UK rental company Quick Reach Powered Access has entered administration having struggled with its debts, and a series of unfortunate events
08.05.2025
A young mother from southern England suffered fatal injuries when crane equipment struck her while walking with her two-year-old daughter
02.05.2025
A UK police force has raised a potential issue regarding obstructed vision caused by a hook block attached to the front bumper pintle hook
01.05.2025 10
A senior manager responsible for lifting operations at Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK, was dismissed following an investigation into bribery allegations
24.04.2025 2
Manitowoc has filed an anti-dumping petition alleging that Japanese manufacturer Kobelco has been selling cranes in the US below cost
11.04.2025 3
A lawsuit filed by AXG Roofing in Chicago, claims United Rentals and four or more competitors, collaborated to fix rental rates with data provided by Rouse analytics
04.04.2025
The HSE has written to manufacturers and suppliers regarding the isolation of controls on aerial work platforms
19.02.2025 1
US crane manufacturer Manitowoc has reached an agreement to settle alleged violations relating to the Clean Air Act
19.12.2024
Hong Kong has implemented a requirement for all aerial lifts working on construction sites be fitted with a secondary guarding device
UK tower crane company Falcon, has been acquitted of health & safety charges resulting from a fatal crane incident in 2017
19.11.2024 2
The European Commission has published its ‘Definitive’ ruling on the tariff levels that it proposes to apply to aerial work platforms made in China UPDATED
09.11.2024 2
US Customs and Border Protection has launched a formal investigation into Sinoboom North America
15.10.2024 3
UK port operator A&P Falmouth has been fined over £750,000 for a crane incident that occurred in 2017.
14.10.2024
Tadano and its employees have reached an agreement on the future of the Zweibrücken facilities, with employees returning to work this morning.
02.10.2024
At the inquest into the fatal Liverpool mastclimber incident the jury was told that the pinion shafts on both drive motors fractured and then failed UPDATED
19.09.2024
The inquest has started into the death of David and Clayton Bottomley in the UK after their mastclimber dropped 14 floors
18.09.2024
A serious boom lift loading incident in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 2022, has now come to court
16.09.2024
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
