Al-Osais International Holding receives a mixed fleet of 250 Volvo FH and FMX trucks from Zahid Tractor in a surprisingly large-scale order given the current slowdown in heavy commercial vehicle sales in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
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Nissan Saudi Arabia appoint Bader El Houssami as COO
Nissan Saudi Arabia names Bader El Houssami as its chief operating officer, effective July 1, in an appointment aimed at bolstering Nissan sales in the Kingdom in the mid-term
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MAN Truck balances sales slump in Saudi with buoyancy in Pakistan
As the prospects dwindle for a prompt recovery in the heavy commercial vehicles segment in the Gulf, MAN Truck & Bus Middle East hunkers down, while laying the groundwork for expansion overseas
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Riyadh transport operator orders 600 Mercedes Benz Citaro buses
Daimler Buses celebrates the largest single order for its Mercedes Benz Citaro city buses in the history of the brand after transport summit in Montreal
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Liebherr crane erects first wind turbine in KSA
Dammam’s Gulf Haulage Heavy Lift Company uses Liebherr LR 1750 crawler crane to lift 410 tonnes of components for Saudi Arabia’s very first commercial wind turbine
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Alstom delivers the first metro trainset to Riyadh
Alstom has handed over the first of the 69 driverless two-car metro trainsets that will circulate on lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Riyadh Metro
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Automechanika eyes 5.9% vehicle aftermarket growth
Demand for automotive aftermarket products and services in the Middle East is expected to grow by 5.9% annually to reach $17.3bn by 2020
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Automechanika Jeddah targets $8.9bn Saudi industry
Saudi automotive aftermarket event Automechanika Jeddah looks towards 5.1% annual growth in the segment through to 2021
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58-unit SDLG order gets to work in Saudi Arabia
SDLG machines sold to Shibh Al-Jazira Contracting Company in late 2016 clock as much as 1,000 hours in six months
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Makkah crane crash operators lacked basic skills
An engineer and one of 14 defendants in the Makkah crane crash case has told the court that the operators were unqualified