Thu September 30, 2021
Lamprell Adds Second Manitowoc 999 Crawler Crane to Support Energy Projects
Middle East-based Lamprell has added to its existing fleet of Manitowoc crawler cranes, with a new 999 model the latest unit to arrive. The company, which provides services to the energy sector, has already set the machine to work at its yard in Hamriyah Free Zone, United Arab Emirates....
Wed September 29, 2021
Scott Wilson Joins CraneWorks as VP of Sales & Marketing
CraneWorks Inc. announced that Scott Wilson has joined the company, taking on a newly-created position as the organization's vice president of sales and marketing. Wilson is a former CraneWorks customer, joining the company with 40 years of crane industry experience....
Mon September 27, 2021
ALL Family of Companies Debuts New Website
The ALL Family of Companies, the largest privately owned crane rental and sales enterprise in North America, has launched a redesigned and thoroughly re-imagined website. The revamped site includes intuitive navigation, bold graphics and multiple paths to the information ALL customers want most....
Thu September 23, 2021
Long-Time Crane Representative Patrick Leatherwood Passes Away
Patrick Curtis Leatherwood, 55, passed away Sept. 10, 2021, at home. Mr. Leatherwood was born Oct. 13, 1965, in East Point, Ga. In 1971, his family moved to Moultrie, Ga., where he grew up and graduated from Colquitt County High School....
Tue September 21, 2021
OSHA Director Ketcham to Keynote at Sixth Annual Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications
The qualifications of crane operators and those who work with and around lifting equipment will once again be the focus of this fall's NCCCO Foundation Industry Forum on Personnel Qualifications. Now in its sixth year, the Forum is scheduled for Nov....
Mon September 20, 2021
Class in Session for Empire Techs
Empire Crane technicians attended a Tadano class Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 to study the new Tadano GR rough terrain products. Jere Woolcock, Tadano training manager, taught the class. Empire Crane had multiple technicians attend the course from its Syracuse, N.Y., Boston, Mass., and Bridgewater, N.J., locations....
Wed September 15, 2021
ALL Crane Assists With Maintenance to Cleveland Company's Private Wind Turbine
Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric, a manufacturer of welding equipment, made a big splash a decade ago when it constructed a wind turbine on its property and pledged to use the energy derived as 10 percent of its plant's total electricity requirement....
Mon September 13, 2021
Huge Neo-Panamax Container Cranes Squeeze Under Bridges to Dock in Baltimore
Following a two-month journey that included a dramatic passage under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Francis Scott Key Bridge, four new, massive Neo-Panamax container cranes arrived Sept. 9 at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal....
Tue September 07, 2021
Kanson Adds Three New Grove GMK4100L-1 Cranes to Hong Kong Fleet
Hong Kong-based heavy equipment rental company Kanson Crane & Heavy Transport has added three new Grove GMK4100L-1 all-terrain cranes to its fleet. The company placed the order for the units off the back of previous experience with its GMK4100L units, the forerunner to the GMK4100L-1....
Wed August 25, 2021
All-New Tadano GTC-1600 Tele-Boom Crawler Crane
The Tadano Group announced the launch of its all-new 160 ton tele-boom crawler crane: the Tadano GTC-1600. Filling a gap in the telescopic boom crawler market, the Tadano GTC-1600 brings a 160 ton capacity solution to the lifting industry with more than 200 ft....