The LiftKiing LKSB6k shipboard model is among those designed and tested to NAVSUP standardsCCC, Canada’s government to government contracting agency, says it has been awarded a fixed-price contract to supply LiftKing shipboard forklifts to the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
The terms of the contract were not disclosed.
The CCC says NAVSUP (Naval Supply Systems Command) Weapon Systems Support group in Mechanicsburg, PA needed diesel powered, sit-down, counterbalance, rough terrain forklifts of different sizes for loading and unloading of palletised cargo of various size and weights aboard ships.
The forklifts were required to comply with Navy requirements for the handling of weapons and ammunition, as well as be able to withstand a marine environment.
Ontario-based LiftKing Manufacturing put forward a proposal to supply the US DoD with 4,000 lb. (1.8 T) and 6,000 lb. (2.7 T).
LiftKing Manufacturing director of sales Mark Aldrovandi says: “From small shipboard-approved forklifts to articulating, rough-terrain forklifts, the US Navy, Army and Air Force rely on hundreds of LiftKing vehicles, and we are happy to once again deliver North American-made equipment to meet their heavy lifting needs.”
CCC vice president of contract management and operations Diane Montambault says: “Canada’s CCC and the US DoD have a long history of collaboration to deliver products and services and this contract with LiftKing is another example of a successful contract award.”