Steve Shaughnessy will stand down as president of IPAF at the AGM next week in favour of Wayne Lawson of JLG
08.04.2011
A large boat being loaded onto a larger ship in Galway harbour, Ireland, was dropped yesterday after the lifting slings broke.
08.04.2011 1
Sagard has sold its stake in French rental company Kiloutou to PAI partners in a deal that values the business at €535 million.
07.04.2011
Mammoet is adding the Grove GCK3045 'city' type AT and a six axle GMK6300L crane to its UK fleet.
French based general rental company Kiloutou has opened a new location in Orange, near Avignon.
Terex AWP/Genie has appointed Adam Rimmer as vice president of customer services for the Americas.
Palfinger has announced three new cranes in its High Performance range, the PK 20001, PK 20001-K and PK 23001-EH.
North east-based Warren Access has added two Oil & Steel Scorpion 1812 lorry mounted platforms to its fleet
Penny + Giles, the joystick and solenoid manufacturer has integrated the industrial solenoid manufacturer Mechetronics
07.04.2011 1
Bishop’s Stortford-based Rapid Platforms has recently invested in eco-friendly equipment
Bravi UK is offering 1% finance on BlueLift spiders, this and other funding initiatives, could help overcome tight lending.
06.04.2011
This year’s Vertikal Days is shaping up to be biggest ever, with more exhibitors, more visitors and more space.
German based truck mounted aerial lift manufacturer Ruthmann, has appointed Time Danmark as its distributor.
Snapped earlier this week a man carrying out safety checks on Southwest Airlines grounded planes from a boom lift.
05.04.2011 1
NFT the Abu Dhabi based tower crane company has taken delivery of a new Potain MDT 268 tower crane.
05.04.2011
Manitowoc has delivered two of its new 300 tonne GMK6300L to Al-Mesallam crane rental of Saudi Arabia.
A man working on the top of a mobile crane was injured yesterday in Tempe, Arizona and had to be rescued.
Luxembourg-based metal fabrication and rental company Ameco has taken delivery of a 60 tonne JMG MC600.
UK based crane rental company Baldwins has taken delivery of a 500 tonne Liebherr LTM 1500-8.1
Lavendon Access Services of the UK has been named as the UK’s best access or scaffolding supplier in 2011.
TPA Portable Roadways has appointed Terry Mead as projects director and Helena MacVarish as projects manager Scotland.
Tanfield owner of Snorkel has reported a flat 2010 with a strong pick up at the start of 2011.
A reader from the UK came across an old steam crane in Manchester and wonders if anyone has any information on it.
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Two men spotted working on railway overhead maintenance in Holland – where to begin?
04.04.2011
