Sydney is on track to have 5.5 million TEU trucked between Port Botany and western Sydney each year by 2030, unless the NSW government finds $1 billion to build a rail spur linking a new intermodal terminal at Eastern Creek with Port Botany ...
Tags: Trucks Transport, Transport, logistics
Dave Walbran, national technical service manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia (left) with Gerry van Elden, sales and marketing manager, Big Lift Trucks Australia. Big Lift Trucks, distributors of industrial forklifts and container handling ...
Tags: Transport, Service, Lift Trucks
Navistar International got a much-needed boost last month, securing orders for 5,900 Classes 6-8 trucks in September. That marked the company's best month since December 2011. The order intake included 2,100 medium-duty trucks with the ...
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c, the vocational T880, is now available for order. The truck is aimed at dump, mixer, refuse and heavy-haul applications. The T880 comes standard with the Paccar MX-13 engine rated up to 500 hp and with 1,850 lb.-ft. of torque. "The ...
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cc attending Canada's Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) this year got a chance to kick the tires on some natural gas-powered light and heavy trucks. Canada's largest agricultural trade show featured more than 750 exhibitors and 49,000 visitors ...
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Mattress retailer Sit 'n Sleep is teaming up with Tempur-Pedic to supply 140 mattresses to five Southern California fire stations for National Fire Prevention Week. "Our goal is to provide customers with great mattresses for a good ...
Tags: Mattresses, Light Industry, Daily Use
Cummins has announced it is launching a five-litre V8 diesel engine, designed for pickup-and-delivery applications and other light- and medium-duty trucks. The ISV5.0 will be assembled at Cummins' Columbus Engine Plant, which has received ...
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Mack Trucks has announced the launch of GuardDog Connect, a new telematics program the company says will reduce downtime and streamline the repair process. The system remotely monitors fault codes generated by the engine and emissions ...
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The construction truck market remains mired in a slump, but Mack Trucks hasn't been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for it to return. The company outlined several new product developments at a press event here today, which have kept Mack ...
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Representatives from two of Canada's most experienced liquefied natural gas (LNG) truck fleets opened up about their experiences with the technology during a candid conversation at the first annual Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Canada ...
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ShawMark Carpets, a division of Shaw Industries, has announced the latest "torture test" for its Anything Goes! line of carpets. Conducted at Shaw Plant 34 in Dalton, a carpet distribution center, an Anything Goes! style was subjected to ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Transportation
In 2013, Shanghai Diesel Engine Co., Ltd. (SDEC) achieves good results in promoting new products and wins wide acknowledgement in the engine industry. At the beginning of July, SDEC's first batch of 12L E series engines equipped to ...
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Volvo Trucks has added two new Canadian leasing locations. Performance Equipment/Great Lakes Truck Leasing & Rental in Mississauga, Ont. and Durham Truck and Equipment Sales and Service/Durham Leasing Systems in Ajax, Ont. have joined the ...
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According to Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research, the average selling price of total reported Class 8 used trucks continued to hold up better than expected in August, 2013. “For the first seven months of this year, prices ...
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Daimler AG's truck division announces this Friday on Stuttgart that it sells 225,200 units of trucks in the first half year with a sales value of 15 billion Euro and a profit of 550 million Euro. In 2012, Daimler sells 462,000 units of ...
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