Liverpool-based Sutch Crane Hire has taken delivery of a new Spierings mobile tower crane.
27.07.2011
Six Greenpeace activists have been arrested after climbing a crane at an inner Sydney construction site.
Manitowoc Crane has reported half year crane revenues up 16% while profits were static on an improved backlog.
German based crane rental company Schlamann Autokrane has taken delivery of two new Liebherr cranes.
26.07.2011
UK-based powered access rental company GT Access Ltd has acquired the assets of Stoke-based Swift Access.
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Cargotec, owner of Hiab and Kalmar is taking legal action against SweFrame Port Equipment of Sweden for information theft.
Brazilian multi-national energy and oil production company Petrobras is evaluating the IPAF operator training course.
The HSE in the UK could charge health and safety offenders £133 an hour to cover the cost of investigating offences.
Manitowoc cranes has appointed a new general manager and sales director for Australia and New Zealand.
Canadian sales and rental company Strongco will be the exclusive dealer for Jekko cranes in Canada.
Yesterday’s Death Wish with a skip prompted one from Texas of a man in a bucket and one on forks.
25.07.2011
A UK County Council has been fined £22,000 after a loader crane hit a 20,000 volt overhead power line.
Cargotec, owner of Hiab and Kalmar is to form a joint venture with Jiangsu Rainbow Heavy Industries in China.
Bronto’s new camera cage/platform was in action this weekend in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
UK based Speedy Hire has appointed Lynn Krige as group finance director, she takes up her role in October.
Scottish based crane and logistics company, Port Services Group has taken delivery of a 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1.
24.07.2011
US rental company RSC has reported first half revenues up 23.6% as it returns to profit in second quarter.
Taken with a phone camera last week, a photo of a serial offender who mistakes a skip on a telehandler for a platform
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Two men were trapped in a trailer lift for half an hour yesterday in Miami after it contacted overhead power lines and caught fire.
23.07.2011 1
We have learnt of a tragic crane accident on a wind farm in South America, in Brazil last week.
22.07.2011
Italian access and telehandler rental company Nacanco has opened two major new purpose built facilities.
The Industrial & Terminal division of Cargotec has reported a 37 percent improvement in first half revenues
Finnish based Dinolift will unveil its first fully self-propelled boom lift at APEX in September.
A 27 year old Chinese man who climbed a 30 metre crane was jailed for five weeks for criminal trespass
