by admin | Jan 2, 2019 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Manitowoc has officially launched the Potain MCT 565, currently its largest topless crane, at this year’s bauma China 2018. The company invited customers, dealers, end users and media to a specially-arranged event inside the Shanghai trade fair to present the crane....
by admin | Dec 3, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
In the past when Potain cranes reached the end of their operational life customers would sell them on or scrap them as part of trade-in deals. However, Manitowoc’s EnCORE program gives customers a third option, providing used cranes with a new lease of life and...
by admin | Dec 2, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
Cranes are being left sitting unused in yards all around New Zealand despite a mountain of work as the industry struggles to find enough people to operate them. A record number of cranes tower over Auckland’s skyline marking major developments in the midst of...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Other News
In 1936, Peter Black opened what would become AIM Recycling, one of North America’s most sophisticated metal recycling companies. On Notre Dame Street East in Montreal, Black opened American Iron & Metal (AIM), a small scrapyard, that would eventually grow to 70...
by admin | Nov 20, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Workforce News
OSHA recently promulgated a final rule to ensure the competency of crane operators through training, certification or licensing and evaluation. Central to the final rule’s provisions is clarification that, in addition to the certification of crane operators, employers...
by admin | Nov 16, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
International port terminal operator Yilport Holding has taken delivery of two new Liebherr LHM 600 mobile harbour cranes. They will be used at Yilport’s recently acquired terminal in Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala, Central America. The cranes are equipped with a tower...
by admin | Nov 15, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Mention a noise ordinance violations is most any college town such as New Brunswick and people probably think of rowdy student parties. Yet each month city council members are asked to approve requests for relaxing the noise ordinance, not...
by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
The port operator Sharjah Seaports Authority from the United Arab Emiratescommissioned a brand new Demag AC 100-4L all terrain crane. The purchase was made through the authorized Terex Cranes distributor Al-Bahar, which also has its headquarters in the United Arab...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
he construction of the new Central Police Hospital in Lima, Peru, is underway with the help of four Potain tower cranes. Two MC 175 B and two MC 125 cranes are providing fast work at the job site lifting formwork, prefabricated blocks, and more to ensure the new...
by admin | Oct 30, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Back in 1962 John “JJ” Curran was a budding young entrepreneur starting a crane company in Detroit, Michigan. His first purchase was a Grove RT-58, and nearly 60 years later, the crane is still a money maker for JJ Curran Crane Company. JJ Curran Crane Company is...
