Top Stories | | HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, attended the inaugural flight of RTA’s Autonomous Air Taxi |
| | International auctioneer registers 500 bidders for inaugural sale in the Middle East, which saw 50 successful first time buyers and close to 75% of sales conducted on the ground | | Authorities will use 17 solar-powered radar devices to catch speeding motorists on the roads from Maha Forest to Ashoush, and Sudaira Tunnel to Al Faqa Intersection | | Terex CTT 472-20 flat top tower crane expands the maximum jib length for the 20-tonne class to 80m, and allows a maximum load four tonnes at the jib tip of four tonnes | | Daimler unveils the Fuso eCanter, the first series-production light truck equipped with the combined charging system (CCS), amid plans to deliver 500 units within the next two years | | Nordic steel company SSAB has introduces Hardox 500 Tuf, a wear plate steel for heavy tipper bodies and construction equipment buckets with no market equivalent | | Forty years ago, Caterpillar rolled out 10 pilot models of the D10, the world’s largest and most powerful bulldozer and the time, and one with a revolutionary design | | Nikola Motor Company and Bosch partner on the world’s first hydrogen-electric hybrid, long-haul heavy commercial vehicles, the Nikola One and Two | | Doosan Bobcat contributes Bobcat equipment and Doosan Portable Power light towers and generators in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in the USA | | Acciona Energía, a consortium partner for the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, has obtained a world record in the latest power measurement process for its photovoltaic generators | | Lift truck specialist Konecranes has delivered four SMV 4531 TC5 reach stackers to S.A. Talke, a specialist logistics supplier for the petrochemical sector in Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jubail region | | Dubai Taxi Corporation’s Tesla electric vehicles have been fitted with several self-driving technologies, and will be supported by 13 electric recharging stations |
| | Featured Articles | | PMV Middle East meets the men behind three startups, Yalla Pickup, Trukker and Trukkin, looking to storm the transport segment with their cloud-based service aggregation apps | | Rohan Saldanha discusses the market applications of Auger Torque’s hydraulic earthmoving attachments, and how the time is right for the firm’s entry into the Gulf construction segment | | Jörg Müller, senior international sales manager for Terex Cranes, discusses the state of play in the region after the manufacturer’s relaunch of its popular Demag all-terrain mobile crane range | | PMV Middle East catches up with Wessel Helmens, Mammoet’s director of innovations, to discuss the heavy lifter’s radical new proposal for wind turbine work | | Robert Munn, GM for SHEQ at Al Naboodah Group Enterprises, discusses the wide-ranging and inventive efforts of the Dubai-based group to promote health and safety in the UAE | | Claes Nilsson, president of Volvo Trucks, discusses the manufacturer's business performance in the region and its rollout of assistive safety features in the Gulf |
| COMMENT | PMV Middle East points to the growing signs of the increasing interconnectivity of plant, machinery and vehicles on the jobsite |
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