A massive gantry crane at the Odense shipyard in Denmark ran away in strong winds on Sunday, smashing into two other cranes.
11.11.2008
A tower crane operating in Charlotte, North Carolina dropped a load of steel beams yesterday, one of which landed on the roof of a school bus.
Finnish based international rental company Cramo has reported nine month revenues up by over 23%, while profits climbed 7%.
Tanfield, owner of Snorkel and UpRight has appointed a new nominated advisor and broker and taken the opportunity to release a trading update.
Access Hire Nationwide, the UK based van mounted lift rental company has ordered Aldercote lifts on LDV vans.
10.11.2008
Genie has appointed David Brotherton as product manager for its articulating boom lift range.
The ARA, AED and AEM are urging the United States Senate and House of Representatives to take action to pass a package to help the equipment industry.
A man died yesterday on a construction site in Chelmsford, UK, some reports blame a concrete panel falling from a crane, while others a scaffold accident.
Link Belt has appointed Columbus Equipment as its distributor for all of Ohio and selected counties in Kentucky and Indiana.
UK based contractor Sir Robert McAlpine was charged £3,800 in fines and costs last week for breaching noise regulations with an aerial lift.
UK rental company M&M, has taken delivery of a new 140t Terex-Demag AC120-1
There are only a couple of days left to place a recruitment advert in the next Cranes & Access/Vertikal.net
Crane and access manufacturer Palfinger has reported nine month revenues up by more than 20%, while profitability slips.
Baton Rouge based rental company H&E has reported nine month revenues up over 13 percent, while profits slipped 10 percent.
09.11.2008
Two BT engineers (UK) were stuck some 15 metres up for over an hour last week after their boom lift broke down.
The boom of a crawler crane working on the Dubai Metro collapsed onto the Sheikh Zayed Road causing traffic chaos yesterday.
We have received a quantity of photographs of a Mantis crawler crane that went over but do not know where and when.
08.11.2008
The boom of a crawler crane collapsed at a plant in Kansas after the operator over luffed it – safety switches may have been bypassed?
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has announced the first international awards aimed specifically at the access industry.
07.11.2008
Ramirent, the Finnish based international rental company has posted nine month revenues up almost 17%, while profits dipped 18%.
Manitou has reported sales of over €1 billion for the nine months to the end of September, almost 7% up on 2007
IPS the UK based international parts and service company has officially announced the opening of IPS Espana, a joint venture with Spanish manufacturer Matilsa.
06.11.2008
ANAPAT the Spanish aerial lift rental association held an extraordinary general meeting today to discuss the deteriorating market in Spain.
The first two German rental companies to buy Matilsa self propelled booms were in Zaragoza today to see their units on the production line.
