The CPA Best Practice Guidances to the Safe Use of Lorry Loaders and Maintenance, Inspection and Thorough Examination of Mobile Cranes are now online.
16.07.2010
A man died yesterday after falling from a work platform at the Tuzla shipyards in Istanbul, Turkey.
A crane operator died after he fell 15 metres from a scaffold yesterday in Wels Austria.
15.07.2010
UK builders’ merchant Ridgeons has taken delivery of seven Volvo FE-300 trucks, with Hiab XS144B-2 HiDuo cranes.
The UK’s HSE is inviting contractors to a mock trial to show what happens when things go wrong.
Oshkosh is to close its Jerr-Dan plants in Greencastle, Pennsylvania in October and move production into JLG’s plants in McConnellsburg and Shippensburg
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Liebherr Great Britain’s CPCS accredited training school is now offering crawler crane (A02) operator training and testing.
14.07.2010
UK based GGR is holding a series of mini crane and glass handling open days over the summer.
JCB says that it managed to lift profits in 2009 by four percent in spite of a more than 33 percent fall in sales.
MLE of Cudahy Wisconsin has launched a compact self propelled 2.5 ton electric mobile industrial crane, the IC20.
A man in his early 40s died this morning after he was hit in the head by a load that fell from a crane.
Two new heavy lift cranes have lifted the world’s last remaining steam coaster, the SS Robin on to a pontoon.
13.07.2010
German diesel engine manufacturer Deutz is opening a sales and service operation in China.
12.07.2010
A fire broke out over the weekend at the premises of Williamstown Crane Hire in Dohertys Rd causing extensive damage.
11.07.2010
A Celebration of the life of Frank Scarborough will be held on Saturday July 17th in St Joseph, Missouri.
A great photo from a reader in Belgium of one way of having a bath when you are on the road.
10.07.2010
A four axle truck crane dropped its boom across two houses after the ground gave way under one of its rear outriggers.
09.07.2010
The new Liebherr LTR11200 telescopic crawler crane owned by McNallys has started work at the Waterloo wind farm
08.07.2010
Andy Fraser, managing director of Finning UK is moving to VP power systems and global business development.
07.07.2010
We have received the tragic news that Frank Scarborough passed away this morning - Wednesday July 7th following a massive stroke last Friday.
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The first lift for Senn’s new Liebherr LTM11200-9.1 was carried out in mid June, at a wind farm in the Jura mountains.
Terex says that the antitrust investigation into its activities in the crushing and screning markets has been conluded without charges.
06.07.2010
Global heavy transport and lifting company ALE is making substantial additions to its global fleet.
05.07.2010
We have confirmed the news that retired crane veteran Sid Slater passed away on June 18th.
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