US rental company Herc Rentals has appointed former RSC CEO Erik Olsson to its board of directors
08.10.2026
US based Patriot Crane & Rigging has taken delivery of its first 250t Tadano AC 5.250L-2 All Terrain
We have received the sad news that UK crane industry veteran George Davis has died
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On Tuesday a mobile self-erecting tower crane collapsed on a site in Ipsach, Biel/Bienne in the Swiss canton of Bern, with the jib coming down across a railway line and a road
Turkish owned US based aerial lift and telehandler company AXCS has appointed Nic Dykman as southeast regional sales manager
Platformers Days opens its doors in Karlsruhe, Germany, today. A team from Vertikal was on site yesterday for the build up
German rental company Wiesecker has taken delivery of 20 Socage truck mounted platforms
07.10.2026
UK rental company AW Plant Services has taken delivery of the UK’s first 150t SAC1500E All Terrain crane
US rental and sales company Kitchen's Crane & Equipment has taken delivery of a 400t Enerpac hydraulic gantry and a 15t Hoist forklift plus a Scheuerle SPMT
TMTO, a maritime operator serving the Tuamotu archipelago in French Polynesia has ordered a 60t Liebherr LS-C 60 hydraulic luffing ship crane
Yama Saha - owner of German access equipment dealer Sahalift - has acquired the name, trademark and intellectual property rights of insolvent Danish aerial work platform manufacturer Ommelift
06.10.2026
A man died after coming into contact with overhead power lines while using an aerial work platform at a food processing plant in La Calera, near Valparaiso northwest of Santiago, Chile
The deadline for this year's Cranes & Access UK & Ireland Top Rental Fleet report is fast approaching - make sure you don't miss out!
Foster Cranes has been appointed as exclusive UK dealer for Zoomlion mobile cranes
The Port of Helsingborg in Sweden has ordered its first two Kalmar all electric reachstackers
The port of Gaum was forced to take three of its ship-to-shore gantry cranes out of service this week, after they were damaged in high winds
Loader crane manufacturer Hiab has introduced an updated version of its ProCare service agreements, adding remote monitoring and diagnostics
Italian rental group Mollo has taken a majority stake in Ruini Marco group, a rental and equipment sales company based in Scandiano, northern Italy
05.10.2026
UK industrial move contractor Mechanical Movements has taken two new Jekko spider cranes, a 2.8t SPX328 Evo and a 3.2t SPX532.2
IPAF has launched a Toolbox Talk on the safe use of aerial work platforms by arborists
Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has started shipping its new 445/95R25 V-Steel Highway Service 3 tyre for All Terrain and truck cranes
03.10.2026
Uperio UK has appointed Adrian Hawkins as managing director, he joins the company from Wolffkran where he was sales director
02.10.2026
TVH has appointed Andrea Manenti as regional director for the UK & Ireland, and promoted Robert Jamison to general sales manager for all of Ireland
Turkish crane rental company Yunuslar Vinç has taken delivery of a 300t Liebherr LTM 1300-6.4 All Terrain
