A man was killed yesterday on the A1306 when a 30 tonne bridge section was dropped by a crane.
10.04.2006
The European Association of Heavy Haulage, Transport and Mobile Cranes (ESTA) will host its annual awards party and dinner on Wednesday April 26 during Intermat in Paris.
31.03.2006
Tadano Faun has shown its new 220t, five axle All Terrain crane, the ATF220G-5 to an international distributors meeting in Lauf
29.03.2006
Tadano has begun production of a new truck crane carrier at its factory in Shido, Japan.
21.03.2006
After a good deal of research, Arcomet has established that yesterday, March 19th, was its 50th birthday.
20.03.2006
Bill Green adds to the Red diesel debate
28.02.2006
Paul Rosevere one of the owners of Kranlyft has decided it is time to retire and exit the crane business.
17.02.2006
ZF has delivered its 5,000th AS Tronic crane transmission, five years after its launch. The unit was installed in a Liebherr LTM1200 All Terrain crane
03.02.2006
A Coroner in Tasmania has called for tractor cranes to be recalled and fitted with extra indication equipment, following the death of a rigger.
23.01.2006
Spierings are working on a new seven axle version of its self-erecting truck mounted tower crane concept.
05.01.2006
Take a look at this picture of largely Dutch crane people from around 1981. How many can you name?
17.12.2005
German crane company, MaxiKraft has ordered 73 new cranes, the largest order from a German company in over 10 years
14.12.2005
Tadano is spending $10 million to increase its holding in BQ-Tadano (Beijing) Crane Co Ltd to 50% and Seiji Tadano will take over as president
30.11.2005
Tadano is to spend 7.5 billion yen (£36.2/$62.6 million) on refurbishing and expanding its three domestic production plants to add 30% to its capacity by 2008
Tutt Bryant Crane hire, one of Australia’s largest crawler crane hirers, has launched the prospectus for its Initial Public Offering of its shares.
29.11.2005
Once again Ainscough has supported the ‘ladies Driving Challenge’ in aid of ‘Marie Curie Cancer Care’, this year 49 ladies were let loose on the test track with a crane! The programme has raised £434,000 in the Northern region alone.
25.10.2005
The production of Terex-Peiner tower cranes has been moved from Germany to the Terex plant in Wilmington, Delaware in the USA.
23.10.2005
Stirnimann AG, the Olten based distributor for Grove, Potain and JLG has been purchased by investor Burkhard Lichtner
22.10.2005
Mister Gru, the Faun dealer for Italy, has launched its own 20 tonne City crane
18.10.2005
This years major European equipment show, SAIE opened its doors this morning in Bologna
12.10.2005
The Giant cantilever crane, which towers above the skyline in Cowes, could soon be restored, but only if a planning application for an adjoining development is approved.
08.10.2005
An 80t All Terrain overturned and sliced into a family home on Saturday, when an outrigger gave way, while lifting a hot tub into a back garden
03.10.2005
Michielsens and Van de Weghe, Belgium’s two largest crane and access companies, are to merge their crane fleets
14.09.2005
John Valla the president of Valla s.p.a the Italian crane company, died yesterday in the USA.
13.09.2005
