This December, Westinghouse Electric Company’s subsidiary PaR Nuclear donated two 30t industrial cranes and training equipment to train engineering students at the University of North Carolina’s E[...]
New Orleans has been announced as the setting for this year’s two-day jointly held Crane & Rigging Conference/Industrial Crane & Hoist Conference (CRC/ICHC), scheduled to start on 23 May. Th[...]
Manufacturers of cranes for the metals distribution sector are designing their technologies to provide greater levels of safety for operators, while offering improved data analysis about the type of l[...]
Based in Osterley, in west London, the 23,000m2 development will be powered using a Combined Cooling Heating and Power (CCHP) plant capable of generating 1MW of electricity and 5MW of heat, which Sky [...]
The Level 3 Lifting Equipment Technician Apprenticeship is now available for delivery in England as an open programme, meaning that the teaching is delivered via online classrooms and there are no min[...]
We round-up the latest environmental developments at US ports. The Port of LA, Port of Long Beach and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), with the support of C40 Cities – a global ne[...]
Deciding not to appear at trade shows this year is a step detailed in the new plan to move demonstration onsite, Hoist UK said. Tony Dickson, Director of Hoist UK, said more time will be spent on demo[...]
Condra is to manufacture a high-lift, high-speed, heavy-duty kibble (or bucket) hoist for a 15-ton pre-sink mining portal crane for a South African customer. Lifting height will be 150m, which Condra [...]
With Brexit creating an uncertain landscape, Daniel Searle spoke to UK manufacturers about current and future opportunities. He visited Street Crane, a company planning large-scale growth. There are b[...]
The US Port of West Sacramento has bought a new Liebherr LHM 420 mobile harbour crane to enable it to handle intermodal containers for import and export beginning 2012. US government federal stimulus [...]