United Rentals has introduced a mobile website.

United Rentals launches mobile phone access to fleet
Greenwich, CT, United States
United Rentals Inc has introduced a new mobile website to provide access to its large equipment rental fleet and customer service team.
The mobile version of unitedrentals.com uses state-of-the-art smartphone interface to enable customers to search for equipment, request rental quotes and locate nearby branches via the GPS in their mobile phones.
Kenneth DeWitt, chief information officer, says mobile technology is the new frontier of customer service.
"By investing in a true, platform-specific interface, we have optimised the user's experience on all leading smart phone platforms including Blackberry, iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile."

Forklifts prominent during Army Reserve ceremony
Athens, GA, United States
"Two huge forklifts stood in the background as (US Army Reserve) commanding officers gave speeches and soldiers sang, 'The Army Goes Rolling Along,'" according to a 25 September Athens Banner-Herald report. The ceremony recognised the reactivation of the Army Reserve's 231st Transportation Company at a centre near the Athens-Ben Epps Airport in Athens.
The company had been deactivated in 2000 but now is being rebuilt to about 160 soldiers who will operate forklifts, drive trucks and use cranes in transporting cargo on and off ships.

Cargotec receives Russian orders
Vladivostok, Russia
Cargotec has received orders from two customers at Russia's Far East Port of Vladivostok for the Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) with 16-wheel design.
SOLLERS Far East LLC, a Russian automobile company and Vladivostok Container Terminal signed the contracts for the equipment in the second quarter of 2010.
The Port of Vladivostok on the northwestern coast of the Golden Horn Bay was founded in 1897. The port mainly handles containers, metal products, cars and vehicles, pulp and other cargo.