A truck mounted crane tipped over while working on the town hall in Trussville, Alabama yesterday.
12.04.2012
The dates and venue for the first Bauma Africa have now been announced.
Palfinger is to launch two new SH loader cranes - the PK 14502 SH and the PK 18502 SH.
Tanfield has published its preliminary full year results for 2011, which show an 11 percent rise in revenues.
Skyjack’s founder Wolf Haessler has donated $1 million to promote engineering at the University of Guelph.
German transport and heavy lifting company Kreiling has purchased a new Valla pick and carry crane.
11.04.2012
US based Zoomlion distributor Global Crane Sales is offering in-house direct financing to potential buyers.
UK rental company Plant Access and Tool Solutions Ltd, which trades as PTS Hire has filed for insolvency.
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Merlo has made a number of promotions and appointments within its UK product support team.
Unic Cranes Europe will launch the world’s most powerful spider crane the at Intermat next week. See a special video teaser of the new crane.
Merlo UK has appointed Parkway Plant Sales as the main dealer for telehandler products in the Manchester area.
10.04.2012
German mobile crane rental company GAAC Commerz has taken delivery of two more Terex cranes.
Italian lift manufacturer CTE has shipped its 12,000 unit as it prepares to launch two new spider lifts.
Bobcat UK has extended the territory of Berkshire, based dealer Promac Solutions.
A man in Lynchburg, Virginia escaped with his life after his boom lift touched overhead power lines yesterday.
09.04.2012
Genie will unveil three new European telehandlers at next week’s Intermat show in Paris.
UK based rental company, AA Access has taken delivery of a new 70 metre Bronto S70XDT.
09.04.2012 1
A man was seriously injured on Friday when the jib of a tower crane came down in Singapore.
UK access rental company Facelift has organised an online Easter Egg hunt to win scale models,
A small jack-up barge overturned on Friday as it tried to load a crane at Liberty Island in New York harbour.
08.04.2012 1
Thursday saw the posting of the 10,000th English language news story on Vertikal.Net.
08.04.2012
A reader in the UK snapped several men working at height on a farm site north of London.
The Vertikal Guide to lifting equipment at Intermat is now online and available to download or read.
Aerial platform manufacturer Genie will highlight three alternative overhead crushing devices at Intermat.
05.04.2012