Login / Register
Contact us
News
Events
Directory
Jobs
Marketplace
Subscriptions
Videos
Library
Cranes & Access
Media Pack
Currency Converter
Unit Converter
Contact Us
More
News
Events
Directory
Jobs
Marketplace
Subscriptions
Videos
Library
Cranes & Access
Media Pack
Currency Converter
Unit Converter
Contact Us
Sign up to our weekly newsletter
Have you tried our unit converter?

News Archive

In order to view all images, please register and log in. This will also allow you to comment on our stories and have the option to receive our email alerts. Click here to register

JLG announces 32 per cent increase in revenues

JLG has declared its first quarter results of its 2003/4 fiscal year. Sales were up 32 per cent, while operating income was up 21 per cent. Like-for-like sales, however, were relatively flat.

20.11.2003

Construction company fined £8,000 following serious fall

Sunley Turriff Construction has been fined a total of £8,000 following a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution over a fall from height incident.

20.11.2003

2003 UK Hire Rates Survey out this week

The annual Cranes & Access Hire Rates Survey is published this week. The survey, our most in depth ever, reveals that crane and access rental companies are planning to increase fleet sizes in 2004

20.11.2003

October slowdown for UK inflation

UK inflation numbers out today showed a 0.2 per cent drop in the headline rate to 2.6 per cent, the lowest level since October 2002. The underlying rate dropped by 0.1 per cent.

18.11.2003

Benefit In Kind will not apply to vans in Ireland

The Irish finance minister Charlie McCreevy, announced today that Benefit In Kind would not now apply to vans kept essentially for business use.

18.11.2003

Principal HSE inspector issues Canary Wharf crane collapse statement

Mike Williams, principal inspector for Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a statement following the recent Canary Wharf tower crane collpase inquest at St Pancras Coroner’s Court, London.

18.11.2003

Palfinger reports rise in revenues and profits

Palfinger, the Austria-based knuckle boom crane producer, has announced a 6.1 per cent increase in sales revenues for the nine months to end September, compared to the same period last year. Profit rose by just under 8 per cent.

17.11.2003

Mystery surrounds Canary Wharf crane collpase

The collapse of a luffing jib tower crane at Canary Wharf which claimed the lives of three construction workers in May 2000 was an accident, according to an inquest at London’s St Pancras Coroners Court.

17.11.2003

Kobelco to supply crawler cranes to Manitowoc

The Manitowoc Crane Group and Japan's Kobelco Construction Machinery have signed an agreement which will see Kobelco supply Manitowoc with a range of lattice boom crawler cranes under 150 tons (136 tonnes) capacity

17.11.2003

UpRight post strong growth

UpRight International manufacturing Ltd, announce a 30% increase in first quarter profits, the best since 2000.

14.11.2003

Fil Filipov to retire from Terex. Steve Filipov to take over

Terex has announced the retirement of Fil Filipov as CEO of Terex Cranes, his son Steve Filipov will take over as president

14.11.2003

Court fines Crane driver £750

Tain Sheriff Court has fined a crane driver £750. The driver, an employee of BL Cranes, failed to keep a proper lookout as a ship was being unloaded at Invergordon Harbour last November resulting in the amputation of a ship mate's leg.

13.11.2003

BBC Radio Four feature Crane programme

BBC Radio Four is this week featuring a series of a broadcasts on the crane industry. The 'Life of Cranes' series will consist of five programmes at 15:45 each day this week.

12.11.2003

McNally's bridges the gap for Irish Rail

Ireland-based McNally’s Crane Hire recently employed its flagship TC 3300 to lift a rail bridge into place for Irish Rail at Dunleer, County Louth.

07.11.2003

HSE launches investigation into scaffold collapse

The UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an investigation following the collapse of a large section of scaffolding in Birmingham city centre, which hospitalised two pedestrians.

07.11.2003

Bank of England raises base rate, while European Central Bank leaves rate unchanged

The Bank of England today announced an expected base rate rise of 0.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent. Meanwhile the European Central Bank has decided to hold its main rate at 2 per cent.

06.11.2003

The founder of the Mitie Group dies

The Mitie Group has announced the death of its founder and president for life David Telling.

03.11.2003

Manitowoc Group announces net earnings decline on rising sales

The Manitowoc Company today announced a 7 per cent increase in revenues for the third quarter of 2003 compared with the same period of 2002. Net earnings were down by over 50 per cent.

03.11.2003

Crane giants in court battle

Terex Cranes has filed a patent infringement action against Liebherr’s German mobile and crawler crane production operation, Liebherr Ehingen.

03.11.2003

Spiderman crane protest cripples Tower Bridge

The area around London's Tower Bridge was brought to a standstill on Friday morning after a protestor climbed a tower crane on a construction site, for the second time in six months.

02.11.2003

RK of Finland buys SVP to become country's largest rental company.

Rakentajain Konevuokraamo oyj (RK), the second biggest rental company in Finland, has bought 100 per cent of Suomen Projektivuokraus (SPV) capital stock to create Finland’s largest rental company.

30.10.2003

Lavendon Group issue profits warning

The Lavendon group, Europe's largest powered access rental copmpany, today issued a downbeat trading statement warning of lower revenues in Germany and the UK for October.

28.10.2003

Hochtief CEO predicts end to 8-year crisis

Hans Peter Keitel, CEO of Germany's largest construction company. Hochtief, predicts an end to 8 years of recession in the German property and construction market.

28.10.2003

Ainscough takes first ever self-erector

Ainscough Crane Hire has taken delivery of its first ever self-erecting tower crane.

27.10.2003

Filter by year

Filter by topic

Most read

Cranes & Access

April/​May 2025
Vol. 27, Issue 2
Read Online Media pack