Exceptionally strong winds are blamed for the collapse of a tower crane in central Moscow yesterday.
15.01.2015
UK rental company Fork Rent has placed a record order for Manitou MT625 telehandlers and boom lifts
14.01.2015
The Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Korea, has taken delivery of a 42 metre TCA Falcon FS420 spider lift.
JCB has been fined £25,000 after an employee was crushed on the telehandler production line in Rocester, UK
Limerick-based machinery dealer Adare Machinery has been appointed a Bobcat and Doosan Heavy distributor
UK distributor CLM Construction Supplies has moved to a new, larger premises in Bilston, West Midlands
Palfinger has acquired NDM which supplies winches and handling equipment to the marine and offshore sectors
Daniel Pitzer has replaced Georg Diesch as president of Liebherr Cranes Inc in the USA
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UK Genie dealer Workplatform has appointed Dean Brooks, of Genie Europe, as operations manager
German access company Mateco has acquired Wolfsburg based access rental company Irmler Wob-Lift.
A crawler crane overturned on a wind farm in Janneby, Germany, last Friday during gale force winds.
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A reader has sent in a video of a man working on an air conditioning unit using a series of ladders.
UK rental company AFI has appointed Carlo Vinci to the newly-created position of customer service director.
Australia’s NQ Group of Brisbane has acquired CQ Group of Nebo, Queensland bringing two crane businesses together
A UK court has ruled that a spider lift which overturned while trimming trees was not fit for purpose.
UK crane rental company Davies Crane Hire has taken delivery of a 60 tonne Liebherr LTM1060-3.1 All Terrain crane
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Blüggel Krane has taken the first 160 tonne Terex Explorer 5600 All Terrain crane in Germany.
13.01.2015
A reader in the Netherlands has sent in an image of a man using a street light as a platform support
Spotted by a reader in the USA a video of a man using an aerial lift to cut down a tree in North Carolina
King Lifting has taken delivery of the UK’s first LTM1300-6.2 six axle 300 tonne All Terrain crane.
Link Belt has promoted Dallas Coffey to the post of general manager for its Mid-Atlantic division.
A man died yesterday while helping dismantle a lattice boom crane in Edwardsville, Illinois.
12.01.2015
The latest digital issue of Cranes & Access is now available on-line to read or download.
US based wholesale rental company Acme Lift has completed on a $109.1 million financing deal.