News

  Grup TCB and Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd. have created an innovative crane design tailor-made for the jetty pier in Nemrut Bay / Aliaga, Turkey, where Grup operates its container terminal TCEEGE. Until now, in order to service container vessels on both sides of the jetty pier, the use of mobile harbour cranes has been […]

Crown Equipment Corporation announced that its Crown RM 6000 Series reach truck has earned the prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. This marks the third significant design award for the Crown RM 6000 and the 12th GOOD […]

Last week, Haulotte Group reported its revenue was up 16% between 2011 and 2012, and its fourth quarter revenue increased by 15%.   Haulotte Group generated quarter four 2012 consolidated sales of € 94.5 million compared with €82.2 million in the same period last year, an increase of 15%. The business remained relatively strong at […]

Crown Equipment Corporation announced that its Crown RM 6000 Series reach truck has earned the prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. This marks the third significant design award for the Crown RM 6000 and the 12th GOOD […]

Lifting Gear Hire Corporation (LGH) now has air skate systems available for rental. Air skates are used to move heavy loads on a thin cushion of air and available in sets of either four or six.   Because air skates lower the coefficient of friction near 1%, one person can typically move 5,000 lbs. on […]

Last week, Haulotte Group reported its revenue was up 16% between 2011 and 2012, and its fourth quarter revenue increased by 15%.   Haulotte Group generated quarter four 2012 consolidated sales of € 94.5 million compared with €82.2 million in the same period last year, an increase of 15%. The business remained relatively strong at […]

  Terex Port Solutions will this year supply 17 Terex NSC 624 E sprinter carriers to Global Container Terminals Inc. (GCT). The customer, with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, is one of the largest container terminal operators in North America and has ordered the machines for its Global Terminal operations located in Bayonne, New Jersey, which is part of […]

  Terex Port Solutions will this year supply 17 Terex NSC 624 E sprinter carriers to Global Container Terminals Inc. (GCT). The customer, with headquarters in Vancouver, Canada, is one of the largest container terminal operators in North America and has ordered the machines for its Global Terminal operations located in Bayonne, New Jersey, which is part of […]

Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., Inc. (TMHU) recently donated an internal combustion lift truck to The Midwest Food Bank of Indianapolis, Ind. The Midwest Food Bank is committed to serving those throughout the state of Indiana. The donated Toyota forklift, which was manufactured approximately 40 minutes away at Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc. (TIEM) in Columbus, […]

At the request of ARA members, the American Rental Association convened a workgroup in September 2012 to develop a plan of work for estimating an appropriate measure of equipment rental penetration for the equipment rental industry. Last week at the Rental Show, it introduced the ARA Equipment Rental Penetration Index. The workgroup built upon ARA’s […]