Johnson Arabia
Martin Kirby,Managing director
Johnson Arabia has a rental fleet of 620 aerial work platforms (AWPs) ranging from 8m to 47m and over 250 mobile cranes ranging from 7ton to 700ton, available through its four depots in the UAE and Oman as well as additional satellite locations for supporting major projects.
The UAE is currently the biggest market for Johnson Arabia’s crane and AWP rental businesses. Some of Johnson Arabia’s most prominent rental projects during 2021–22 included the Expo 2020, Hatta hydroelectric power station, Deep Tunnel Storm Water System, Waste-to-Energy plant, oil & gas refinery expansions, Zayed National Museum and Uptown Dubai in the UAE and Duqm Refinery and Sohar Port in Oman.
Martin Kirby, managing director, Johnson Arabia, elaborates on the growth indicators for the equipment rental industry in the Middle East.
“Growth in the equipment rental industry in the Middle East, especially long-term crane and AWP rentals, is mainly driven by projects and government initiatives such as Saudi Vision 2030, UAE Vision 2021 and Bahrain Vision 2030. Despite a brief halt in a lot of projects during the pandemic between 2020–2021, the vision the UAE government had for 2021 is ongoing and projects are now seeing completion. They include more recreational areas for tourism and more infrastructure projects. Also, there is a rise in events and activities that our AWP and crane teams often support specifically in this region because it is one of the safest places to be the world, as evident from the large number of events and concerts diverted to UAE, recently, and even the success of Expo 2020… Read more
