A letter in yesterday hit a nerve with us, commenting on the number of deaths in the crane and access industry in recent weeks.
05.09.2006
Tat Hong Holdings Ltd, the Singapore based crane rental company is establishing a joint venture rental business in China.
A man in his 40’s died yesterday when a scissor lift, working at a height of between nine and 10 metres, tipped over in Blackpool.
The Lavendon Group has published its first half results this morning, which are better than the preliminary numbers it issued in July.
Nearly 6000 structural bolts on four container cranes built by Shanghai Zenhua Port Machinery Co are below specifications and have to be replaced.
04.09.2006
A workman has been killed and another seriously injured in St Anne's, Blackpool when the scisor lift in which they were working toppled over.
A man died last week after falling from the overhead crane he was working on. He was not wearing a harness.
The Scaffold Industry Association, the American scaffold and aerial lift association has appointed JoAnn Dankert as its new director of continuing education and training.
03.09.2006
In spite of the holidays Vertikal.Net achieved and all time record in August with 42,626 visitors an 1.2 million hits
01.09.2006
The intrepid twosome from LTC scaffold have bast through Somerset and Bristol in their march northwards
Specialist Maintenance Services Ltd has renewed and extended Its crane contract with Mobil North Sea Ltd.
Grove has updated and expanded its line of YardBoss industrial cranes.
Alfons Moog of underbridge inspection lift producer Moog GmbH, has tragically died in an accident on one of his lifts in France
31.08.2006
Paul Nolan, CEO of HSS and a member of the 2004 Management Buy In team, has been replaced by Chris Davies.
Following its IPO announcement earlier in the week, ACE is now looking at an overseas acquisition
HTC Plant Ltd, has received the HealthSure, Healthy Workplace award in acknowledgment of its on-going commitment to the health and well-being of its employees.
30.08.2006
Gottwald has recently installed its first Generation 5 floating crane in the Port of Amsterdam
A large boom element on a big container crane inexplicably exploded yesterday in Shanghai, Killing two men.
OSHA has said that the failure to deploy outriggers, caused the truck mounted lift accident that killed Carlos Flores of Texas in June.
The Manitowoc Crane Group’s Asian-Pacific operation in Singapore has relocated to new premises.
Hire Association Europe’s managing director, Kevin Minton has announced his intention to step down from the post he has held since March 2003.
29.08.2006
Action Construction Equipment (ACE) which claims to be India's leading mobile crane manufacturer, is hoping to list on the Indian stock market on September 1st.
The two walkers from LTC scaffold hope to reach Cheddar in Somerset this evening.
The Platform Company has opened its first branch in Scotland, the Glasgow location is its 10th branch.
