Equipment Purchases

The north-London based rental business Mr Plant Hire has expanded its JLG fleet with 16 new JLG scissor lifts. The company took delivery of the eight R3246 and eight R2632 models, the first of the rebranded R range, in February. “We purchased these new machines shortly after JLG hosted the Access Alliance meeting in October […]

In December 2019, Kuenz installed two intermodal cranes for the Metrans Group, the first in Budapest and the second in Prague. The new cranes each have a lifting capacity of 37 tons and are handling containers, swap bodies and trailers. Kuenz have now installed a total of 15 cranes for Metrans since 2006. One of […]

In March 2020, Konecranes won its largest-ever reach stacker contract, from a customer in Germany. The order for 39 reach stackers was won with Konecranes’ distributor Richter Fördertechnik GmbH & Co. KG. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in Q3 2020 and run until Q1 2021. The contract is for the delivery of 39 Konecranes SMV […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is to supply the Belgian operator Delca Logistics BV (Delca) with a Super Gloria reachstacker with a lifting capacity of 45 tons. The order was booked in Cargotec’s 2020 Q1 order intake, with delivery of the machine scheduled to take place in Q4 of 2020. The Kalmar Super Gloria is the […]

Last July, Durban-based Avka Plant Hire took delivery of the first ever fuel electric (FE) aerial work platform in the South Africa.  The 20.16 m (65 ft 7 in) working height Genie® Z®-60 FE hybrid boom lift was provided by authorised Genie Distributor Goscor Access Solutions (GAS).  In just four months the utilisation rates and […]

Japanese MEWP rental company Fujikenki Lease based in Osaka, Japan, has bought an Easy Lift crawler platform for its fleet. Fujikenki Lease has chosen a hybrid RA31 with 18.5 kW Kubota engine and 200 Ah 48V lithium battery. The RA31 model was chosen for its reduced weight and dimensions, combined with a long outreach (14.5 […]

Yilport Holding has chosen Konecranes to refurbish and bring back into service 23 cranes as part of its plan to create a new and important Mediterranean shipping hub at Taranto Port. Yilport won a 49-year concession from Italian authorities in 2019 to operate Taranto, located in the south eastern part of the country. The Turkish […]

Falcon Lifts has delivered a Falcon Spider FS 320 to Azimut Group in Kazakhstan. The Falcon FS320 with a 32m working height is wheel based, which assures low ground pressure as it will be driven on very sensitive marble floors. The double jib arm is an essential feature to reach up-and-over to all areas of […]

Three tracked platforms have left Italian manufacturer Easy Lift for England, where they will be delivered to the company’s dealer Aerial & Handling Services. An R160 and an R180 have been sold to MC Property Maintenance, a company providing professional high-access services across the South East of England. MC Property Maintenance carries out property maintenance, […]

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded an agreement with Steveco to supply a total of six diesel-electric straddle carriers for use at the Mussalo terminal in Kotka, Finland. The order is scheduled to be completed during Q2 2020. Steveco Group, a leading port operator in Finland, employs approximately 850 people and has annual revenues of […]