Manitowoc unveiled its design for an innovative 2,300 tonne crawler crane with compact dimensions and full pick and carry capability at Conexpo today.
12.03.2008
An 80 tonne All Terrain crane tipped over as it participated in a multiple crane lift of a bridge beam.
08.03.2008
US Crawler crane company, Essex Crane Rental is to be acquired by Hyde Park Acquisition corp
06.03.2008
Work to a power station high in the Swiss Alps meant that a Unic spider crane had to catch a cable car.
04.03.2008
A crane and two scissor lifts have been used for some unusual scientific experiments at a London school.
Peter Hird and Sons the UK based Crane and access company celebrated 25 years in business this weekend.
17.02.2008
A SR100 million (£13.6 million) crane manufacturing facility as part of a Saudi-Turkey collaboration is being set up near Haraaj in south Jeddah.
12.02.2008
Terex Aerials has announced the appointment of Alexander Kryukov as regional sales manager fro Russia and the CIS countries.
21.01.2008
Manitowoc has appointed Ingo Schiller, currently with Liebherr, as vice president, sales and marketing for mobile hydraulic cranes in the Americas.
16.01.2008
Liebherr has reported first nine months revenues up by over 15% to €5.34 billion ($7.7 billion) with Construction products growing at a rate of over 18%.
19.12.2007
Select Plant, the UK based Crane and plant hire division of Laing O’Rourke has adopted Rental result software to manage its fleet.
17.12.2007
A group of squatters is trying to save the old Stothert&Pitt crane works in Bath from demolition.
13.12.2007
Mantis Cranes of Donegal, Ireland is looking at the possibility of setting up a manufacturing base in the USA
The jib of a luffing tower crane buckled and collapsed on a site in Forest Hill,London, yesterday morning.
12.12.2007
Special access platforms have been designed to carry out maintenance work on the large hammerhead crane in Sydney harbour.
06.12.2007
The latest issue of Cranes&Access is now available to read online or download.
05.12.2007
In Australia the CICA and CFMEU have issued a safety alert to owners of Liebherr LTM1070 and LTM1080/1 cranes.
30.11.2007
House of Equipment is to supply tower cranes for the Emirate's Meydan racing, tourist and leisure complex.
26.11.2007
UK developer Crosby Lend Lease has painted its tower cranes pink in aid of breast cancer awareness
12.11.2007
Mantis Cranes, the Irish manufacturer of self erecting tower cranes, has appointed a new general manager.
Seven construction workers were killed yesterday in Dubai, when a bridge collapsed after being hit by a crane.
09.11.2007
Mantis crawler cranes, has unveiled its new 100 ton heavy duty telescopic crawler crane at ICUEE last week.
25.10.2007
A container straddle carrier crane tipped over at Tilbury docks near London yesterday trapping the driver.
23.10.2007
A plaque will be unveiled today at Wembley stadium in memory of Patrick O’Sullivan who died when a crane collided with a scaffold platform
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