productFreightliner inks £3.5 million deal to replace reachstackers
Freightliner is boosting operational efficiencies across its 13 inland rail sites with a new fleet of 10 Hyster reachstackers, supplied and maintained by Briggs Equipment.
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articleDown by the water
HSS editor Simon Duddy visits Italian sideloader manufacturer Baumann and hears of high expectations for a new compact, electric sideloader with extended battery life.
productBespoke airport trolley
Airport baggage handling specialists BEUMER Group UK, with help from Rotair Moving Systems, in 2015 designed and trialled a custom built piece of equipment for moving a number of new baggage X- ray scanning machines at Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 2.
productThe hovercraft principle
Equipment for moving heavy industrial loads based on the hovercraft principle has been available in the UK for 50 years or more. It is therefore surprising that to so many of the enquirers to Rotair Moving System’s website, this tried and tested method appears a “modern and magic solution” for their application.
articleMetal storage guidance updated
The Health & Safety Executive has published the second version of HSG246 Safety in the storage and handling of steel and other metal stock.
productSideloader manufacturer Baumann UK appoints new distributor
Baumann has appointed Hannaman Material Handling as official distributors for North Wales. The appointment takes the total number of UK distributors to six.
productHigh levels of hygiene
JD Neuhaus can provide a host of hoist solutions for working environments that demand high levels of cleanliness and hygiene.
productJib fitted to JCB to lift conveyor sections
Conveyor firm Coveya specified a specially-designed lifting jib from Contact Attachments to fit onto its existing JCB 550-80.
articleStevedoring firm revamps operations with 10 Hyundai trucks
Shipping firm invests in Hyundai counterbalance trucks with Hessle supplying the fleet.
productPort takes 93 terminal tractors
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has extended its long cooperation with Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Malaysia by providing them with 93 terminal tractors for container handling costing approx. EUR 5 million, with first deliveries taking place in December 2016.
articleNational reach, local approach
Windsor Materials Handling managing director Stephen Burton explains to HSS editor Simon Duddy how the distributor is evolving into a national player.
productHubtex truck loads from front and side
The multidirectional forklift FluX is a new addition to the Hubtex portfolio.
productStraddle Carrier excels with awkward lift
The Combilift Straddle Carrier lifts walls up to 16 tonnes for O’Reilly Concrete and 40% faster than the cranes previously used.
articleSteel-specific team targets heavyweight demands
Botros Hanna from Hyster Europe explains some of the key handling challenges faced by the steel industry today.
productGoliath does a concrete job
Capable of lifting 20 tonnes and spanning 30 metres, Street Crane’s goliath double girder crane is being used by Centrum Pile, a manufacturer of precast concrete piles.
articleKalmar introduces range of 5-9 tonne forklifts
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, is launching a new range of diesel forklifts. The Kalmar DCG50-90 range, comprising seven models, has been updated to provide better uptime, productivity and savings.
productWater recycling firm invests in attachment
Contact Attachments has supplied a telehandler jib to support Anglian Water in its day-to-day lifting of heavy items including motors and pumps.
articleTimber firm chooses Baumann sideloaders
Leading timber importer GE Robinson orders five Baumann sideloaders to keep busy operations efficient and safe.
productABB predicts $300,000 pa savings through improved uptime
Non-emergency machinery stops can be avoided with the arrival of a “failover” safety concept for use with ABB’s safety programmable logic controller (PLC).
productHyster introduces weighing systems
The two weighing systems can be fitted to Hyster ReachStackers and Laden Container Handlers to obtain a Verified Gross Mass (VGM), as required by the recently introduced SOLAS Legislation.
