Mauritania, West Africa… Three large Hitachi Zaxis excavators will be used to help clear one of the biggest ship graveyards in the world in Nouadhibou Bay, Mauretania. Around 300 vessels, which range from 200 to 1,200 tonnes, many containing dangerous... (Continue reading)

Toyko, Japan… The Komatsu construction and forklift manufacturing group is doubling its contribution towards relief efforts for those areas devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami which hit the country last year. Many of the group’s own plants and offices... (Continue reading)

Panama City… The expansion and doubling of the Panama Canal capacity (Third Set of Locks Project) is expected to provide substantial benefits to international supply chain operators. When completed in 2014, shipping costs will fall when more and larger ships... (Continue reading)

Tokyo, Japan… The alliance between Suzuki and Volkswagen continues to unravel. Signed in 2009, the deal would have seen the two companies cooperate on developing new vehicles – but problems arose when VW described Suzuki as an “associate” and suggested... (Continue reading)

Courbevoie, France… The French multi-national Saint-Gobain S.A., the world leader in the production, processing and distribution of building materials, has signed a deal worth over €115m with Rushlift, a member of the UK Specialist Hire Group, for the supply of... (Continue reading)

Kallingrad, Russia… In a move to expand its footprint in Eastern Europe, the KION Group’s Linde brand is acquiring LIFTEC – a leading forklift distributor in Russia, also with extensive activities in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. While Linde has worked successfully... (Continue reading)

A new report entitled ‘State of the States: Fuel Cells in America’ says that the US is the world leader in the deployment of fuel cell powered forklifts, with corporations such as Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart, BMW and Sysco now regularly operating... (Continue reading)

The State of Nevada has passed a bill which, among other things, authorises its Department of Transportation to develop rules and regulations governing the use of driverless cars – such as Google’s concept car, or Volkswagen’s ‘Temporary Auto Pilot’ –... (Continue reading)

A winemaker in McLaren Vale, South Australia, needed some comforting recently when he was told that a forklift had accidentally dropped a large container full of his flagship fine red wine. About 5,500 bottles of shiraz, worth over $1 million,... (Continue reading)

Mumbai, India… In a move designed to take advantage of emerging markets within India, Brazil, Russia and China, Land Rover owners Tata Motors will shortly assemble the brand at its factory in Pune, India. In 2008, Tata paid $2.4 billion... (Continue reading)