articleToyota Material Handling UK counterbalance product manager Dave Rylance is passionate about high tonnage forklifts and talks to HSS editor Simon Duddy about the nuances involved in deciding between diesel and electric powered models.
productTerex Port Solutions has sold two TFC 46 M reach stackers to Brazilian terminal operator Bandeirantes for its port in Santos.
productLiifting equipment specialist, Lloyds British, has lifted a 55t hovercraft from its transport wheel blocks onto its stand for final fitting. Due to the limitations to the work area, the lift was set up for a maximum radius lift of 26m.
articleKalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver four reachstackers for laden handling to the Port of Felixstowe in the UK.
productKalmar, part of Cargotec, has entered the record books thanks to the heavy lift capabilities of its latest reachstacker, named Super Gloria. The reachstacker lifted a steel component weighing over 100t in front of an invited audience at Kalmar’s multi-assembly unit in Lidhult, Sweden.
productBird Stainless, headquartered just north of stainless steel’s home city of Sheffield, has taken delivery of its second Combilift 4-way forklift to enable it to cope with increasing demand for its products.
productWhen Irish Ferries introduced a new MV Epsilon ferry used its Dublin/Holyhead and Dublin/Cherbourg route, there was also an additional requirement to replace out-of-date older equipment used at the ports.
productOperated by Malcolm Rail, as one of the UK’s busiest intermodal freight terminals, DIRFT (Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal) handles trains for major freight operating companies and requires a modern lifting fleet, which has been supplied by Kalmar.
productPort of Felixstowe is Britain’s biggest and busiest container port in the UK, and one of the largest in Europe. Privately owned and handling more than 3.7 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent Units), the port welcomes approximately 3000 ships each year, including the largest container vessels afloat today.
newsAfter introducing Konecranes, MAFI and Carer products to its range earlier this year, Impact Handling has further strengthened its focus on the heavy-duty truck sector by making a senior appointment to lead its specialist division.
articleTwo companies have been fined after a lorry driver suffered multiple injuries while loading his lorry.
productWhen the diesel engine of a deck crane failed, it caused major handling problems for an offshore platform operating in the Dutch sector of the southern North Sea, problems that were solved with the use of J D Neuhaus air operated hoists.
articleTerex Port Solutions will supply ten eco-friendly Terex rubber-tyred gantry cranes in the E-RTG variant to Ningbo Port Co.
articleManufacturer is celebrating the production of its 1000th ReachStacker.
articleMoving Alvan Blanch’s grain driers onto low loaders for transportation used to take over three hours, involve five personnel and four forklifts. Since the company took delivery of a Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) the procedure now requires just one piece of lifting equipment, one driver and it is done and dusted in 10 minutes.
articleFlooring manufacturer IVC has placed an order with Egemin for an automated warehouse solution at its manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia.
articleMitsubishi Forklift Trucks has launched the TREXiA EX, a new range of 10.0 to 16.0 tonne diesel IC engine trucks.
productIVC has placed an order with Egemin for an automated warehouse solution for its manufacturing facility in Dalton, Georgia. The order consists of an integrated warehousing system with AGVs to handle the intermediate transport flows of slabs and rolls and storage of slabs.
articleCombilift is to invest €40 million over the next two years in a new manufacturing facility, which will also create 200 additional jobs over the next five years.
articleContract covers a wide range of equipment including sideloaders, forklifts and ancillary machines.
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