A man died and another was severely burned today near Melbourne, Australia after contacting overhead power lines.
14.07.2011
A lattice crane boom came down across two or three parked cars in Fayetteville, North Carolina yesterday.
13.07.2011
The Spider division of SafeWorks has launched a modular 360° suspended platform for wind turbine blade access
The latest Cranes & Access magazine is now online and available to read or download.
Ferruccio Moritsch the founder of Comedil, a pioneer and innovator in the tower crane industry has died.
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UK based AFI-Uplift is taking this year’s spend on fleet modernisation to over £5 million with 500 new lifts
The Lavendon charity bike ride team is in the Stratford Upon Avon area wiht less than 300 miles to go.
A new addition to our video library shows a Boeing 777 being stripped of its old livery and repainted.
A crane slinger/signaller/banksman died earlier today in an accident in Karratha, Western Australia.
12.07.2011
Manitou UK has taken over full responsibility for the marketing of Gehl products in the UK and Ireland.
UK based Speedy will issue a positive first quarter statement at its AGM today, including an 8.8% rental rate improvement
A crawler crane working on a bridge from a barge near Brooklyn Marine Park in New York overturned yesterday.
A lattice crawler crane boom came down across a busy road in the centre of Abu Dhabi, UAE this morning.
The Lavendon charity bike ride has passed the halfway mark with a stop today at corporate headquarters in Lutterworth.
Easi UpLifts has decided to base its new 20 metre CTE Zed20CH self-drive truck mounted lifts in the UK.
Trojan batteries has signed an exclusive master distribution agreement with Accutrade in Russia.
11.07.2011
Auctioneers Ritchie Bros is offering a number of new services to those who buy equipment through its auctions
The following photos were sent to us from a reader in what on Saturday was a cold and wet Belgium.
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UK based truck mounted lift company Zenith Aerial Platforms has appointed two new employees.
The five Lavendon management trainees have reached Yorkshire today with CEO Mike Potts as guest rider.
Austrian based loader crane manufacturer Palfinger has acquired specialist loader crane manufacturer Inman.
Italian truck mounted lift manufacturer Isoli will launch two new 3.5 tonne truck mounts at Apex in September.
A tower crane collapsed in Inner Mongolia, China yesterday killing three and injuring another.
10.07.2011
Skyjack is joining the SmartEquip Network to provide electronic parts and service support and procurement.