Adrian Baggot of ABBA Cranes in the UK spotted one of his old cranes, a Coles Hydra T 150 by the look of it, parked up on a street in Malta,
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German rental company Hess has taken delivery of an all electric Liebherr MK 140-5.1E mobile self-erecting tower crane
12.06.2026
Luxembourg based international rental company Mateco has opened a new facility in Lași, northeast Romania, its 11th location in the country
Canadian rental company Canlift has made a multimillion-dollar investment in 180 new booms, scissors and mast lifts, along with new Jekko cranes
CMC Lift UK is building a new showroom and training centre on its current site in Worthing, West Sussex
11.06.2026 1
Swiss rental company Interkran has ordered 18 new Raimondi flat top tower cranes for various projects across the country
11.06.2026
Stefan Weber has confirmed his move from Italian aerial lift manufacturer Socage to sister company CTE
A man working from a spider lift died yesterday after the boom of his machine came too close to overhead power lines near Reading, Pennsylvania
Turkish rental company Mert Vinç has taken delivery of a 300t LTM 1300-6.4 All Terrain crane
10.06.2026
Dutch international heavy lift and transport company Wagenborg Nedlift has taken delivery of a 250t Grove GMK5250XL-1
Irish rental company BP Hire (Boom & Platform Hire) has purchased three more Platform Basket spider lifts
Two men died and another was seriously injured when the ground gave way under the boom lift they were working from in Mexico, last Wednesday
10.06.2026 2
The second of several pictorial overviews from last week’s Apex trade show in Maastricht, the Netherlands
09.06.2026
We have received the sad news that former Grove senior vice president of engineering Gene Gardenhour has died
09.06.2026 1
Boom and trailer lift manufacturer Niftylift has launched MyNifty, an online support hub that brings together technical documentation and video guidance
Dutch crane and off road tyre supplier Magna Tyres has acquired Belgian company Forrez
Over the next few days we will publish a series of pictorial overviews of the Apex trade show held last week in Maastricht, the Netherlands
08.06.2026
Hiab is to acquire Canadian refuse collection vehicle manufacturer Labrie Environmental from Wynnchurch Capital
Spotted in Kalymnos, Greece, several men re-pointing a wall while balancing precariously on scaffold frames and wooden planks
05.06.2026 1
IPAF held its annual Women in Powered Access breakfast at Apex this week
05.06.2026
German crane & excavator manufacturer Atlas, currently in administration, looks set to be acquired by Buhler Versatile / Turkish group ASKO
Lithium battery pack manufacturer BSL Batt has appointed battery industry veteran David Chambers as head of global sales
Xtreme Telehandlers has appointed MGX Equipment Services as its distributor in Omaha, Nebraska
A student has died, while another was injured in an incident involving a truck mounted utility platform/bucket truck
