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cranehub
Dec 61 min read
Slew bolts fail on crane in China
We have just been sent this tragic video from a reader of an unknown brand of tower crane on a construction site in China. As with most...
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cranehub
Nov 82 min read
Heavy lift goes wrong
News has come in about a major incident in Turkey where an 800t Chinese-manufactured Zoomlion crawler crane and a Liebherr LTM1800.
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cranehub
Oct 151 min read
Container crane collapse in Taiwan port 🤦
An STS crane collapsed at Keelung Port’s Pier 20 at approximately 2 p.m. (local time) on Monday, October 14, during the delivery of new...
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cranehub
Jul 231 min read
New LTC hybrid goes up in flames 🔥
Yesterday (Monday 22nd July) a new Liebherr LTC owned by the UK market leaders Ainscough crane hire went up in flames on the A38 in...
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cranehub
Jun 201 min read
💪Grove to the rescue💪
Turkish crane rental company ÖZ TUNCEL and its Grove GMK6300L-1 all-terrain crane were called in for a rescue operation at Istanbul...
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cranehub
Nov 24, 20232 min read
Not all hero’s wear capes
A crane worker who saved a man from burning high-rise in Reading has described how the dramatic rescue unfolded. Two men were rescued by...
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cranehub
Sep 20, 20231 min read
🔴Large crawler drops load
A large Manitowoc crawler crane owned by American crane rental specialist ALL has dropped a hub and 3 blades on a project in the states....
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cranehub
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Tragedy strikes Miami
A mobile crane working on the Mercy hospital in coconut grove has partly collapsed leaving 1 dead and 4 injured. According to a press...
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cranehub
Jul 26, 20231 min read
🚨Tower crane collapse in Manhattan 🚨
A video shows the moment a tower crane working in Manhattan collapsed striking a building opposite. Six people, including four civilians...
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cranehub
Apr 5, 20231 min read
Tadano Donates a mobile crane to Turkey and Syria
TADANO DONATES ALL TERRAIN CRANE TO SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION AFTER THE TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE On February 6, 2023, a massive earthquake...
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cranehub
Sep 9, 20221 min read
🚨Tower crane rescue 🚨
A tower crane operator in the state of Arizona has had to be rescued after reports say he had a medical emergency. The operator was...
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cranehub
Aug 26, 20221 min read
🚨🚨The risks of moving rigged cranes🚨🚨
A large Demag AC450, the first of its kind in Australia has gone over while moving on site. We have very little information on the exact...
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cranehub
Apr 28, 20221 min read
Tower crane boom fail
A tower cranes boom has collapsed during erection in Kent, the crane is a jaso luffing crane and is currently working on a new build site...
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cranehub
Apr 14, 20221 min read
🚨🚨🚨UPDATE🚨🚨🚨 Saipem 7000 incident
A lifting accident has occurred on the semisubmersible crane vessel Saipem 7000 off the coast of Norway resulting in the ship listing,...
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cranehub
Dec 18, 20211 min read
2 crane incident in Italy 🇮🇹
We are just getting some Tragic news in from Italy about a mobile crane and a tower crane going over in Italy while being rigged. The 3...
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cranehub
Oct 23, 20211 min read
Crane drops blades into ocean
Turbine Parts Dropped Into Sea at Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm We have been sent this video of a series incident of the coast of the UK...
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