If there is one clear trend in the lifting sector, it is that cranes are getting bigger and bigger. This applies to crawler, all-terrain and tower cranes, and is in response to construction techniques ...

Lifts are certain to get heavier and more spectacular as the requirement for bigger modules and the machines to lift them continues. Euan Youdale reports. Manufacturers and specialist lifting ...

A $4.4 million crane that can lift up to 145 tons is being assembled at the Port of Albany. The crane can be used in tandem with the port's existing mobile crane to together lift loads as heavy as 225 ...

Whether you're spec'ing a mechanic's truck or a dedicated crane body, the proper crane and options make the difference between productivity and frustration. You need to carefully consider lifting ...

The rated capacity limiter (RCL) on the Manitowoc 14000 crane may be the company's newest technological development, but according to the company, this high-tech approach to taking the guess work out ...

In September Liebherr delivered the second heavy lift offshore crane type MTC 78000 from its manufacturing plant in Rostock. The MTC 78000 is one of the biggest offshore slewing cranes worldwide, with ...

In June, components weighing up to 420 tonnes each for Liebherr’s new heavy lift offshore crane CAL 45000-1200 Litronic were loaded from Liebherr MCCtec Rostock GmbH onto two ships in the port of ...

For nearly three decades, the International Offshore Crane and Lifting Conference has stood as the pre-eminent forum for the ...

At 328 feet, the crane stands taller than the Statue of Liberty, plus has a lifting capacity of nearly 2000 tons. But what makes The Left Coast Lifter extra spectacular is that it operates by floating ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Beneath autumn skies, a freighter carrying four of the world’s largest container-cargo cranes glided into San Francisco Bay, squeezing under the Golden Gate Bridge en route to the ...

IPAF welcomes the position paper issued by the FEM Product Group for Cranes and Lifting Equipment, which states that cranes should not be used for lifting people, except in exceptional circumstances.

MOBILE, Alabama-- Even though a Korean transformer manufacturer ended up choosing Montgomery rather than the Mobile area for a new production facility, Barnhart Crane & Rigging doesn't regret its ...