Kalmar bags CVS

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Cargotec Corporation has announced that its daughter company, Kalmar, has made an agreement to acquire CVS Ferrari group....

More gear for Oroport

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Filipino-owned Oroport Cargohandling Services Inc is beefing up its operations at the International Port of Cagayan de Oro (CDO) in Northern...

Lift truck market still on the up

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There are no reliable figures on heavy lift truck production, but with almost all producers enjoying good and even record volumes, output of...

Tractor makers feel the pressure

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After experiencing very strong demand for the past two years and more, terminal tractor manufacturers considered that there would be a slowd...

Big lift numbers still going up

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This year appears to have been another good one for big truck suppliers and at the time of writing order books seem to be fairly healthy all...

New Salerno investments

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Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) has ordered a range of new equipment, slated for delivery starting from February onwards. The deals include...

FL drives Ferrari

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Italy-based CVS Ferrari has secured a £6 mill contract from British intermodal operator Freightliner Ltd (FL) to replace its entire fleet o...

Big lift trucks and the wind of change

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Heavy mast truck and reach stacker sales have been at a high rate globally, although it is almost impossible to get reliable figures. There ...

Strong demand fuels innovation

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Buoyant demand for heavy FLTs and reach stackers is encouraging manufacturers to develop and extend their product ranges. Hyster, for instan...

Straddle ergonomics under fire

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As noted in the previous article, at least two companies (Kalmar and CVS Ferrari) are looking at the possibility of fitting straddle carrier...

Vanguard year for straddle carriers

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2004 was a bumper year for straddle carrier manufacturers and comes after both Kalmar and Noell reported record output in 2003. Noell Mobile...

Outlook still good…but less so?

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Based on estimates made near the end of September, the market for reach stackers this year is expected to top 800, with an error margin of ...

Terminal tractors pull their weight

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While most terminal tractor manufacturers had a “sluggish” 2003, this year has seen sales bounce back, in some cases at least more than ...

More Ferraris for Brazil

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CVS Ferrari reports a second agreement with Santos terminal operator Tecondi - this time for eight reach stackers to work its expanded termi...

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