by Crane Market | Jul 26, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News, Ports & Terminals
According to the Houston Chronicle, It takes a smooth and practiced hand to load container ships at Port Houston. With two joysticks and myriad buttons, crane operators must hoist cargo over the side of an expensive vessel and onto an already massive stack of metal...
by Crane Market | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Heavy Equipment, Crane & Construction Accidents
You can see the twisted steel from the highway driving through Providence. You can’t miss it if you’re on the water in the upper Providence River. A large crane and a barge have been submerged for about nine months, since October 2017. No government agency...
by Crane Market | Jul 24, 2018 | Constuction & Business News, Crane & Lifting News
Seattle’s crane count—a semiannual report by Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) that literally just counts construction cranes currently erected in the city—shows that once again, Seattle has more cranes than any other city in the United States. Back in January, we were also...
by Crane Market | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News, Manufacturer News
A fleet of six Manitowoc cranes is hard at work constructing the 2019 Pan American Games Athletes’ Village in Lima, Peru. Since last December, five Potain MCi 85 tower cranes and a Grove TMS800E truck-mounted crane have been onsite, lifting formwork, concrete blocks...
by Crane Market | Jul 24, 2018 | Crane & Lifting News
Dredging contractor Co.Ed.Mar from Chioggia (Italy) is using its self-propelled barge “Wise” to remove the sediment. It is equipped with a brand new Liebherr duty cycle crawler crane type HS 8130 HD with hydraulic clamshell bucket. Thanks to the optimum grab capacity...