by admin | Nov 14, 2016 | Manufacturer News
The Turkish company MMK Metalurji added two new Liebherr material handlers an LH 50 C High Rise Industry Litronic with crawler undercarriage and an LH 50 M High Rise Industry Litronic with wheeled undercarriage. The two material handlers are mainly used for loading...
by admin | Nov 14, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Equipment Rental News
Market weakness and poor utilization of cranes weighed down results for Tat Hong Holdings in its second quarter. It sank into the red, chalking up a net loss of S$5.4 million, from a net profit of S$4.4 million in the previous year, the group said in a Singapore...
by admin | Nov 12, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News, Ports & Terminals
Liebherr Maritime Cranes recently delivered a new mobile harbor crane, type LHM 550, to the Port of Helsingborg. In addition, Container Terminal St. Petersburg got two machines of the same type. All three machines are equipped with electric prime movers. At the end...
by admin | Nov 12, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
A crawler mounted access platform lift stuck on top of a 51-story building at in Sydney has now been safely lowered, builder Lendlease has said. The derrick crane became jammed while trying to lower the machinery, which was then left suspended high above the ground....
by admin | Nov 12, 2016 | Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
The wife of a man killed in a crash on May 26, 2016 which Machine.Market reported on is suing two tire companies she says are responsible for the blowout which caused a 1980 Grove 3 axle mobile telescopic truck crane to lose control. Crane Operator, John Wells was...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Manufacturer News
Workers toiled overnight to start lifting the wreckage of the Croydon tram crash which killed seven people when it derailed on Wednesday. A Bronzeshield Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 All Terrain Crane arrived d at the crash scene on Thursday evening and rail workers spent the...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals, Workforce News
The Port of New York and New Jersey plans to create what it says will be the first state-of-the art training center at a port on the East Coast that will use three computerized simulators to improve the skills of crane operators, with an eye to improving efficiency at...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Manufacturer News, Mining News
After several years using crawler excavators with shovel loaders for rock extraction, S. C. Grandemar S. A. has invested in two new Liebherr R 976 crawler excavators with backhoe attachments. The Romanian company was impressed with the technical solution put forward...
by admin | Nov 11, 2016 | Crane & Lifting News, Equipment Rental News, Workforce News
ONEONTA, N.Y. – The second-largest Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree ever; a 94-foot tall, 56-foot in diameter, 14-ton Norway spruce was cut down in Oneonta and hoisted by two All Terrain Cranes supplied by Bay Crane onto a 115-foot long trailer for the drive to...
by admin | Nov 10, 2016 | Constuction & Business News, Manufacturer News, Workforce News
WAUKESHA, WI – The Terex Corporation is expected to lay off 92 employees by February. According to a Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development mass layoff notice submitted by the company, 59 employees will lose their jobs on January 6, and 33 more in...
