Netherlands based Lift-Tex has appointed UK lifting equipment specialist Hendrik Veder Group UK as distributor for its Extreema slings ...

If you thought that our earlier post regarding bad practice was a little tame, take a look at another picture received this week. Taken in Swansea, Wales, two men working on a chimney from a very long ...

Scottish crane rental company Sarens PSG has taken delivery of a 250 tonne Liebherr LTM 1250-5.1 All Terrain crane at its new headquarters in Aberdeen. The five axle LTM 1250-5.1 features a six ...

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 ...

Crane rigging equipment manufacturer Kito Crosby/Harrington has launched a new air powered trolley hoist for hazardous environments. The new trolley hoist The Harrington TCEM-IIB combines the ...

The UK’s Health & Safety Executive has written to IPAF withdrawing the wording in a letter it sent to manufacturers in late January which seemed to issue a mandate regarding Emergency Stop buttons on ...

Liebherr will extend its 'unplugged' crawler crane range with the 300 tonne battery powered LR 1300.2 SX at Bauma in April. The new crane features a 438kW electric motor and a 392kWh battery pack, ...

Terex has donated a Genie telehandler to housing charity Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County, Connecticut, to support work building homes for low-income families. The handover took place ...

Four men died and six were badly injured on Tuesday morning when a bridge launching girder crane collapsed while working on the construction of the Cheongnyongcheon Bridge, part of the new ...

Italian crane manufacturer Fassi and Swedish steel producer SSAB have agreed a supply partnership for fossil free steel for Fassi's truck mounted cranes. The agreement builds on an existing ...

Irish rental company Liffey Crane Hire has taken delivery of three new Unic spider cranes, one URW-295-2 and two URW-376s - following its partnership in 2023. The URW-376 has a maximum capacity of 2.9 ...

German diesel engine manufacturer Hatz has appointed Robert Hapfelmeier as chief financial officer succeeding Markus Herber. In his new role, he will be responsible for finance, human resources, legal ...