A cool crane operator helped prevent a load falling to the ground below on a construction site in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday after one of two chain sets broke away from the load.

The 5,000 tonne Sarens SGC-250 heavy lift crane is now fully installed and ready to start work on its first ever job at the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant site in Somerset. The crane is rigged with its full 168 metres of boom and 52 metres of luffing jib - rather than its maximum 100 metres.

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Two of Manitowoc Cranes’ key Belgian distributors are presenting a range of its equipment at MATEXPO 2019, Belgium’s biggest trade fair for construction machinery, taking place in Kortrijk, Belgium between 11-15 September.

BLE (Belgian Lifting & Equipment Company) is showcasing Manitowoc’s self-erecting and mobile cr..

Heavy lifting and moving specialist Roll Group, which includes Roll-Lift and RollDock, has opened offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Korea.

It is the latest stage in the Dutch company’s bid to expand its land-based operations and to further make the most of combining land and sea projects, the company said. Rob..

The lattice boom of a crawler crane struck an apartment block in Miami Beach this weekend, when the barge it had been working from began taking on water.

The crane - owned and operated by SFI- Shoreline Foundation was carrying out repair work on a canal wall connecting with the Intracoastal Waterway and from a jack up barge. Over the ..