by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Hiab, has decided on an extended warranty that covers all HIAB loader crane models. The warranty will be valid for all loader cranes delivered as of 1 October 2016. Hiab offers its customers five year warranty on structural components as well as general warranty of...
by admin | Sep 23, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Southwest Industrial Rigging, a US based crane, rigging, and heavy transportation provider has added a 330T Liebherr LR 1300 Crawler crane to its fleet. The new crane adds to the company’s fleet of over seventy mobile and crawler cranes. Since 2014, the company has...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
The first job awaiting the new Liebherr LR 1750/2 crawler crane operated by Fanger Kran AG was a demanding one in central Switzerland near Lucerne. The crane had to handle a gross load of around 270 tonnes to replace a 30-meter cylinder. In a very constricted space in...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment & Construction Videos, Manufacturer News
Hiab, is launching two totally new features to ease crane installation and operation: HIAB FRAMEWORKS and Crane Tip Control. The world premiere of the new features will be in connection to the IAA Exhibition on 22-29 September in Hannover, Germany. HIAB FRAMEWORKS for...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Manufacturer News
By comparison — and by design — these generators are lightweights. Caterpillar Inc., the world’s largest manufacturer of generator sets, on Wednesday unveiled a new series of portable power units that extends the company’s reach for the first time in that...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents, Workforce News
A 43-year-old man died after the crane he was maneuvering toppled over and fell into the sea at the Medserv Operations dock at the freeport in Malta. The incident happened at around 9.15 am. Qualified first aiders provided immediate support until the man was rushed to...
by admin | Sep 22, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Two Raimondi MRT111 cranes have been erected at the latest residential construction site by Akvilon-Invest called ‘4You’ in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Konsul LLC., the official dealer of Raimondi Cranes in the Russian Federation, trading commercially as Import Cranes,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Offshore News
Breakbulk operator Thorco and United Heavy Lift have formed Thorco Projects, a joint venture specializing in project cargo and heavy-lift logistics. JOC reports, both companies are family owned. Thorco, the shipping unit of Danish conglomerate Thornico, was founded in...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Equipment & Construction Videos, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
An excavator operator doing reclamation work was almost killed after a barge carrying the machine overturned on top of him off the Gurney Drive seafront in Penang, Malaysia. Waves rose as high as 3.5m (12 ft) and the tide swelled from a low of 0.63m to 2.53m...
by admin | Sep 21, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News
Funds will enhance company and dealer footprint as well as provide critical skills training. Chairman and CEO Doug Oberhelman, currently taking part in the U.S.-Africa Business Forum (USABF) in New York City, announced that the company, its independent dealers and the...
