Cargotec, owner of Hiab loader cranes, will book a €26 million restructuring charge for 2012.
22.01.2013
We have received a photo taken at the site of a building going up in California that is being filmed for TV
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US based aerial lift manufacturer MEC Aerial Work Platforms has built the last of its 3772 RT scissor lifts.
21.01.2013
A man has died after falling from an aerial work platform that was struck by an overhead crane in Germany.
At a height of 138 metres, the world’s largest quay cranes have set sail for the London Gateway container port.
Manitowoc is set to launch the new three axle Grove GMK3060 AT crane at Bauma.
A record-breaking 60,000 candidates were trained last year at PASMA approved training centres.
A five axle All Terrain crane has overturned on a construction site in Lilleakerveien, Oslo, Norway.
A regular reader in San Diego, California has sent in a couple of examples of dangerous ladder use.
20.01.2013
Strong winds in Montreal over the weekend caused the jib of a large mobile crane to contact a high rise building
A Terex TC2800-1 will remove the damaged tower crane on St Georges Tower, Vauxhall, London. UPDATED
18.01.2013
Kevin Bellis, owner and MD of UK based Atrium Access has passed away, following a battle with cancer
The Access Alliance of independently owned UK rental companies, held its first meeting of 2013 this week.
John King of Nifty Australia, has entered the Yukon Quest 300 and Percy 200 dog sled races in Canada.
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Today’s Death Wish is an unusual one that involves working at height in 1924 and a female mechanic.
G.W. Van Keppel has been named Sany America crane dealer for Arkansas and Southern Illinois.
The 20,000th photograph was added to the Vertikal.Net database yesterday
17.01.2013
A Rough Terrain crane overturned at a reservoir in Louisville, Kentucky yesterday.
Lifting Gear Hire (LGH) has opened a new warehouse in Tucker, Georgia, its 16th in the USA.
The first IPAF UK regional meeting of the year will be held on February 7th in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Finnish based Havator has added seven Grove cranes, including the first RT9130E Rough Terrain crane in Europe.
Niftylift has developed a simple cut out and warning anti-entrapment device for its HR12 boom lift.
16.01.2013
German rental company MA-BO has taken delivery of the first 54 metre Ruthmann T540 truck mounted lift.
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The UK’s largest crane rental company Ainscough has appointed Chris Beeton as head of field sales.
