Spotted by an avid reader, a BBC TV programme on the cleaning of St Pauls Cathedral, London in 1965, not a hard hat, toe board or Hi-Viz in sight
29.05.2026
UK crane company City Lifting has taken the very first 8t ArticCrane City Luffer CL180
After much delay - from us - here are Tadano's 2025 numbers, just as it reports its first quarter!
UK rental company 24/7 Crane Hire has taken delivery of a 230t Liebherr LTM 1230-5.1 All Terrain
Van & truck mounted lift manufacturer Aldercote has set up Aldercote Ireland a JV with MPE
German rental company Buller Krane has taken delivery of a 120t Grove GMK5120L All Terrain
28.05.2026
Finnish spider lift manufacturer Leguan Lifts is investing €10 million in a new production facility
Italian telehandler manufacturer Faresin has signed a “strategic partnership” agreement with French Caterpillar distributor Bergerat Monnoyeur
Dutch manufacturing company PVE Cranes has confirmed the appointment of Atlantic Coast Cranes & Machinery as distributor for North America
Dutch maritime heavy lift and transport company Jumbo has ordered two new heavy lift vessels, each equipped with two 1,200t Huisman heavy lift cranes
27.05.2026
Indian sales and rental company MTandT Rental, has announced a new logo, record revenues, new private equity funding and ambitious capex plans
Malaysian rental group Ban Ngai has ordered 2,500 Noblelift scissor lifts, having also confirmed an order for 500 boom lifts from Sinoboom
We have received a number of conflicting reports regarding a fatal incident, possibly involving a crane in The Dawn, near Gympie, north of Brisbane in Queensland
A man has died after contacting overhead power lines while trimming trees in Wauconda, on the north side of Chicago
A man has died after coming into contact with overhead power lines in Staffordsville, Kentucky, on Friday
26.05.2026
Loxam is to acquire a majority stake in Brazil's leading aerial lift rental company, Mills Locação, Serviços e Logística
Ghana’s BAJ Freight and Logistics has purchased a new 100t Liebherr LTM 1100-5.3 All Terrain
UK rental and training company Astley Hire is celebrating 60 years in business
25.05.2026
A man died last week after he was pulled from the platform he was working from in Marshall County, Alabama
We have received the sad news that construction and rental industry publisher, ARA director and publisher of Rental Management magazine, Ken Hughes has died
Spotted a couple of weeks ago at the Lidl store in Dartford, Kent, UK, a couple of men working on a display sign with an expensive form of access
22.05.2026
It’s a long weekend in the countries where our English language writers are based - the UK and the USA.
We have received the sad news that crane veteran Alan Charlesworth, formerly of Grove International, Krupp, Eurocrane Sales and Terex Cranes UK has died
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German crane rental company Markewitsch has taken a new 45t Tadano AC 3.045-1 City
