Two men were rescued by a boom lift yesterday in Atlanta, Georgia, after one end of a suspended platform they were using collpased.
25.11.2009
Kobelco has released pictures of its new 300 tonne capacity 'Light Configuration' SL4500 crawler crane.
24.11.2009
A mobile crane has tipped over in the centre of Naples, Italy, we understand that no one was injured.
Andy Pearson a regional managing director for Lavendon UK has confirmed that he plans to leave the company next year.
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Ashtead, owner of A-Plant in the UK and Sunbelt in the USA has extended its senior loan facility until 2013.
33 scissor and boom lifts from the recently formed Direct Access Hire of the UK, are being auctioned online without reserve.
23.11.2009
UK based Hi-Reach Access has added a number of JLG-Liftlux big diesel scissors to its fleet.
The UK’s CPA has released a draft if its Best Practice Guide on the Maintenance Inspection and Thorough Examination of Mobile Cranes for public comment.
Las Vegas based Ahern Rentals has reported third quarter revenues down 28% on last year – YTD revenues fell 27%.
Private equity firm, Odyssey Investment Partners, is back in the rental business, acquiring Safway Scaffolding from ThyssenKrupp.
If you are looking for a new job or looking for a key person this week is the deadline for the next issue of Cranes & Access.
A large mobile crane collapsed in central Milan this weekend thankfully there were no injuries.
22.11.2009
A self erecting tower crane tipped over on Friday at Maunawilli in Hawaii, landing on a jeep occupied by two women.
David Ridge joint founder of AFI and the current finance director of AFI-Uplift sadly passed away yesterday aged 62.
20.11.2009
Veteran crane and aerial lift engineer and trainer Vince Mulvanny passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning.
When it comes to installing the lights on large Christmas trees there are numerous ways to go, a 125ft self propelled boom may be one of the best?
Online equipment auction company Iron Planet has reported record sales for the third quarter- 61 percent up on 2008..
A reader from New Zealand has sent us a photo of a lift in Wellington that qualifies as a Christmas Death Wish
ALL Canada Cranes & Aerials has added two new locations one in Newfoundland and Labrador and a second location in Ontario.
A mobile crane working at a lumber mill in Centralia Washington tipped over yesterday – no one was injured.
A Northern Ireland contractor has been fined £65,000 following a fatal telehandler accident caused by inadequate vision to the rear.
19.11.2009
UK based powered access rental group, Lavendon, has issued an interim management statement for the period to 18th November.
Lavendon - the UK based international access rental group has announced that it is raising £80.8 million through an open offer of new shares.
A lone roofer was spotted by a reader as he passed though Darlington in the UK, he certainly has a Death Wish.
18.11.2009
