane arrived at DaeMyung Energy's mountaintop site in Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do on June 1....
NCCCO - Wed September 07, 2022
Registration Now Open for Seventh Annual NCCCO Foundation's Industry Forum
Free registration is now open for the annual event focused on the qualifications of crane operators and those who work with and around lifting equipment. The Seventh Annual Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications is scheduled for Oct....
Manitowoc - Wed September 07, 2022
Grove's Heavy-Duty Jib Equips GRT9165 Rough-Terrain Crane for Precast Work
Grove is offering a new heavy-duty jib extension for the Grove GRT9165 rough-terrain crane that increases the 165 ton crane's utilization abilities. The jib is 12.5 ft. long and designed with two sheaves, for up to four parts of line, and is hydraulically offsettable from 0 to 50 degrees....
CraneWorks - Tue September 06, 2022
CraneWorks Hires GM for Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth Locations
CraneWorks Inc. , recently announced that Eric Rhodes has joined the company as general manager, leading the Houston headquarters and Dallas Fort Worth field office. He possesses a broad background in several key industries that CraneWorks serves, including transmission & distribution, oil & gas and construction....
Manitowoc - Wed August 31, 2022
Grove TMS800-2 Boosts Productivity With Easier Roading, 'Big Crane' Features
As the successor to the Grove TMS800E truck crane, the TMS800-2 adopts technology and features developed for larger truck-mounted and all-terrain cranes and packages them into an easily roadable 80-ton unit....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon August 22, 2022
ASME B30.5 Standard Sets Requirements for Mobile Crane Rigger Qualification
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has released an updated standard on mobile and locomotive cranes that includes a clear definition of the role a qualified rigger plays in a lifting operation....
