UK based aerial lift rental company AFI-Uplift has appointed Les Wood as customer services manager of AFI Direct
29.05.2008
Tat Hong the Singapore based international crane sales and rental company has reported full year revenues up 33% with profits up 35%.
A crane tipped over in Pennsylvania yesterday after the ground under its outriggers gave way
New York City officials will no longer require that a buildings inspector be present when tower cranes are climbed.
28.05.2008
Bil-Jax has appointed H&E Equipment Services as a dealer for its trailer lifts and self propelled X-Boom range
Manitowoc’s acquisition of Enodis has moved closer with a revised implementation agreement.
Genie has appointed a new global general manager for the Genie boom lift line.
An All Terrain crane owned by the British army dumped its transmission oil on a busy Marlborough town centre street yesterday.
Ashtead, owner of Sunbelt and A-Plant and one of the world’s largest equipment rental companies, has seen a jump in its share price following takeover rumours.
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has reported full year numbers which show a 39% jump in revenues and almost 20% higher profits.
Speedy Hire, the UK’s largest equipment rental company has acquired the temporary accommodation business of Carillion Asset Management.
A Rough Terrain crane fell from an elevated ramp onto an open freeway in Lubbock Texas yesterday.
Skanska and Legoland UK recently used a 37 metre truck mounted lift to help build the world’s tallest tower made from Lego bricks
Loxam Denmark has purchased 10 UpRight SL30SL Speed Levels from Danish distributor KK Materiel.
Kranlyft has appointed Pragotechnik as the Maeda distributor for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
27.05.2008
The UK HSE has confirmed that it will prosecute WD Bennett’s for the Worthing tower crane accident in 2005.
WorkSafe of Western Australia has published a bulletin covering the hazards of crushing against overhead obstacles with aerial lifts.
A man is alive and well this morning after surviving a 20 metre fall after his aerial lift tipped over – His harness saved his life.
Two railway maintenance companies have been fined £240,000 each after admitting health and safety failures which led to the "unnecessary" death of a worker.
India’s Supreme Court has ruled that ‘knock-down’ second hand cranes imported for an oil refinery are exempt from mobile crane duty
26.05.2008
We bring the belated news that Roy Richards, the founder of crane hirer, Richards and Wallington and the UK’s National Motorcycle museum has died.
A 1968 Ruthmann lift mounted on a VW Combi chassis is being offered for sale on ebay.
TNT Crane & Rigging of Houston, Texas, has purchased the assets of Kuhn Crane Service of Corpus Christi, Texas.
JLG has appointed Aerial Parts, of Monterey, Mexico, a subsidiary of Grupo Ventumex, as its master parts distributor for Northern and Central Mexico.
