SIA Group is selling the entire fleet of UK rental company Quick Reach which is currently in administration. The first of ...

Dutch heavy lift specialist Mammoet has relocated a beach pavilion on Texel island in North Holland, the Netherlands, using Self-Propelled Modular Transporters (SPMTs). An SPMT on its way to move the ...

Irish American and Portuguese tower crane manufacturer Stafford Tower Cranes will unveil its new 20 tonne STL.257 luffing jib tower crane at Bauma next month. The new crane comes with a 60 metre jib ...

A man died on Friday in the town of Telde, due south of Las Palmas in Gran Canaria – the Canary Islands, after a loader crane dropped a pallet of blocks onto him as he stood and watched. The man was ...

Bahrain based Haji Hassan Cranes has taken delivery of three new Liebherr All Terrain cranes - an 180 tonne LTM 1160-5.2 and two 90 tonne LTM 1090-4.2s. The five axle LTM 1160-5.2 will fill a gap ...

Manitowoc will launch two new hybrid All Terrain cranes - the 150 tonne Grove GMK5150L-1e and GMK5150XLe - which will make their debut at Bauma in Munich in early April. The GMK5150L-1e features a 60 ...

We have received the sad news that UK access industry veteran Neil Waldron has died. He passed away on Monday May the 26th following a period of ill health, he was 76. As far as we know Neil Waldron ...

One of our readers - and winner of our front cover competition, congratulations Harry! - has told us of another scam email circulating within the lifting and access industry. The fraudulent message ...

German rental company Meykratec Hebetechnik has taken delivery of a 41ft Platform Basket RR14 EVO3-400 road rail boom lift from distributor Kunze. The platform marks a milestone for Kunze as it is its ...

In Australia the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CMFEU) has started a series of strikes of crane related staff, including operators, at the Golden Plains wind farm project in ...

German rental company Spallek has taken delivery of a 300 tonne Liebherr LTM 1300-6.3 All Terrain crane with a handover at the manufacturer's plant in Ehingen. The six axle, single engine crane ...

Loader crane manufacturer Hiab has reported its first quarter as a standalone company, with slightly lower sales but improved profitability. Pre-tax profit was the best news of the quarter, improving ...