The top of a tower crane broke free at a stadium in Stuttgart on Saturday seriously injuring the operator.
21.02.2011
Coast Crane has announced will no longer serve as a distributor for Manitowoc crawler and Grove telescopic cranes.
20.02.2011
Spreader beam company Modulift has appointed CEA Projects as its distributor for South East Asia & Australia.
19.02.2011
A man fell around 50 metre to his death in Plymouth, Devon, after breaking into the site on Thursday night.
With the market beginning to pick up a major skill shortage may be looming in spite of rising unemployment.
18.02.2011
Demag Cranes, the overhead and port crane manufacturer has acquired DB Controls, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
We can now confirm that Belgian based TVH is to acquire Dutch crane and access sales and rental operations from Pon.
17.02.2011
Equipment Auction house has opened a new operation in the Middle East based in Dubai, UAE.
16.02.2011
A man was electrocuted yesterday in northern Queensland, when the crane he was using touched overhead power lines.
A judge has upheld criminal manslaughter charges against New York crane owner James Lomma and mechanic Tibor Varganyi.
Finnish based Ramirent is purchasing up to 287,000 of its own shares following shareholder agreement last year.
Finnish based rental company Ramirent has posted its full year results with sales up 19% in the fourth quarter.
Australian-based M Joyce Crane Hire has taken delivery of the first Liebherr LG 1750 latice boom crane in the country.
Finland’s largest rail contractor VR Track has signed a two year rental supply agreement with Ramirent.
Manitowoc is restructuring its European sales operations following the departure of Frans Vanwinkel.
15.02.2011
A tower crane collapsed on Saturday in Buenos Aires, Argentina after its foundation failed.
14.02.2011
Canadian based distributor Strongco has acquired Maine based, Chadwick-BaRoss for around $11.5 million.
Singapore based Tat Hong has posted its third quarter results which show falling profits on higher revenues.
Terex Cranes will have three new boom trucks and truck crane models at Conexpo.
The latest Cranes & Access magazine is now on line and available to download or read.
11.02.2011
TNT Crane & Rigging of Texas has acquired the San Antonio and Houston cranes and assets of Louisiana Crane.
10.02.2011
The first of Grove’s new 300 tonne GMK6300L All Terrain crane is erecting wind turbines in Germany.
Terex cranes has reported a modest improvement in fourth quarter revenues and backlog although profits fell.
India based TIL says that its production capacity expansion is almost complete and will launch two new cranes.
09.02.2011