A man fell almost 10 metres when the "crane", or most likely a forklift or telehandler, he was working from, toppled over.
04.03.2004
Terex Corp, the parent of Demag Cranes and Genie aerial platforms, has posted a 39 per cent increase in its revenues for 2003.
19.02.2004
Manitowoc has announced a 16% rise in crane revenues for the fourth quarter with crane sales up 44% for the full year. Earnings per share before special items came in slightly above previous estimates
04.02.2004
Wigan-based Ainscough Crane Hire has taken delivery of five, 50 tonne capacity Grove GMK3050 all-terrain cranes.
15.01.2004
The UK’s largest rail crane collapsed early this week, blocking two of London’s busiest rail lines at Clapham Junction.
08.01.2004
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has concluded the prosecution of Conder Structures, following the death of a 16-year-old ground worker in Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
06.01.2004
A new Ainscough family member has arrived
22.12.2003
MIC Corporation, Japan’s largest crane rental company, has taken delivery of two 1250 USton (1134 tonne) capacity Demag CC8800s.
05.12.2003
Cranes Today, organiser of Crane Safety 2004, has released preliminary details of next year’s conference being held at the Thistle Tower Hotel, London on the 21 and 22 of June.
28.11.2003
Mike Williams, principal inspector for Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a statement following the recent Canary Wharf tower crane collpase inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court, London.
18.11.2003
Terex has announced the retirement of Fil Filipov as CEO of Terex Cranes, his son Steve Filipov will take over as president
14.11.2003
BBC Radio Four is this week featuring a series of a broadcasts on the crane industry. The 'Life of Cranes' series will consist of five programmes at 15:45 each day this week.
12.11.2003
Terex Corporation in the US has announced a 50 per cent jump in revenues for the nine months to 30 September, 2003.
27.10.2003
Hewden Stuart faces massive damages following the Canary Wharf tower crane tragedy - legal argument has focussed on interpretation of the CPA's hire contract conditions.
08.08.2003
Production of Peiner tower cranes is to move to the Demag facility in Zweibrücken, Germany and not the Comedil plant in Fontanafredda, Italy as originally stated
30.07.2003
Ainscough called upon the power of its 1000 tonne capacity Liebherr recently to assist in the erection of the UK's tallest wind turbine.
15.07.2003
Bridon Ropes Limited has announced the closure of its wire rope factory in Retford, Nottinghamshire, effective from March 2004.
30.06.2003
The crane divisions of Hitachi Construction Machinery and Sumitomo Heavy Industries have merged to form Hitachi Sumitomo
26.06.2003
Manitowoc Crane Group has opened a 25,000 square metre distribution facility in Breda, The Netherlands
23.06.2003
UK crane hire company Marsh Plant has taken delivery of the last six Tadano TL250E truck cranes
John L Grove, founder of Grove and JLG, has died at the age of 82.
19.06.2003
Nearly 200 mobile and tower crane industry experts descended on the Thistle Tower Hotel, London recently for the Crane Safety 2003 conference. C&A reports
18.06.2003
US-based heavy lift specialist Lampson International has taken delivery of a new Manitowoc Model 18000 crawler crane.
13.06.2003
There was a lot for Intermat visitors to see – full reports will appear later, but here are some first impressions from the Vertikal.net team of reporters.
23.05.2003
