Manitowoc Inc. (NYSE:MTW) designs and manufactures cranes and industrial lifting equipment, serving construction, ...

The rated capacity limiter (RCL) on the Manitowoc 14000 crane may be the company's newest technological development, but according to the company, this high-tech approach to taking the guess work out ...

With the service and utility industries gathering this year for the biennial International Construction & Utility Equipment Exposition (ICUEE), suppliers of service cranes have been busy introducing ...

There are plenty of things that can derail progress at a jobsite, not the least of which is equipment that is down. Sometimes the repairs require the use of a service truck with a crane, for example, ...

Lifts are certain to get heavier and more spectacular as the requirement for bigger modules and the machines to lift them continues. Euan Youdale reports. Manufacturers and specialist lifting ...

New York City has some of the most challenging restrictions on moving heavy items throughout the city. In other words, moving a 130,000 pound, five-axle mobile crane through the busy streets of ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Among the most dangerous operations at Anniston Army Depot, is the use of overhead cranes. Overhead cranes provide the essential ability to move vehicles, parts and ...

Protea, a global manufacturer of offshore handling equipment, will launch two types of heavy lift cranes at Nor-Shipping 2015 in Oslo, June 2-5. Tomasz Paszkiewicz, Protea’s CEO, said, “The target of ...

In September Liebherr delivered the second heavy lift offshore crane type MTC 78000 from its manufacturing plant in Rostock. The MTC 78000 is one of the biggest offshore slewing cranes worldwide, with ...

Cranes should not be used to lift people, says European body FEM, except in exceptional circumstances. The European association for materials handling equipment, FEM (Fédération Européenne de la ...