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Issue #8: Container cranes
  • Cargo Chat - 01 Jun 2006
  • ESSEX, United Kingdom
A recent tragic incident in which a manoeuvring ship struck a quayside container crane and caused it to collapse, killing one person, has highlighted the crane's vulnerability. One feature of large quayside ship-to-shore cranes is that, to maximise their outreach, most are positioned so the front legs are very close to the quay edge ...
Inside the News - Edition #261
  • Inside the News - 25 May 2006
The Forkliftaction.com team will be present at the Materials Handling show (Matex 2006) in Sydney from May 29 to June 2. We would love to meet with industry members at...
Forklift use of fuel cell growing
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • RICHMOND, Canada
by US correspondent Roger Renstrom General Hydrogen Corp, of Richmond, Canada, has made its first commercial sale of a fuel-cell-powered Hydricity pack to Cat Lift Trucks, of Houston, Texas, USA...
Konecranes buys Morris USA
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • HYVINKÄÄ, Finland
KCI Konecranes will reunite UK-based Morris Material Handling with its previous owner through the acquisition of a majority shareholding in MMH Holdings Inc, in the US (MMH). The Morris UK...
Bolzoni public offer launched
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • PIACENZA, Italy
Italian stock market regulator Consob has approved Bolzoni SpA's initial public offering (IPO) of shares (Forkliftaction.com News #247). The IPO comprises 8,532 million shares, priced from EUR3.0 to EUR3.6 (USD3.82...
Briefs
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
Manitou and Hangzhou work together HANGZHOU, China Manitou BF and Hangzhou Forklift Truck Co have entered into a joint-venture agreement. Both parties were silent on details of the joint venture...
MATEX 2006 set to Rack, Stack and Pack Darling Harbour.
  • Advertisement - 25 May 2006
This years' MATEX exhibition will be one of the most comprehensive on record, with almost all of the major forklift companies exhibiting and most planning significant product launches. Over 50...
EnerSys boosts lithium-ion effort
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • READING, PA, United States
by US correspondent Roger Renstrom Lead-acid industrial battery maker EnerSys Inc has made a second investment in lithium-ion battery technology, primarily for defence and aviation applications, such as powering smart...
Telehandler retires after 36,000 hours
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • WEST FLANDERS, Belgium
A 1992 Merlo telehandler has just been retired after putting in 36,000 hours or the equivalent of 30 years' work at a Belgian factory. The Panoramic P30.7 XS, which was...
Victorian driver wins competition
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
  • BRISBANE, Australia
A Victorian beat fellow Australians to win the Swire Cold Storage national forklift driver competition yesterday. George Glisic, who has worked at Swire Cold Storage for eight years, won the...
Movers & Shakers
  • News Story - 25 May 2006
LYDNEY, United Kingdom Jean-Paul Mindermann replaces Doug Pearson as Watts Industrial Tyres' managing director on June 1. Mindermann has managed Watts' European subsidiaries for 10 years. Pearson, who has been...
TVH Australia to distribute new forklift battery range
  • Advertisement - 25 May 2006
TVH Australia has been appointed the exclusive distributor for the Maxx Battery brand of value-for-money traction forklift batteries. Maxx Battery is an established brand in the automotive industry. The forklift battery range is locally assembled and backed by a 12-month warranty and a full service offer.
Insist on thorough examinations
  • Fork Talk - 25 May 2006
  • ALTON, United Kingdom
Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) said in a statement that it had received reports some dealers were supplying forklifts without providing thorough examination certificates, which are a UK legal requirement.
Forklift vibration is health hazard
  • Safety First - 25 May 2006
  • EMMELOORD, Netherlands
Employees can suffer painful cramps and lose sensitivity in fingers, hands and arms when exposed to vibration and shocks from machinery. Other symptoms of exposure to body vibration are tiredness, nausea, blindness, dizziness, back problems, seasickness, reduced accuracy and dislocation of internal organs, writes Safety First guest contributor Dirk Zeinstra this week.
Inside the News - Edition #260
  • Inside the News - 18 May 2006
Due to a technical fault, the Forkliftaction.com website was temporarily inaccessible after our weekly newsletter was emailed to members last week. You may have noticed the down time if you...
Reach stackers
  • Feature Article - 18 May 2006
India and China are big markets for materials handling equipment. Their sheer size pose challenges for foreign companies that want a share of the rapidly growing reach stacker market. Forkliftaction.com News reporter Christine Liew speaks to three European reach stacker manufacturers about their business activities in East Asia.
Ageing forklift workforce a problem
  • News Story - 18 May 2006
  • ALTON, United Kingdom
The Fork Lift Truck Association (FLTA) has released a dedicated website and an attractive brochure as part of a collaboration with a UK college to make forklift engineering appealing to...
Introducing Wheelsafe loose wheelnut indicators
  • Advertisement - 18 May 2006
Wheelsafe tyre pressure indicators are an innovative high quality replacement to the dust cap, providing a three colour visual status of your current tyre pressures, green safe, yellow caution, and red danger.
Innovative, Quick, and Simple- No press needed to mount Continental new CSEasy
  • Advertisement - 18 May 2006
Continental's CSEasy industrial tire made its world debut at CeMAT, Hannover, in May last year. This novel wheel / tire system does not require a mounting press. CSEasy - the name says it all. Dealing with this solid-rubber tire is simple. The wheel / tire system which has an adapter between the tire and rim renders the mounting press redundant!
After 56 years, Industrial Truck Sales shuts down
  • News Story - 18 May 2006
  • GREENSBORO, NC, United States
by US correspondent Roger Renstrom Long-time US forklift dealer Industrial Truck Sales & Service Inc has ceased operations and is "in the process of going out of business", says owner Denny...
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