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The growing relationship between Haulotte in Australia and Coates Hire has reached another milestone this year with additional orders worth over $7m for 2020. Coates Hire have further expanded their fleet with Haulotte machines that are ideally suited to operate in the new Covid safe environment. The relationship between Coates Hire and Haulotte began to […]

The Port of Virginia has welcomed a pair of massive container cranes to Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), the final pieces of equipment needed to complete the $450 million, two-a-half-year-long renovation of the terminal’s South Berth. In August 2017 the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of four new cranes for Virginia International […]

In June 2020 the first phase of the Ports of Auckland’s (POAL) straddle carrier (SC) automation project went live. By 26 September container ships had been successfully serviced by the blended fleet of 24 enhanced manual straddle carriers and 27 new automated Konecranes Noell Straddle Carriers (A-STRADs). POAL’s primary aim for converting to automation in […]

It started with a vision in 1945 from a single room in rural Ohio. Today, some 75 years later, it is one of the top five largest lift truck manufacturers in the world, operating out of USA, Australia, China, Germany and Singapore. Two brothers, Carl and Allen Dicke founded Crown Equipment Corporation with an unwavering […]

Omni USA, Inc., the parent firm for Omni Gear, RPM Drivelines, GB Transmissions, FloTorq Hydraulics, and Magelec Propulsion, has announced the consolidation of their separate brands under a new organisational name – Omni Powertrain Technologies.   The change reflects an increased capacity for the business to blend the separate technologies in order to offer complete solutions […]

More than 40 guests from local rental companies, industry associations and the press gathered in Wuhan on 18 October, to witness the opening of the Haulotte Wuhan Branch. The new modern office is part of the subsidiary’s strategy to strengthen its presence in various Chinese provinces and to be closer to its customers. Located in […]

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has commenced civil proceedings in the Federal Court against Queensland overhead crane company NQCranes Pty Ltd, alleging it engaged in cartel conduct in contravention of the Competition and Consumer Act. According to the ACCC website, cartel conduct occurs when businesses agree to act together instead of competing with […]

High Country Truss and Frames and partner business Cooma H Hardware, mark a decade of exponential growth thanks to a fleet of Toyotas equipped to deal with expanding workloads in Canberra’s booming building industry. Located 100km south of Canberra in Polo Flat, Cooma, in New South Wales’ Snowy Mountains region, the business has three Toyota […]

Columbus Mckinnon (CMCO) and Pacific Hoists Pty Ltd have announced a new partnership in Australasia. Pacific Hoists will become the first strategic partner for CMCO in Australasia and only its third strategic partner in the world. Pacific Hoists is a privately owned materials handling Australian family business founded in 1976 by Dennis Herbert and Ray Danckert to […]

A consignment of 50 Sinoboom 1932 battery-powered scissor lifts arrived at Balloo Hire Centre Ltd, representing the first delivery of products to the British Isles for this Chinese MEWP manufacturer. A mix of electric and hydraulic drive units, the scissor lifts offer a working height of 7.8m (25ft), and were chosen by Balloo Hire in […]