Two large crawler cranes flipped over in California yesterday falling on a third RT crane.
24.02.2007
Italian aerial lift and rental company Venpa 3 has purchased crane manufacturer Locatelli.
16.02.2007
A 32-year-old crane operator was electrocuted yesterday when his crane hit a power line.
13.02.2007
Preliminary reports suggest a poorly designed foundation was the primary cause of the tower crane collapse in Bellevue.
10.02.2007
Potain will launch an innovative self erecting tower crane, the Igo T70 at Bauma.
02.02.2007
A new record has been set for the highest hub height on a wind turbine with a 160m high unit erected in Germany
26.01.2007
Orlaco the Dutch based crane boom camera company has appointed Cranesafe as its UK distributor.
23.01.2007
Heavy storms in Europe this week have brought at least two tower cranes crashing to the ground.
20.01.2007
A tower crane collapsed while being dismantled in Bucharest yesterday killing four erectors and injuring two others.
18.01.2007
A man died yesterday after a tower crane collapsed in Liverpool city centre, the crane driver was seriously injured but survived.
16.01.2007
Japanese crane manufacturer Kato is planning to set up a European business in co-operation with Rigo in Italy
09.01.2007
Bob Bruijsten has left Spierings, to join his family’s crane rental company Kuiphuis Kraanverhuur
05.01.2007
Valla Cranes UK has established Valla Cranes (Middle East) a 50/50 venture with local investors to sell and support Valla crane throughout the region.
01.01.2007
The operator of a tower crane in Penang survived after the top of the crane plunged 40 metres to the ground.
20.12.2006
North American crane rental company All Erection & Crane Rental is adding 150 new cranes to its fleet
13.12.2006
A new 200 page book charting the life of John Grove has been published.
07.12.2006
Chinese crane and equipment manufacturer Zoomlion, has shipped its first mobile cranes to Europe through its Netherlands based distributor, the Van Adrighem group
30.11.2006
A 180 tonne All Terrain crane tipped after dropping its load in Cape Town
At least two mobile crane makers from China will begin shipping cranes to Europe in 2007.
28.11.2006
A tower crane collapsed last night in Bellevue, Seattle, killing a person in an apartment building.
17.11.2006
When Paul Kavanagh and his bride left the church after their wedding the car was most unusual
15.11.2006
Oktopus UK has appointed Andrew Hinton-Shelly to head up its crane division
14.11.2006
Delhi-based Mobile crane and Aerial lift manufacturer, ACE, is close to completing an Eastern European acquisition
03.11.2006
City lifting and Lee lifting of the UK provided a number of cranes on long distance rental on location in the Bahamas.
01.11.2006
