by admin | Aug 9, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Crane workers at a Sunderland plant in United Kingdom will be taking strike action tonight over ‘inadequate’ pay offer. The workforce at the Liebherr Sunderland Works will strike from 7.59pm tonight to 11.59pm tomorrow and Unite members will stage an...
by admin | Aug 8, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – The Newport News skyline just changed. Over the weekend, the shipyard lifted part of its new crane into place. Workers lifted the girders of the new 315-metric-ton Goliath gantry crane on Saturday, August 4. The new crane is 241 feet...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News
On June 22nd, Van Der Spek sold a Liebherr 81 K.1 to TRADCO. The crane is equipped with the following. • Jib length: 48,0 m (1.350 kg) • Max. lifting capacity: 6.000 kg • Height under hook: 26 m • Slewing radius: 2,75m & 3,5m • Stationary...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
Members of the Liebherr family, Executive Management and Newport News city officials gathered last Friday, July 20th for a groundbreaking ceremony on site in Copeland Industrial Park to celebrate the construction of the new Liebherr USA, Co. headquarters. The...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A fleet of 12 Potain tower cranes is working on a pioneering public housing project in Singapore. The development is the country’s first “smart” housing block and incorporates a number of eco-friendly design features such as energy-efficient elevators and waste chutes...
by admin | Aug 6, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News
NORTH LIMA, Ohio — The job might have consisted of placing an HVAC unit atop a building. Or, the task could have called for the relocation and installation of a piece of heavy machinery for a large industrial customer, or even the construction of a steel frame of an...
by admin | Jul 26, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
According to the Houston Chronicle, It takes a smooth and practiced hand to load container ships at Port Houston. With two joysticks and myriad buttons, crane operators must hoist cargo over the side of an expensive vessel and onto an already massive stack of metal...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
You can see the twisted steel from the highway driving through Providence. You can’t miss it if you’re on the water in the upper Providence River. A large crane and a barge have been submerged for about nine months, since October 2017. No government agency...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
Seattle’s crane count—a semiannual report by Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) that literally just counts construction cranes currently erected in the city—shows that once again, Seattle has more cranes than any other city in the United States. Back in January, we were also...
by admin | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A fleet of six Manitowoc cranes is hard at work constructing the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes’ Village in Lima, Peru. Since last December, five Potain MCi 85 tower cranes and a Grove TMS800E truck-mounted crane have been onsite, lifting formwork, concrete blocks...
