New Zealand Crane Group is installing Standfast’s TRAM fall protection system, on every crane above 80 tonnes.
30.08.2011
The Associated General Contractors of America has issued its accident statistics for 2010 with show a further 10 percent declin
28.08.2011
A new version of the 2.8 tonne Maeda MC285C spider cranes- the MC285C-2 has arrived in Europe.
26.08.2011
Manitowoc has appointed Joe Maslizek as vice president sales for Manitowoc and Grove cranes in North America.
25.08.2011
Two cranes tipped over yesterday in separate incidents in the state of Vermont, in one a boom came down on a store.
24.08.2011 1
With all the talk about banning leisure activities with cranes, they actually seem to be on the increase.
24.08.2011
It is just two weeks until Cranes Asia opens in Singapore, places are available if you have not yet booked
23.08.2011
An injured tower crane rigger was rescued from the jib tip of a 50 metre high tower crane in Washington DC today.
German based joint venture Neeb-Schuch has taken delivery of a new 500 tonne Liebherr LTM1500-8.1
We have received some photographs of a structural failure on a crane that we have never seen before.
19.08.2011
A double deck bus collided with a load of rebar being lifted by a tower crane on a site in Sidcup, Kent yesterday.
19.08.2011 1
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.
16.08.2011 4
A crane operator died after his crane ran away on a steep incline at a quarry/windfarm in Rossendale, near Bury, UK.
15.08.2011 36
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
