Irish rental company KDM Hire has been acquired by French international rental group Kiloutou
02.04.2026
Saudi Arabian rental company First Gulf Sky has taken delivery of three 120t Liebherr LTM 1120-4.1’s AT's
Belgian international crane and heavy lift company Sarens has appointed access industry veteran Stephan Kulawik as group rental commercial director
UK based crane and vacuum lifting equipment distributor GGR has come up with an interesting option to overcome the current fuel price spikes and potential energy shortages – Pedal Power
01.04.2026 2
A man died yesterday when he was struck by a load that dropped from an overhead crane in Carol Stream, on the west side of Greater Chicago
01.04.2026
IPAF has released the third video in its ‘Share Your Story’ safety series
Dome Auctions is hosting an online auction featuring tower crane generators
International lifting gear rental company LGH has taken delivery of a 1,500t Modulift spreader beam, nicknamed MegaMod
The next GIS exhibition - Giornate Italiane del Sollevamento - ‘Italian Lifting Days’ will be held in Parma
Italian low level aerial lift manufacturer Axolift has appointed Equipleva as a dealer for Portugal
31.03.2026
Dutch mobile self-erecting tower crane manufacturer Spierings has appointed D&T Machinery as its distributor for South Korea
Kalmar has appointed Katri Hokkanen as chief financial officer designate and is seeking a new president of operations
Dutch crane rental company Kuiphuis has acquired Van Marwijk Kraanverhuur
30.03.2026
Vertikal.net is celebrating 25 years. The world’s leading news site for cranes & access was launched just in time for Bauma 2001
30.03.2026 2
An Iranian drone struck an STS port crane at the Salalah container port in Oman on Saturday
Turkish rental company Doğu Kurtarma Vinç has taken delivery of a 300t Liebherr LTM 1300-6.4 All Terrain
UK tree care company Thor’s Trees has taken delivery of a 25 metre, 3.5t Multitel MZ 250 truck mounted lift
Two 10t Potain MCT 275 flat top tower cranes have been delivered to a hotel development in Tbilisi, Georgia
Tadano has updated its AI assistant feature ‘Hey Tadano’ with voice control functions and design changes
Logistics provider HHLA TK Estonia AS has ordered two Konecranes Rubber-Tired Gantry Cranes
28.03.2026
A tower crane operator had a lucky escape yesterday after her crane came down in strong winds in Dubbo, north west of Sydney, NSW, Australia
27.03.2026
Sinoboom has appointed Al-Jaber group member ASC as its exclusive distributor for Qatar
A 25ft Platform Basket tracked RR9/200 Road Rail self-propelled articulated boom lift has been used for railway maintenance operations in Japan
US training and certification organisation, the NCCCO Foundation has launched a ‘recruitment playbook’ to help employers in the crane industry
