Today most of the factories and warehouses use a variety of material handling equipment to simplify the task of lifting heavy objects. Manual labor has resulted in musclo- skeletal injuries in many workers across the country. These injuries ...
Tags: Material Handling Equipment, Industrial Equipment, Components
National Trucking Week began today, meant as a time to appreciate the role of trucking in Canadian life, and particularly to applaud the skill and professionalism of its drivers. Many will have comments to make but we thought Louise Yako, ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, truck
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has added two new Eco-Combi trucks to transport its Gerkens cocoa powder from its facility in Wormer, the Netherlands to its warehouse operated by DSV in the port of Amsterdam. The company stated that the new ...
Louise Yako, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, penned the following open letter to the nation's professional drivers in honour of National Trucking Week. Thanks to the Industry & Professional Drivers during National ...
Tags: Transportation, truck
AME’s Hitch Hermit securely stores hitches under the vehicle when not in use AME International LLC, a global tool and equipment manufacturer, and inventor Vern Schroeder have joined forces to introduce the Hitch Hermit, a safe, ...
Tags: Hitch Hermit, Vehicle
The Central Asian country of Turkmenistan has launched an agricultural campaign for the harvest of cotton, and is expecting at least 1.5 million tons of cotton harvest this season. The Government of Turkmenistan has initiated the harvest ...
Tags: Cotton Harvest, raw cotton
The Australian Defence Force has contracted with Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) of Germany, a joint venture company of Rheinmetall AG and MAN Truck & Bus AG, to supply it with an extensive fleet of advanced logistical ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, Military Vehicle
FAW Jiefang Qingdao Automobile Co., Ltd holds a launching ceremony for its brand new V series truck at Qingdao International Convention Center. At the spot, general manager Ding Dahai says that V trucks can meet users' high demands in ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation, Auto Parts
Industrial and commercial building construction can be tough and hard and it needs heavy planning especially the foundation and the flooring of the building. Industrial buildings have the need of a higher percentage of durability because of ...
Tags: Floor, Construction, Processing Machinery
Are European trucks better than their North American brethren in terms of fuel economy? Given the price of fuel over there (you think we have it bad?), it's a question I've pondered more than once. And in a couple of weeks, we'll have an ...
Tags: Transportation, Trucks
The month of June saw $93.5 billion of freight moved between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, with trucks hauling the majority of that freight. According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department of ...
Tags: Trucks Carry, Transportation
After languishing in the political wilderness of disinterest for many years, the long-wished-for inland freight rail track from Melbourne to Brisbane has finally made it onto the political front page. The rail industry has welcomed ...
As work continues towards the development of a new heavy-duty engine oil category, presently known as PC-11, early indications are that fuel savings could be in store for fleets. The API PC-11 engine oil category is slated to be rolled ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts, fuel
Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently ...
Jep and Jessica Robertson of the hit A&E TV series Duck Dynasty will be in Norman, Okla., on Saturday, Aug. 31, when the Oklahoma Sooners take the football field for their 2013 season opener against Louisiana-Monroe. The opening game is ...