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Helicopter crash leaves two dead, jib hanging
A helicopter has crashed into a crane in London, killing two people, and leaving parts of the jib hanging over a busy city street.
ALL’s mountaineers keep the power flowing
ALL Crane of Nitro, West Virginia, has provided two Grove GMK5165 all terrain cranes and a Demag AC140 to help L.E. Myers Co rebuild power towers high in the Allegheny mountains for Dominion Energy, as part of a project to rebuild an aging transmission line serving West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.
Ainscough completes Windcon deal
Ainscough has completed a deal to acquire international, UK-based, wind energy specialist Windcon. The deal will see the creation of a new subsidiary, AWES, or Ainscough Wind Energy Services.
Potain breaks bridge records
Potain supplied two cranes, including a giant MD 1100, to work on the recently-completed, record breaking, Russky Island Bridge in Vladivostok.
China’s Honghua plans giant shipyard gantry
Chinese drilling rig builder Honghua says it is building a movable gantry crane able to lift 22,000t modules and work on 10 rigs at once in a single basin.
Compact Badger fits into cramped niches
Manitex subsidiary Badger has launched a 15t rough terrain, aimed at specialist industrial niche markets. The first models of the new CD4415 have been sold to dealers for use in the refinery sector.
SC&RA members quiz OSHA over $1bn training requirement
As the US industry gears up to certify operators ahead of the 2014 implementation of the cranes and derricks rule, SC&RA members are questioning a requirement for capacity certification that could, some say, add a billion dollars to industry costs.
UME brings Sany RTs to UAE
Sany’s dealer UME has opened a new showroom and is offering rough terrains for the first time.
Van Seumeren lends a hand to heavy crane users
Jan Van Seumeren, jr, the former CTO of Mammoet, has started a new independent heavy lift leasing and consultancy business, Re-Move, working with three former Mammoet managers. The company will seek to make heavy lift equipment available to users worldwide.
Singapore and Malaysian regulators speak at Cranes Asia
The programme for Cranes Asia, Cranes Today’s annual Singapore-based conference, has just been finalised, with the late addition of regulators from Singapore and Malaysia.