A UK review of health & safety regulations recommends substantial cuts including scrapping the Tower Crane register.
29.11.2011
Kaj Hoffmann, one of the pioneers of powered access rental in Sweden, has died aged 69, following a short illness.
UK Forks the telehandler rental company, owned by Vp, has reported a strong first half for revenues and profits.
29.11.2011 1
Finnish based crane company Havator Group has appointed Kristian Nummelin as as technical director.
28.11.2011
Two men were injured yesterday after their scissor lift suffered a structural failure in Mansfield, Connecticut.
Palfinger is to buy back up to nine percent of its publicly traded shares over the next three years.
US based crane manufacturer Link Belt has appointed Jeff Horan, previously product associate, as technical trainer
ALL Erection & Crane Rental has added 18 new Link-Belt and five Grove cranes to its fleet.
Harley Bird, daughter of GGR Unic’s joint owner Gill Riley, has won a Bafta award for performer.
Hawker Pacific Singapore has ordered a Valla 75E pick and carry crane for aircraft maintenance.
Liebherr has released details of a new crane that serves as both an offshore and mobile harbour crane.
Levelling a boom was the subject of a report last week, and here's another, sent in by a reader in the UK.
27.11.2011 1
Be careful where you park your telehandler a photo from a New York shows what can happen otherwise.
25.11.2011
Six men died yesterday in Lahore, Pakistan, when a crane contacted an overhead power line.
Terex Crane's Moroccan distributor Vemat has delivered three new Terex AC 40 Optimax All Terrain cranes.
Margarete Haase, a director of Deutz, has been voted 'Female Manager of the Year' by FT Deutschland.
UK based access rental company AFI-Uplift has been awarded ‘Investors In People silver status.
24.11.2011
UK based rental company Hewden has opened a new depot in Southampton, close to the M27 motorway.
The latest issue of Cranes & Access is now on line and available to read or download.
Italian spider lift manufacturer Hinowa has introduced a new automatic RPM control on its 14 to 19m models.
A man died in Lara, Victoria, Australia. yesterday after falling around 13 to 15 metres from an aerial lift.
Fassi is introducing a new more user friendly interface for its loader cranes based on smart phone technology.
Bavarian based sales and rental company Josef Siegl has ordered its 1,000 UpRight/Snorkel lift.
German aerial lift producer H.A.B has agreed a partnership with the Rent & Rise division of Acarlar Makíne.
23.11.2011
