Mon September 11, 2023
Ingo Schiller Joins DICA as Strategic Advisor
DICA announced that Ingo Schiller, a crane industry veteran with executive experience in sales, distribution, new product development, and marketing, has joined the DICA team as a strategic advisor. He will be responsible for helping DICA expand its distribution programs, advising the sales team and expanding previously established DICA-OEM partnerships....
Thu August 24, 2023
Davis Crane Service Purchases First Tadano GT-1200XL-2 in U.S.
Davis Crane Service has been serving the hoisting needs of Texas contractors and businesses for more than 60 years. In fact, President Dennis Davis has been in the business for more than 50 years and is a stalwart among crane owners around the Lonestar State....
Wed August 23, 2023
ALL Performs Dual Night Picks for Two Florida Turnpike Bridge Projects
Improvements to the Florida Turnpike roll on with two bridge widening projects in Lake County, in the central part of the state. ALL Sunshine Crane Rental, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, provided heavy lift equipment to Lane Construction, the project's general contractor....
Tue August 22, 2023
Four Potain MCT 385 Topless Cranes Deliver Record-Breaking Indian Bridge Project
Four Potain MCT 385 topless tower cranes have now almost completed their work constructing the tallest cable-stayed road bridge in India. The cranes were purchased for the project by Afcons, the main contractor for the bridge build which forms a crucial part of the Khopoli-Kusgaon Connector Project — more commonly known as the Pune-Mumbai Missing Link....
Tue August 22, 2023
Liebherr USA Co. Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Miami Branch
The Liebherr Group, a family-run technology company with a highly diversified product portfolio and one of the largest construction equipment manufacturers in the world, announced the 10-year anniversary of its Miami branch....
Thu August 17, 2023
Additional MLC300 With VPC-MAX Boosts Wilkerson Crane Rental's Capacity for Largest Tasks
Kansas City, Kan.-based Wilkerson Crane Rental is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the purchase of another Manitowoc MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane equipped with VPC-MAX. Although the company has more than 40 years of experience in hoisting, lift planning, heavy hauling and equipment servicing, Wilkerson Crane Rental only officially came into existence in 2013....
Tue August 15, 2023
Awareness, Planning Are Easy Ways to Save Your Crane, Crew
Two very different situations in Texas this year ended in fires that, while they didn't cause injury or death, did stop work and caused alarm in the local community. Crane end users, and the crew that works in and around the machines, must take the possibility of a rig fire seriously and have a prevention plan in place....
Mon August 07, 2023
CraneWorks Named Tadano America Distributor
Tadano America has added CraneWorks as an authorized distributor of Tadano all terrain, rough terrain and telescopic boom crawler cranes in the state of Alabama. Based in Birmingham, CraneWorks offers cranes ranging from 2 to 500-ton capacity for sale and rental, as well as rigging, machinery moving, specialty hauling and equipment storage services....
Tue August 01, 2023
MSG Krandienst's New Grove GMK6400-1 Aces its First Job
A Grove GMK6400-1 is the latest fleet addition for crane rental company MSG Krandienst. It went to its first job — recovering a derailed train car — the day after arriving at its new home. Yannick Kempf is the MSG Krandienst operator on the new crane, and he was full of praise for it:"The controls are so intuitive on the GMK6400-1 that I was immediately able to operate it....
Mon July 31, 2023
Link-Belt Cranes Announces Promotion, New Hires
Link-Belt Cranes announced the promotion of Casey Smith and the hiring of Will Hatton and Thomas Taylor. Casey SmithCasey Smith has been promoted to supervisor, marketing information at Link-Belt Cranes, effective April 1, 2023....