A new model for electric CHE
NewsA New Jersey-based company supplying two Mafi electric terminal tractors to the Port of Virginia highlights how electric cargo handling equi...
Super Terminais takes first electric terminal tractor
NewsThe private terminal operator in the Port of Manaus has begun using its first electrically powered terminal tractor and one of the first in ...
Electric tractors as a service in Virginia
NewsCurrent Trucking will deploy four MAFI T 230e electric yard tractors at the Port of Virginia....
Propane-powered tractor from MAFI
NewsIn cooperation with the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) in the US, MAFI showed a propane (LPG)-powered port tractor at Breakbulk...
Electric handling equipment for Burns Harbor
NewsPorts of Indiana-Burns Harbor has launched an electric vehicle demonstration programme, to involve HGVs, heavy lift trucks and terminal trac...
MAFI with repeat order for DCT Gdansk
NewsMAFI will deliver another 25 terminal tractors to Poland’s biggest container and ro-ro terminal operator...
Fuelling change in the tractor market
NewsTerminal tractor manufacturers are focused on new models and machines powered by non-diesel alternative fuels....
Mafi tractors for Freightliner
NewsBritish container haulier Freightliner Ltd recently took delivery of six new Mafi terminal tractors from the Carrylift Group. The new machin...
Terminal tractor market chugs along in low gear
NewsSales are down, but there is still plenty of scope for technical developments, in terms of fuel economy and lower emissions....
Meclift develops its niche market
NewsAlthough Meclift specialises in boom trucks to provide a highly compact handling package, it has been asked by a major Finnish steel produce...
Achieving pulling power with the right drive trains
NewsTerminal tractor demand looks set to fall next year, but the baseline machines give port operators a reliable workhorse....
Fighting to overcome an identity crisis
NewsTerminal tractor manufacturers face a problem in promoting their machines over those of their competitors given that the power train, runnin...
Mafi MT 32s in China
NewsGermany-based Mafi has recently commissioned five towing tractor units, type MT 32 Z, and 12 model 1170-4 single trailers at a steel plant j...
Pretoria struggles to create container competition
NewsNew investment in South African ports will result in the expansion of container capacity but doubts over the direction of the government’s...
Tractor makers feel the pressure
NewsAfter experiencing very strong demand for the past two years and more, terminal tractor manufacturers considered that there would be a slowd...