A man died on Friday after he was pinned under a crawler crane boom that gave way as it was being unloaded.
23.04.2012
Spotted a few weeks ago by a reader in Florida, two men working a street lamp from the boom of a crane.
22.04.2012
Terex has announced that it is moving its self-erecting tower crane production from Italy to France.
20.04.2012
Unic Cranes Europe has appointed Waterland Trading as distributor for the Benelux region.
19.04.2012
A relatively new RT crane overturned while working on the Moses Wheeler Bridge in Connecticut on Saturday.
17.04.2012
The editorial team will be attending Intermat this week, which may compromise our news service.
15.04.2012
Intermat opens in Paris on Monday and it looks as though there will be plenty of new products to see.
13.04.2012
Link-Belt has appointed Brasil Máquinas de Construção (BMC) as its crane distributor for Brazil.
12.04.2012
A truck mounted crane tipped over while working on the town hall in Trussville, Alabama yesterday.
German transport and heavy lifting company Kreiling has purchased a new Valla pick and carry crane.
11.04.2012
US based Zoomlion distributor Global Crane Sales is offering in-house direct financing to potential buyers.
Unic Cranes Europe will launch the world’s most powerful spider crane the at Intermat next week. See a special video teaser of the new crane.
German mobile crane rental company GAAC Commerz has taken delivery of two more Terex cranes.
10.04.2012
A man was seriously injured on Friday when the jib of a tower crane came down in Singapore.
09.04.2012
A small jack-up barge overturned on Friday as it tried to load a crane at Liberty Island in New York harbour.
08.04.2012 1
Thursday saw the posting of the 10,000th English language news story on Vertikal.Net.
08.04.2012
The Vertikal Guide to lifting equipment at Intermat is now online and available to download or read.
Terex Cranes has launched a new Superlift counterweight - the MAC 25 SL - for its Franna pick & carry cranes
05.04.2012
Over 400 people attended the official opening of Manitowoc's new production facility in Brazil.
04.04.2012
The 51 metre boom of a large crawler crane came down last night in Manhattan New York, killing one man
Ramirent has appointed Anna Hyvönen as managing director of Ramirent Finland
UK rental company Select Plant Hire has taken delivery of two new Liebherr telescopic crawler cranes.
In order to celebrate its 15 year Anniversary in the UK Sarens is holding a golf event on May 3rd in aid of charity.
02.04.2012
OSHA has cited Bath Iron Works of Maine, with $171,300 of fines for breaking safety rules, including using aerial lifts without harnesses.