Matthew Shaw is regulatory compliance coordinator for the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators. Published with permission from Equipment Manager magazine, the magazine of AEMP.

The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently issued an equipment/safety hazard alert about an incident in which a mechanic sustained injuries when the boom of his service-truck’s ...

A power company is missing a 60-ton crane that disappeared from a power line project site in Columbus, Ohio, where it was being used to take apart steel towers. The 2019 Kenworth Long Boom National ...

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 ...

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, ...

The original plan to use two 150-ton capacity cranes would have put project behind schedule so contractor brought in one 285-ton Terex crane to do the work of two Big B Crane and sister company Basden ...

A new German-made 1,378-ton crawler crane the manufacturer says can support a 715-ft boom and luffing jib will be used for the first time in the U.S. to install a large-scale selective catalytic ...

WILDER, Ky., April 03, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Maxim Crane Works, L.P. ("Maxim") the nation’s leading provider of turn-key heavy lift solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Tower Crane ...

DOUGLASSVILLE, Pa., June 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- American Crane & Equipment Corporation (ACECO) proudly announces its achievement of 1st Place in the 2025 Greater Reading Business Excellence Awards, ...

The fire on a construction crane that partially collapsed in Manhattan Wednesday may have been caused by a hydraulic fluid leak in the machine’s engine compartment, sources told The Post. While an ...

CRANE, Ind. – The Army's rollout of an overarching 15-year, $16 billion modernization plan for its organic industrial base includes many flagship investments into state of the art military ...