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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.
Compass Equipment purchased the first MDT 489 M25 topless crane in North America. The company sent the crane to work at the Las Vegas Strip in July. Compass Equipment is a longstanding and loyal Potain customer investing in both self-erecting and top-slewing cranes.....
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Manitowoc - Tue August 09, 2022
New Boom Inserts Expand Manitowoc MLC300 Reach for Wind Turbine Work
Manitowoc is expanding its boom insert offering with the new wide boom plus kit for its MLC300 lattice-boom crawler crane. The new inserts will give crane operators extra reach by lengthening their booms up to 429.8 ft....

ALL Crane - Thu July 28, 2022
Crane That Helped Avert Mining Disaster 20 Years Ago
Twenty years ago, all eyes were on a farm in Somerset County, Pa., as a daring rescue took place for nine coal miners trapped 250 feet underground. On July 24, 2002, the miners had accidentally tapped into a poorly documented abandoned mine, flooding their own mine with water and blocking their exit....

Link-Belt Cranes - Tue July 26, 2022
J&B Heavy Haul Picks 175|AT for Transformer Work
J&B Heavy Haul of Oklahoma City, Okla., purchased a Link-Belt Cranes 175-ton (150-t) 175|AT all terrain crane for its trucking and heavy haul business. Primarily, J&B Heavy Haul services the civil, power, petrochemical and manufacturing markets....

ALL Family of Companies - Wed July 20, 2022
More Than Two-Dozen Manitowoc/Grove Cranes Headed to ALL
Seven Manitowoc lattice boom crawlers highlight a package of more than two-dozen Manitowoc and Grove cranes being added to the fleet of the ALL Family of Companies. New equipment includes four from the MLC300 line (including MLC300 wide boom and MLC300VPC), and one each Manitowoc 14000, MLC650 and MLC650 rebuild....

Empire Crane Company - Mon July 18, 2022
Empire Crane Welcomes Newest Salesmen: Joe Baron, Josh Stack
Empire Crane has welcomed Joseph Baron and Josh Stack to the sales team in New England. Baron and Stack will be responsible for serving customers' crane needs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine....

Walker Crane & Rigging - Mon July 18, 2022
Walker Crane & Rigging Names Joseph Colla Executive Vice President
Walker Crane & Rigging Corp. of Connecticut (Walker), a crane, rigging and transportation company, announced the appointment of Joseph Colla as executive vice president. Colla has more than 25 years of experience in the construction industry, including project management, fleet operations and customer relations....

NCCCO - Wed July 13, 2022
Thomas Cantwell Selected to Head NCCCO Foundation
Thomas (T.J.) Cantwell has been named executive director of the NCCCO Foundation. He will take over from current chief executive, Graham Brent, on Aug. 1. As previously announced, Brent will retire from the Foundation at the end of July....

ALL Family of Companies - Wed July 13, 2022
Extending Reach: Local Contacts, National Footprint Make Crane Rental Easy
Much of business is about cultivating strategic partnerships based on trust, like-mindedness and similar goals. When you find a supplier you click with, you don't want to give them up. But sometimes, these relationships are challenged when one entity grows and the other can't keep up....

Merlo - Tue July 12, 2022
Doc Bailey Cranes & Equipment Adds Merlo Telehandlers to Fleet
Doc Bailey Cranes & Equipment, a full-service crane, boom truck and bucket truck rental company, recently added Merlo telehandlers to its fleet for rent and sale. Machine moving companies are a large part of Doc Bailey's customer base....

Hiab - Thu July 07, 2022
Hiab Launches Next Generation Loglift Forestry Cranes
Hiab, part of Cargotec, launches the next generation of LOGLIFT forestry cranes with greater and safer performance, and improved uptime. The first crane available to order is the Z boom crane LOGLIFT 18Z with a max outreach of 34 ft....
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