Linde Material Handling has won the safety award for its R14-R20 Reach Truck range in this year’s Fork Lift Truck Association Awards for Excellence 2014.

Rock Fall (UK) Ltd, has recently launched a range of safety footwear designed specifically for women’s feet. This will be ideal for all women working in warehouses and with packing crews.

Quartix, the vehicle tracking company, has released a new mobile app which enables users to view the real-time location of their vehicles and access the core features of the system whilst on the move.

Fuel can account for between 21-39% of a transport company’s total costs.

High security locking company Mul-T-Lock has introduced a new intelligent padlock device to the market.

For trucks with trailers, slippery winter roads and downhill gradients represent a tough challenge for even the most skilled of drivers. There is always the risk of the rig becoming unstable and, in the worst-case scenario, starting to jack-knife. Volvo Trucks has now developed a system that significantly improves safety.

A range of forklift truck chains featuring plastic ‘flights’ and ‘guide’ attachments is now available from industrial chain supplier, FB Chain Ltd.

Scania has launched a remote tachograph data download service designed to save operators time and money and help maintain legal compliance at all times.

Don-Bur, designer and manufacturer of commercial vehicle trailer bodies, is offering xlite super single forged aluminium wheels as an option on its vehicles. The wheel, which has a reduced weight and increased load index, has been fitted for several clients on the company's innovative, aerodynamic Teardrop™ trailer range.

Volvo Trucks has released a film featuring a hamster - ‘Charlie’ - steering a Volvo FMX up the side of a Spanish quarry.

PHS Teacrate has launched a new personal crate called the LC1. PHS Teacrate developed the new design in response to market feedback highlighting a demand for smaller and more secure crates.

The French Manitou Group has recently launched its new EMA II range of articulated site forklifts: a complete range of seven models which combine ease of use with efficiency to optimise storage capacity.

Industries in all parts of the world are now thinking of replacing traditional transport packaging solutions made of wood and plywood with almost equal products made of substantially lighter and easily recyclable paper board.

The latest development from Mitsubishi Fork Lift Trucks is an all-new pedestrian stacker series, AXIA ES which, it claims promises exceptional productivity in every setting.

Following months of development work, Quartix has now released the new user interface for its vehicle tracking system. It is available to all users at no extra cost.

BigChange has introduced the world’s first all-in-one 4G telematics solution for transport and logistics service operators.

O’Neil Software has announced another upgrade to its records management software RS-SQL Version 4.05 with additional features.

Blackburn-based Vision Techniques has launched a brand new range of mobile hi-tech digital video recorders which can be mounted on a vehicle to provide evidence to fight false insurance claims.

The world's first hybrid reach stacker, developed by Konecranes, will soon be available in the UK through suppliers Cooper SH.