A new study has shown that double cycling of harbour cranes is more efficient.
07.06.2007
The Port of Tyne has ordered two portal harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology.
Pon has confirmed its acquisition of Milcon and the management role af the Van Mils.
This time of years birds are hatching their chicks, cranes and aerial lifts can be ideal nesting sites.
Delegates at yesterday's Crane Safety 2007 conference in London unanimously agreed that all tower cranes sold in the EU should be subject to a third party inspecton.
06.06.2007
The famous Swan Hunter cranes on Tyneside in the UK, are to be dismantled and sent to India.
Ramirent, the Finnish based rental company has acquired KMB Stavební Servis, a telehandler rental company in the Czech Republic.
Transport for London is to use Type Approval data for engine emissions.
The UK's HSE is promoting a ladder exchange aimed at removing 4,000 unsafe ladders from the market.
When the Orient Express needed a safe form of access for craftsmen working on its Pullman carriages, Planet Platforms provided a unique solution.
The Manitowoc Crane Group has appointed three new global product managers.
05.06.2007
This week opened with the crane safety conference in London and the European Rental Association annual conference in Berlin.
Andy Wright has been appointed to the new position of head of Lavendon UK.
Milcon the Dutch based access and forklift rental company has been sold to Pon
Seven Teupen spider lifts are working on 15 degree slopes at the Chill factor, a new indoor ski slope in Manchester.
Ainscough properties has announced new plans to expand its forty-five acre Leyland Business Park at Centurion Way, Leyland.
A volunteer was killed last Thursday and a teacher injured when an aerial lift being used for an experiment collapsed.
04.06.2007
MEC Aerials has appointed a new general manager for its manufacturing division
Lavendon has been back on the acquisition trail buying Wizard Workspace, the company previously known as Independent Access Supplies.
A tower crane collapsed yesterday on a hotel in Croydon, London, The cranes operator was seriously injured and three men were trapped in the tower.
03.06.2007
A mobile lattice crane boom fell onto a Synagogue in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, today
02.06.2007
May was another record month for Vertikal.Net which recorded more than 2 million hits for the first time with 62,572 visitors.
A technical fault with a crane at Cape Canaveral has delayed the launch of a space mission to study Asteroids.
A video was sent to us just over a week ago of an accident, we were not convinced that it was real as more of you have sent it in today we are asking for input.
