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The crane industry is an essential part of the construction, manufacturing, and transportation sectors. Cranes are used to lift and move heavy materials, equipment, and machinery from one location to another, making them crucial in building tall structures, assembling large objects, and transporting goods across long distances. The industry includes various types of cranes, such as tower cranes, mobile cranes, overhead cranes, and gantry cranes, each designed for specific purposes. The industry is highly regulated, with strict safety guidelines and certification requirements to ensure the safe operation of cranes and the protection of workers and the public.
Drivers negotiating the mountainous terrain of I-81 in the Virginia Department of Transportation's Salem District have had some hair-raising moments through the years. In some sections, tractor trailers traveling 25-35 mph attempt to merge with drivers traveling 70 mph or more.....
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CEG - Tue September 29, 2026
WW Builders Inc. Adds Tadano PM Knuckle Boom Crane
Based in Duncan, Okla., WW Builders Inc. has been a stalwart construction services firm for more than 30 years, offering general building, earthworks, concrete, plumbing and roofing. And the company has added a new crane that will help with many of their construction applications — a Tadano PM 38525 SP + J813.20 (38.5 ton-meter knuckle boom crane and jib)....

Summit Truck Bodies - Tue September 29, 2026
Summit Completes Rollout of Next-Generation Hydraulic Crane Lineup
Five additional models complete a seven-crane lineup designed exclusively for integration with Summit's Advanced Safety Electronics (ASE) Phase 5 control system. Summit Truck Bodies has completed the rollout of its next-generation hydraulic crane lineup, adding the 620, 629, 820, 1020 and 1029 models....

Tadano - Tue September 29, 2026
Powerful All-Rounder, New Tadano AC 3.060-2
Tadano has developed its new AC 3.060-2 as a powerful and flexible taxi crane that can handle several jobs — setting new standards in its class in terms of line pull and overall height. Tadano photo"With our new AC 3.060-2, we have created a compact and powerful crane that can cover an extremely wide range of applications without much effort," said Masafumi Nakamura of product development division, Tadano Japan....

Liebherr - Tue September 29, 2026
Liebherr's Game of Cranes Returns: Best Mobile Crane Operator
Following its successful debut in 2025, Game of Cranes is returning: companies from around the world can once again nominate their best crane operators. Participants will demonstrate precision, dexterity and nerves of steel in a series of demanding challenges....
Manitowoc/Potain - Tue September 29, 2026
Potain Topless Cranes Build World-Record Yangtze River Bridge
Once complete, the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge will set four world records thanks to its innovative design. It will become a landmark structure on the Chongqing-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway and its engineering records include: the tallest twin-connected towers on a bridge; the world's first twin-tower cable-stayed bridge carrying road and rail traffic; the first split main-beam bridge at the same deck level; and the world's longest span for a road-rail cable-stayed bridge with a split main span....
Manitowoc - Thu September 24, 2026
Potain Cranes Support Construction of Indonesia's Presidential Palaces
Potain MC 310 K12 and MC 205 B tower cranes are supporting the construction of Indonesia's new presidential palaces in Nusantara, with units deployed on both the Garuda Palace (Istana Garuda) and the State Palace (Istana Negara)....

Link-Belt - Tue September 22, 2026
VIDEO: Link-Belt 120|RT Maintains Zinc Production Facility, Western NC
Befesa Zinc Metal utilizes a 120-t. Link-Belt 120|RT for general maintenance and operations-based lifts across its zinc production facility in western North Carolina. Based in Mooresboro, NC, the machine is on long-term rental from Link-Belt distributor Atlantic & Southern....

ALL Crane - Mon September 21, 2026
Won't You Be My Neighbor: ALL's Indy Branch, Neighboring GC Build Bridge By Respective HQs
Everyone takes pride in their neighborhoods. That includes the people who work at Central Rent-A-Crane, a member of the ALL Family of Cos., and HIS Constructors, two Greater Indianapolis businesses. Most recently, they worked together on a job just a few hundred feet away from where they are based....

Mi-Jack - Tue September 15, 2026
Mi-Jack's New Monee, Ill., Facility Now Fully Operational, Ships First 110-Ton Travelift RTG Crane
The new Monee, Ill., facility acquired by Mi-Jack Products earlier this year is now fully operational and has officially shipped its inaugural unit: a 110-ton Travelift rubber-tired gantry crane. Since becoming fully operational in June, the 200,000-sq.-ft....

ALL Crane - Thu September 10, 2026
Won't You Be My Neighbor — Central Crane & HIS Partner on Project
Everyone takes pride in their neighborhoods. That includes the people who work at Central Rent-A-Crane, a member of the ALL Family of Companies, and HIS Constructors, Inc., two Greater Indianapolis businesses....
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