A double deck bus collided with a load of rebar being lifted by a tower crane on a site in Sidcup, Kent yesterday.
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A Rough Terrain crane overturned in Travis on Staten Island New York yesterday, no one was injured.
18.08.2011
A truck crashed through the third floor wall of the New York Sanitation workshops in Queens yesterday.
17.08.2011
A man died on Tuesday after he was struck by a falling crane boom off the coast of Texas.
Ernst van Hek, previously of Alimak-Hek has established a new trading company- van Hek & Partner - in Austria.
While unemployment continues to be a fact of life there are a good number of crane and access jobs available.
Terex has completed the purchase of the Demag shares under its tender offer and now owns 82% of the company.
The operator who died in the crane accident yesterday at the Scout Moor wind farm in Edenfield, UK has been named.
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A crane operator died after his crane ran away on a steep incline at a quarry/windfarm in Rossendale, near Bury, UK.
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A new company has been established in the UK to provide contractors and other crane owners with operators.
15.08.2011
We have a little more information and some photographs of the UK wind farm incident in June.
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Finnish based international rental company Ramirent has reported first half revenues up 18.1 percent
12.08.2011
Palfinger has reported half year revenues up 39.3 percent, with a record second quarter and profits almost tripling.
10.08.2011
Manitowoc Crane Care has certified H&E Equipment’s Salt Lake City branch for its EnCore Partners programme.
09.08.2011
Demag Cranes, shortly to become part of Terex has reported a solid pick up in order intake in its third quarter results.
08.08.2011
US based Essex Cranes has reported increased losses on strong revenue pick up, the future looks brighter.
If you own or work for a major crane, access or telehandler rental company have you completed this year’s Top30 forms?
US crane and access company H&E Equipment saw first half revenues jump 30% in the first half as it moved into profit.
05.08.2011
Terex Cranes has confirmed that it will end crane production at its Wilmington, North Carolina facility by the end of the year.
04.08.2011
Liebherr has introduced a new efficient, low emission mobile harbour crane being used in the Port of Odense.
Unic Cranes Europe has appointed AMIR Engineering as the exclusive dealer for Unic spider cranes in Israel.
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Wind turbine producer REpower has ordered 48 Palfinger cranes for service and maintenance of its offshore turbines.
Seven men working on a hydroelectric plant in Brazil had a lucky escape on Monday after a crane dropped its load.
UK based Ainscough and heavy lift company ALE have announced a partnership for UK-based contracts.