Dutch international heavy lifting and moving contractor Mammoet has set up a new Japanese subsidiary, Mammoet Japan
02.09.2026
German hoist manufacturer Geda has announced what it claims is a “groundbreaking innovation for transporting people and materials on construction sites.”
01.09.2026 2
B&P Hire has taken the first 48ft Sinoboom AB15ERJN narrow aisle electric boom lift in Ireland, along with several slab electric scissor lifts
01.09.2026
Chinese construction equipment manufacturer XCMG has unveiled the first part of what it claims will be the world’s first 14,000 tonne ring mounted crane
Swiss contractor Streule + Alder has taken delivery of an SK487-AT3 City Boy self-erecting mobile tower crane, its first Spierings crane
01.09.2026 1
Welsh rental company Miles Hire South Wales has taken delivery of four 19ft Snorkel S3219 Plus scissor lifts
UK rental company GT Lifting Solutions has taken delivery of the world's first 40m/8,000kg Manitou MRT 4080 360 degree telehandlers
31.08.2026
Virginia based W.O. Grubb Crane Rental has appointed Ted Redmond as CEO, Dustin Fisher as CFO, and Michael Good as senior vice president operations
Most of the UK, where the majority of our English language team is based, has a public holiday on Monday, the last one until Christmas
28.08.2026
A man was seriously injured earlier this week when he was thrown from an overturning boom lift in the foothills of the Alps, south of Bolzano, Italy
UK rental company OTE Lifting has taken delivery of a 6t Böcker AK46/6000 truck crane
US based Sims Crane & Equipment has appointed Katie MacGillivary as chief financial officer
UK rental company Select Plant Hire has placed a £5 million order for JCB equipment, including telehandlers
A man was electrocuted on Tuesday while pruning trees from an aerial work platform in the Ahuntsic district of Montreal, Canada
27.08.2026
German rental company Richard Kölch & Sohn has taken a 60t Liebherr LTM 1060-3.1 All Terrain, replacing an older model
Australian crane rental & heavy haulage company WA Universal has taken delivery of a 40t Franna AT40-2 pick & carry crane
Sunward has appointed Wolfgang Jentsch as European service manager for aerial work platforms and telehandlers
Virgina based JK Technology Services has acquired crane & rigging company 360 Rigging of Manassas, Virginia
The gates open two weeks from today on what will be the biggest and hopefully the best Vertikal Days so far!
26.08.2026
German sales and rental company Kunze has expanded its dealership agreement with Magni to cover additional territory in Austria and Germany
UK rental company E.J. McGovern has taken delivery of the first 20t pewag levo load balancer in the UK
We have received the sad news that Stephanie Lacombe, co-founder and ‘matriarch’ of Lacombe Crane & Rigging in Houston, Texas, has died
A tower crane working on the new ArcelorMittal headquarters in Kirchberg/Luxembourg dropped its load from 60m onto an EU convention centre
A judgement has been handed down by a court in Melbourne, Australia for a fatal overhead crushing incident that involved the disabling of an anti-entrapment device
25.08.2026
