The UK Health and Safety Executive – HSE – has said that it will prosecute Falcon Tower Cranes for the fatal crane overturn in 2017 STATEMENT ADDED
02.10.2023 4
Japanese crane manufacturer Tadano has reached a $43.2 million settlement with the U.S. EPA and Department of Justice
01.09.2023
The tower cranes owned by bankrupt UK contractor Henry are to be sold off this week
02.08.2023
A family involved in a tower crane incident in the UK in 2020 is suing the companies that it believes are responsible
10.07.2023
ESTA has written to the German government and EU, requesting urgent action to resolve the crisis facing heavy transport and road permits in Germany
20.06.2023 1
Tower cranes on several London sites are standing idle due to non payment by a large UK contractor
02.06.2023
South Korea is investigating a large number of tower crane operators for illegally withholding or slowing work in order to exract extra cash
12.04.2023 1
The inquest into the fatal crushing incident at a recycling centre in St Helens, UK in 2019 was held last week, shedding light on what actually happened
27.03.2023 1
An Australian crane company has been fined $400,000 following a fatal incident in 2018 caused by a missing split pin
07.03.2023 2
A court in Saudi Arabia has found the Saudi Binladin Group guilty of negligence relating to the 2015 crane overturn in Mecca, which killed 111
02.03.2023
JLG has settled with Niftylift over the latter's patent infringment complaint
13.02.2023
Tanfield the previous owner of Snorkel has amended its legal claim against the current owners pushing it into 2024
07.02.2023
Oliver Arnold - the owner of Quinto Crane Hire in the UK until it went into administration last year - has been arrested, charged and held on remand
02.02.2023
A new 250 tonne All Terrain crane belonging to Australian rental company Century Cranes was vandalised over the weekend
31.01.2023 3
Rental companies in Germany have received requests not to supply equipment for the demolition of Lützerath, NRW to make way for a coal mine expansion
09.01.2023
UK company Tanfield has won a $4.5 million settlement from Foulston Siefkin, its US lawyers in the sale of Snorkel to Ahern
17.10.2022 3
Several people have been arrested after a family of five was killed when a crane dropped its load on their car in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Monday Updated
18.08.2022
Manitowoc has confirmed Jennifer Peterson, as executive vice president, general counsel and company secretary
08.08.2022
Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court has ordered a re-trial of those accused in the fatal crane incident on September 2015, which killed 111 people
27.07.2022
The UK Patents Court ruled today that Manitou did infringe JCB’s stability control patent for telehandlers
05.07.2022 1
The investigation and legal process involving the fatal overturn of a Genie Z-135/70 in the UK in 2013 has been concluded
05.07.2022 3
US aerial lift manufacturer MEC has been granted N. American and European patents for its LCS - Leak Containment System
27.06.2022
A court has ruled that Mammoet’s action against Huisman's 3,000t ringer was illegal
29.04.2022
Crane manufacturer Manitowoc is the latest company to issue a statement on its activities in Russia
01.04.2022
