A coroner’s court has ruled that the failure of a home made log loading crane that killed its owner was an accident.
23.11.2008
UK rental company M&M, has taken delivery of a new 140t Terex-Demag AC120-1
10.11.2008
A tower crane operator in Bellevue, Seattle used the view from his cab to help police catch an escaped felon.
29.10.2008
A launching crane, collapsed yesterday in Delhi, India, dropping a 400 tonne bridge section onto several cars and a bus on the road below, killing two and injuring 17 others.
20.10.2008
The restored Clydebank Titan crane in Glasgow, Scotland, has received a top international award for Architecture
13.10.2008
Liebherr Nenzing has delivered its 200th LHM 400 mobile harbour crane, to Patrick Stevedoring, Australia's largest stevedore.
29.09.2008
Marino Crane of Middletown Connecticut has been acquired by Barnhart Crane and Rigging of Memphis Tennessee
24.09.2008
Cranimax the lift planning software company has released the latest Version - V3 – of its Crane Manager Cranimation system.
20.08.2008 1
The boom of a crawler crane came crashing down on a barge on a bridge contract in New Bern, North Carolina on Monday. One man was injured but not seriously
13.08.2008
The boom of a crawler crane that went over the back at a Hilton-Head marina on Monday and came crashing down on two boats.
06.08.2008
A workman died yesterday in Texas, when the boom lift he was working from was struck by a falling crane, tipping it over.
30.07.2008
A 79 year old man was killed when a crane he was watching tipped over onto his car in Oklahoma City yesterday.
25.07.2008
An operator managed to jump clear as his crawler crane tipped over sideways last week on the north pier of Kilkeel harbour in Northern Ireland.
05.07.2008
With most of our resources tied up at Vertikal Days last week we missed reports of two crane accidents that you sent us. Here they are.
30.06.2008
Essex crane, the Chicago based crane rental company has reported first quarter revenues up by almost 30% to $20.1 million.
15.06.2008
A worker in Texas, USA was killed when a crane hook plummeted to the ground.
12.06.2008
The luffing jib of a lattice tower boom on a mobile crane dropped yesterday injuring a crane worker in Miami.
10.06.2008
The Manhattan District Attorneys' office has launched a criminal probe into Friday's fatal tower crane accident.
02.06.2008
Updated! A tower crane has fallen over in New York City damaging several buildings, killing two and injuring two others.
30.05.2008
We bring the belated news that Roy Richards, the founder of crane hirer, Richards and Wallington and the UK’s National Motorcycle museum has died.
26.05.2008
All Erection & Crane Rental has opened a new location for All Carolina Crane Rental of Wilmington, and is expanding its existing facility in West Elizabeth, Pennsylvania
22.05.2008
A federal court has called for a temporary halt to Miami Dade’s plans to tighten up tower crane inspections and certification.
Here are just a few points from the UK’s SED show this week.
16.05.2008
SED the UK’s largest construction equipment show opens today for its annual three day run in Corby.
12.05.2008