Standing at 310m tall, the Shard has been Europe's tallest building since December 2011, and as it inches towards its public opening in June 2012, only now can the true scale of its construction be ...

The Furukawa Unic corporation expanded its line of pop-up “spider” cranes earlier this year with the launch of the battery-powered UM325 electric spider crane – and it looks every bit like it’s ready ...

Doug Crane, an animator who worked on the animated television series “Spider-Man” and the film “Beavis and Butt-Head Do America,” died of cancer on Dec. 17. He was 85. Crane’s daughter, Rose-Ellen, ...

Norway’s WindSpider has designed a lightweight crane system that builds offshore wind turbines virtually on its own once the tower is up. The Norwegian startup is being taken very seriously – it’s ...

Machinery rental specialist, Duma Rent, has expanded its portfolio of mini spider cranes with the addition of five models from compact mini crane supplier Unic Cranes Europe, part of lifting products ...

French lifting equipment rental firm Serviloc Nacelles has taken delivery of two new spider cranes, the URW 1006 and the URW 094, supplied by UNIC Cranes Europe. According to UNIC, the URW 1006 is the ...

Johnson Arabia, a leading aerial work platforms company in the GCC region that boasts over 250 mobile cranes and over 700 AWPs, has now added a range of Maeda Spider Cranes to boost its fleet size. A ...

A welder building sets for the Sony movie “Spider-Man” in Downey was killed Tuesday when a crane toppled onto a construction basket in which he was riding, authorities said. Cranes were lifting a ...

'Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'. Credit: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Stock Photo Animator Doug Crane, who worked on TV shows such as Spider-Man and movie Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, has passed ...