PMV Middle East – August 2019

CONTENTS

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http://www.pmvmiddleeast.com AUGUST 2019 PLANT / MACHINERY / VEHICLES

FRONT

08 Appointments

Changes in Doosan Bobcat’s

global organisational structure

10 Buses

Dubai RTA deploys 94 Optare

medium size buses

12 Driver training

UAE’s fi rst Mercedes-Benz Fleet-

board Driving Championship

14 Cranes

35 Potain cranes work at New

El Alamein City in Egypt

06 Exits & Appointments

Tim Whiteman steps down as

CEO of IPAF

FEATURES

BACK

44 Trucks

Nikola tests SAF-Holland FWAL-

E fi ft h wheel on hydrogen truck

46 Tunnel Boring

Herrenknecht excavates

under DXB taxiway

50 Last Look

The Big 5 Heavy returns on

25 - 28 November 2019

20 Cover story

UAE fl eets take initiative in

reducing NOx emissions

27 Special report

Trailers and bodybuilding

industry in the MEA

18 VR training

MEWP operators adopt

VR simulators

38 Emergency vehicles

Special vehicle conversion as

per European standards

“The powered access industry is on the cusp of a VR revolution, with

MEWP simulators now so advanced that that they can now form an

integral part of delivering candidate training and assessment”

Giles Councell, director of operations, IPAF.

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