Briggs supports Teenage Cancer Trust
Cannock, United Kingdom
As part of its corporate social responsibility and commitment to charity support, Briggs Equipment has selected Teenage Cancer Trust as its charity partner for this year.?
Teenage Cancer Trust is the only UK charity dedicated to improving the quality of life and chances of survival for young people (aged 13 to 24) with cancer. It develops specialist units within NHS hospitals with expert nursing and support staff who provide the best possible tailored, individual care and information whenever it's needed.?
Janet Noble, chair of the Briggs charity team, says she aims to raise GBP20,000 (USD28,000) through the year.
Over the last five years, Briggs Equipment has donated more than GBP150,000 (USD210,000) to worthy causes.

Joe Biden inspects the harbour equipment

US vice president visits Konecranes
New Orleans, LA, United States
United States Vice President Joe Biden visited the Port of New Orleans last week, dropping into the new intermodal yard, where the newest Konecranes RTGs are being erected.??
Konecranes is currently delivering two RTG cranes to the port. They are fully electrical, heavy-duty RTG cranes equipped with Konecranes Active Load Control, which eliminates container sway to increase container handling performance.??
"We're proud to be an important supplier to this intermodal terminal of Port of New Orleans," says Jussi Suhonen, Konecranes Americas sales director for port cranes.??

New course targets unsafe behaviour
Chesterfield, UK
Mentor Training has developed a new course highlighting the dangers presented by forklifts in the workplace - not just for operators, but for all those working alongside them.
Safely Working with Lift Trucks is a high-impact, low-cost training course which promotes a safe working environment by targeting the behaviour at the root of bad practice.
At just two hours in duration, the course is hard-hitting, but concise, meaning up to 30 delegates in one day can benefit.
The course targets anyone on site whose work involves forklifts - operators, supervisors or staff working in close proximity.