By Rhys Evans, Managing Director at ALCO-Safe

Compulsory alcohol testing is often put into place in hazardous industries such as mining, manufacturing and transport as a safety measure. However, there are certain challenges with the typical approach of using a manned breathalyser. Security personnel administering the tests often live in the same communities as the workers they are being asked to police, and this is problematic on a number of levels.

The way a machine is operated can have a huge influence on its uptime. Here are five tips operators should keep in mind to limit wear and tear.

Corporación NAVIOS owns and operates the largest independent bulk transfer and storage port facilities in Uruguay. Here, a Liebherr duty cycle crane type HS 871 HD unloads barges on their way from Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil. With Liebherr as a reliable service partner the machine has just achieved a huge milestone – 100 000 operating hours – and still going strong!

While Durban is one of South Africa's major industrial hubs, it is also home to some of South Africa’s major oil refineries. The fuel and oil from these refineries keep much of South Africa and its economy on the move and flowing smoothly every day.

Heneways, one of the leading freight management and logistics operators in South Africa, has taken delivery of the Baoli KBE 25 electric forklift from Smith Power Equipment, a South African importation and distribution company representing leading global equipment brands.