Two examples, from the USA and the UK, of contractors using make-shift lifting equipment rather than cranes.
13.04.2010 1
The Vertikal Guide to Bauma is now online and available to read or download,
12.04.2010
The Manitowoc stand will feature a 400 tonne sister crane to the new 300 tonne Gove GMK6300 at Bauma
Maeda master distributor Kranlyft has appointed Richard Beiron as a new salesman in Sweden.
Heavy-lift contractor Mammoet has added five 250 tonne Kobelco CKE2500-2 crawler cranes to its fleet
11.04.2010
Spider crane manufacturer Unic, has appointed Gleason Cranes as its distributor for Australia
08.04.2010 1
Singapore based crane company, Sin Heng Heavy Machinery has signed a dealership agreement with Kobelco Cranes,
08.04.2010
UK based Bronzeshield Lifting has taken delivery of a new 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1 All Terrain crane
Chinese crane manufacturer Zoomlion has signed a worldwide distribution agreement for Rough Terrain cranes with Global Crane Sales.
07.04.2010
A crane dropped a 126ft boom lift around 24 metres last week in the port of Adelaide, Australia
06.04.2010
Manitowoc has moved from a dealer to a direct sales operation in Spain for Grove mobile cranes
German based Wemotec, has teamed up with Palfinger to produce a new long boom specialist spider crane.
US crane rental company Maxim Crane Works has sold $250 million worth of five year senior notes.
31.03.2010
A large boom truck tipped over in Toronto yesterday, bringing down power lines falling across a street.
31.03.2010 2
A tower crane has come crashing down across a busy highway in Russia and was caught on camera by a traffic video
30.03.2010
Tim Rowley retires from Cranesafe, the UK subsidiary of tower crane anti collision company SMIE today.
Palfinger has taken a majority stake in Oklahoma, USA, based truck mounted aerial lift manufacturer ETI.
29.03.2010
A tornado has been blamed for overturning a port crane in the Bahamas, causing at least two deaths.
The Bi-Lingual Vertikal Guide to Bauma will close at the start of next week, if you want to be included we need to hear from you this week.
28.03.2010
A large mobile telescopic crane boom crept down overnight onto a high rise facade in New York on Saturday.
28.03.2010 1
Belgian based international lifting specialist Sarens is launching a 3,250 tonne heavy lift crane.
28.03.2010 2
Manitowoc is investing €3 million in a new hoist production line at its manufacturing facility in Charlieu, France,
26.03.2010
New York City’s former chief cranes inspector pleaded guilty and took a two to six year prison plea yesterday.
24.03.2010
Japanese tyre manufacturer Yokohama will supply Liebherr with a new tyre for its all terrain cranes.
23.03.2010