London, UK, based recycling company Veolia ES (UK) has been fined £3 million, plus £60,000 in costs, following a fatal incident almost five years ago involving a boom lift
26.07.2024 2
Oliver Arnold, former owner of UK rental company Quinto Cranes has skipped the country and received a 10 year prison sentence in his absence
19.07.2024 3
Three men were arrested after 3,000kg of cocaine was discovered in a crane at the port of Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
02.07.2024 6
The EU has issued its initial findings into the complaint that Chinese manufacturers have been selling aerial work platforms in Europe at ‘dumping’ prices
17.06.2024 5
In the UK the CPA has written a letter of appeal to the secretary of state for transport regarding the implemantion of movement embargos for cranes and heavy equipment
14.05.2024
Finland’s public prosecutor has decided to press criminal charges against Hiab board member Tapio
03.04.2024
An Italian court has ruled that Manitou Italia infringed a patent held by Magni Telescopic Handlers
05.03.2024
Crane manufacturer Tadano will close its plant in Wallerscheid, Zweibrücken and expand production at its other plants - Updated
15.02.2024
UK rental company Nationwide Platforms, part of Loxam, has been fined £900,000 following a fatal scissor lift incident in 2021
03.01.2024 7
The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation has served an improvement notice on Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure
19.12.2023
Manitou and JCB have called a truce in their legal battle over patent infringements
08.12.2023
UK rental company GAP has won an appeal against the UK’s tax authority - HMRC - over VAT on diesel supplied in its equipment
Alloy tower manufacturer Instant UpRight has cancelled its distribution agreements with Zip-Up Svenska and Instant Norge
28.11.2023
Following requests from JCB, the UK Trade Remedies Authority has opened two investigations into imports of excavators from China
16.11.2023 1
Two French aerial work platform manufacturers have acknowledged the opening of an ‘anti-dumping’ investigation by the European Commission
13.11.2023 9
The UK HSE is taking over the investigation into the explosion at the Teesworks in 2019 which killed two men in a truck mounted platform
10.10.2023
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