Lift boat/jack up barge capsizes with 12 feared dead, including at least one crane operator. UPDATED
15.04.2021
A boom lift being transported on a trailer struck and badly damaged a bridge yesterday on the I-87 in north of Albany, New York
Merlo has topped out its agricultural range with a heavy duty 8.8 metre/6.5 tonne TF65.9TCS170-HF telehandler
Snorkel UK has appointed Scott McCall as business development manager, ‘net zero specialist’ and sales manager North West
15.04.2021 5
Snorkel has appointed South African sales company Hi-Reach Manlift as is national distributor
14.04.2021
Valla has launched a new compact 3.6 tonne V36R battery powered pick & carry crane
Scottish crane rental company Forsyth of Denny is taking delivery of six Liebherr All Terrain cranes
UK rental company Steve Foster Cranes has taken delivery of a 13 tonne Kato CR-130Rf city type All Terrain crane
The latest Sunday Times BDO Profit Track 100 report lists UK telehandler company Ardent Hire in 16th place
The German partner of spider lift manufacturer CMC - CMC Arbeitsbühnen - has appointed Wolfgang Gärtner Baumaschinen as a dealer
JCB has launched new Stage V versions of its fixed frame telehandlers for the European market
13.04.2021
UK rental company EMY Plant Hire has taken delivery of a Faresin 6.26 full electric telehandler.
The Conbit subsidiary of Mammoet has opened an Asia Pacific hub in Malaysia
Nigerian contractor Bulet International has taken the first 90 tone Liebherr LRT 1090-2.1 Rough Terrain crane in the country.
Tadano has announced the new RT cranes for its re-entry into the European Rough Terrain market
12.04.2021 1
UK based Bennetts Cranes has installed a Raimondi LR 213 luffing jib tower crane with a free standing tower height of 105 metres
UK based Smart Platform Rental has added a 56 metre Bronto Skylift S56-XR to its big truck mounted platform fleet
12.04.2021
International energy supplier EDF has taken delivery of a Potain MCT 58 tower crane on the island of La Reunion
Dubai based crane rental company SVEA has taken delivery of a 250 tonne Demag AC 250-5 All Terrain crane
09.04.2021
We have only just learnt this week of a fatal crane incident that occurred in Sydney, Australia in late January
The IPAF CAP - Competent Assessed Person programme - has been adapted for mast climbers and hoists.
Palfinger has confirmed CPL as its sole aerial work platform distributor in the UK
08.04.2021 1
Dutch sales and rental company Metzo Machinery has taken delivery of four Unic spider cranes and become a dealer
08.04.2021
The first 250 tonne Liebherr LR 1250.1 electric crawler crane in the UK has been handed over to Select Plant Hire