The National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators has launched its Rigger Level II certification.
15.09.2010
When Richard Allsop was married in August, the wedding car was an 80 tonne Tadano Faun crane.
A mother and daughter have died and 3 others injured after a mast climber collapsed in Liege, Belgium.
The latest issue of Cranes & Access is now on line and available to read or download.
UK based One Stop Hire has opened a new location in Widnes, Cheshire, its largest location to date.
14.09.2010
A 20 ton RT crane tumbled into the water at Esperance port in Western Australia at the weekend.
Suspended platform specialist - Spider, has appointed Frank Roberts as district sales representative in St Louis.
An Elliott 30105R boom truck with work platform, crane and rock drill has gone to work 470m underground.
Three people were injured yesterday after a steel beam fell onto a boom lift in New Haven Connecticut.
13.09.2010
A crane operator had a lucky escape today after a piling rig broke free and smashed into his cab.
The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has appointed three new directors to its board.
JLG has won a $40 million contract to supply 280 telehandlers to the US Marines,
Kranlyft has appointed MiniCrane Co as the new Maeda distributor for Russia.
10.09.2010
UK based Specialist Crane Hire has taken delivery of a new Grove GMK5110-1 this week.
Australian based Stephensons Cranes has been fined A$65,000 and ordered to publicise the facts of the case
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A number of train passengers were injured yesterday in Hong Kong when a Rough Terrain crane tipped over.
09.09.2010
Ritchie Brothers is selling around 75 mobile cranes next week at is Ocaña, location in Spain.
A new crane operator training company has been established in the UK this summer, IS Training of Preston.
A fire broke out at a steel plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana after a crane touched overhead power lines yesterday.
A reader in Northern Ireland captured a mobile electrician at work on a set of lights around four metres up. His access methods were precarious to say the least.
08.09.2010
21 employees of JLG Europe helped raise funds in the Ride for the Roses cycling event in Holland.
Tanfield owner of Snorkel is to sell 20 million new shares in an open offer in order to raise funds for working capital.
Vertikal.net is now operating on a different server hopefully you will notice an improvement in the speed.
07.09.2010
We have received the sad news that ex Genie Europe manager Malcolm Cardy passed away on Sunday.
