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Ud’s Euro 5 Trucks Are Here

UD Trucks recently launched their Euro Quester and Croner for the UAE and Qatar market. Launching the Euro 5 has a twofold meaning for UD Trucks - it’s anticipating the shift soon to happen in the Middle East in terms of emission standards as well as adhering to its brand strategy to move towards a sustainable business model. Plant & Equipment had the exclusive opportunity to spend a day getting to know the new trucks....

Ecol Liebherr Awarded Certificate To Provide Training For The European Crane Operators Licence

Liebherr experts provide insight into the course contents as specified by ECOL. In March the training centre at Liebherr-Werk Ehingen GmbH was awarded a certificate which officially enables it to train crane operators for the new European Crane Operators Licence (ECOL). The certification company Lloyd´s Register had first checked that Liebherr could provide the required training and whether the training centre met the high standards. The first thr...

Regional Drive

New truck offerings in the Middle East feature advanced engines and innovative technologies in a bid to improve overall fleet efficiency. The GCC and wider Middle East are viewed as critical markets by most trucking brands with expected long-term opportunities due to population and economic growth – even if in the short term the outlook is anything but certain. It’s also a notable flash-point for competition between established brands and newer ma...

Sarens Engineers The Heavy Lifting In Turkey’s First Waste To Energy Plant With 4 Heavy Luffing Tower Cranes

Sarens Provides HLTC and Wolff Tower Crane for Istanbul-based project Sarens is a global leader in heavy lifting equipment rental so when HZI-Makyol needed four heavy luffing tower cranes to help build their energy-from-waste (EfW) power plant in Istanbul Sarens was pleased to provide them with world-class equipment. Sarens provided the following tower cranes for the project: HLTC 1900: 50m tower 60m jib HLTC 1900: 50m tower 60m jib HLTC 2400: 45m...

Ud Trucks Powering On

UD Trucks continues to mark its presence in the region - with its Japanese legacy and Volvo’s technological and after-sales support this was bound to happen. Plant & Equipment takes a look at the company’s success last year and its plans for this year. UD Trucks Middle East recently organised a media briefing hosted by Mourad Hedna UD Trucks Middle East President. Despite 2019 being a challenging year for the Middle East truck market with most...