An 800 tonne ship-building crane undergoing repairs in Kobe, collapsed on Saturday, killing three and injuring four others.
27.08.2007
London Tower Service has taken the first batch of JLG 1230ES taking its fleet to more than 100.
25.08.2007
Lloyd Spalding is to retire as president of Skyjack in the new year.
24.08.2007
Steve Vickary apprentice service engineer at The Platform Company has won two first place and a runner up award in the UK national Apprentice Awards.
A 100 ft dock crane on the banks of the Tyne collapsed following an electrical fire
'Tai Sun' gantry crane being built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China claims to be worlds largest.
The ninth Platformer Days has opened in Hohenroda, Germany, today with a record number of exhibitors and fine weather.
Manitowoc has announced that it has acquired a plant in Slovakia that will begin assembling cranes later this year.
23.08.2007
An 80 tonne Tadano-Faun ATF 80-4 recently paid a visit to Buckingham palace in London
The first of the new Skyjack booms to come to Europe have been delivered in the UK and already entered service.
Venture Access Services has supplied access machines for this weekend's Reading Festival.
A man has been injured when the telehandler he was operating toppled over in Sutton Coldfield.
Layher UK has significantly expanded its Letchworth premises and the inventory that it carries.
Ross Hogan is to be presented with the first life membership award from Australia’s EWPA for services to the aerial lift industry.
22.08.2007
A man died and another is seriously injured after a limb they cut from a tree touched power cables.
The CPA, the UK’s equipment rental association has confirmed that it will hold its annual Crane Interests Group open meeting at Vertikal Days.
21.08.2007
Omega lift and HTN has moved into its new premises in De Lier, Holland
A crane swung into a power line cutting electricity to more than a quarter of Oslo.
20.08.2007
Hewden has appointed Stephen Cormack as the company’s head of strategic accounts.
Two men in Kentucky were crushed while removing a lattice crane boom section.
A telehandler operator was shocked last week when the slope he was climbing caused his lift to roll backwards down the hill.
Finnish based rental company Cramo has reported first half sales up 24% while profits have leapt by over 70%.
19.08.2007
One of our readers sent us a link to a new sport - Ladder racing!
Crane maker Liebherr has confirmed 2006 revenues of almost €6.5 billion, roughly €2.2 billion from cranes.
18.08.2007
