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  UK-based RUD Chains Ltd.‘s latest radio frequency identification (RFID) technology helps users track and identify chain slings and other lifting components. RFID technology enables users to track, identify, inspect and trace equipment embedded with a chip giving a unique identification number which is then tracked through a RUD-ID-easy-check reader. The reader captures the unique […]

  HBC‘s radiomatic pilot, a newly-developed operating concept for machinery and cranes, brings intuitive movements from everyday life to the industrial workplace, allowing for a unique operating experience. The concept is based on an integrated inclination function. “By the horizontal and vertical inclination of the transmitter, the operator can control two machines or crane drives,” […]

The Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association (SC&RA) reported at its annual conference held last week in Austin, Texas, that it continues to seek clarification from OSHA on several items included in the CFR 29 Part 1926 Cranes & Derricks in Construction regulation, issued in 2010. Beth O’Quinn, vice president, said that the association recently met […]

With the Statue of Liberty visible in the distance, Global Terminal & Container Services’ Jersey City, N.J., terminal is the closest container terminal to the harbor entrance of the Port of New York/New Jersey. In order to serve its customers better, Global is modernizing and replacing equipment, and expanding the berth space at the terminal. […]

Neff Rental LLC is now live on the SmartEquip Network. The system is supporting service and parts personnel, fleet managers, and procurement processes nationwide at all 64 locations. “There is an important alignment between the priorities of each of our companies and the value that SmartEquip technology brings to our business,” notes Graham Hood, Neff […]

SANY America, Peachtree, Ga., announces veteran crane engineer Jeff Dreger will serve as senior manager, product and marketing support for the company. In his new position, Dreger will provide full marketing and technical support for reach stackers, crawler cranes and rough-terrain cranes.  Before joining SANY America in March 2011, Dreger spent 35 years with Manitowoc […]

The International Powered Access Federation has launched the “ready reckoner”, a conversion tool that helps operators calculate appropriate spreader plate sizes to ensure the safe use of powered access equipment. This new tool builds on IPAF’s international “Spread the Load” campaign, which states that spreader plates should always be used with boom lifts, or boom-type […]

Terex Corp., Westport, Conn., has announced that the Domination and Profit and Loss Transfer Agreement (DPLA) between Terex and Demag Cranes was registered in the commercial register on April 18, 2012, and is now effective. Following Terex's purchase of approximately 82 percent of the outstanding Demag Cranes AG shares in 2011, Demag Cranes' management board […]

  Konecranes has received an order for cranes for a shipyard being built in Baku, Azerbaijan. The order was placed by Baku Shipyard, a joint venture company formed by State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Keppel Offshore and Marine (KOM), and Azerbaijan Investment Company (AIC). The order comprises one Goliath gantry crane and two […]

  The European Federation of Materials Handling (FEM) product group Cranes and Lifting Equipment Sub-Group Lifting Equipment (EOT) and Hoisting Equipment—Project Light Cranes has published its FEM 9.771 Light Crane Systems document, prepared by Europe’s leading manufacturers of light crane systems. Juha Erikkilä, chairman, Erikkila Group, and chair of the Working Group Light Crane Systems […]