The Wärtsilä RT-flex96C is a two-stroke turbocharged low-speed diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä. It is currently considered the largest reciprocating engine in the world, designed for large container ships, running on heavy fuel oil. It stands at 13.5 metres (44 ft) high,...

http://www.mining.com/tag/canada/ The dozer PR 764 on display at MINExpo is the largest of the current Liebherr product line. The machine is powered by a Liebherr D 9508 V-8 engine developing 422 HP (310 kW). The engine...

http://heg.baumpub.com/news/2328/worlds-biggest-mobile-crushing Metso will supply world’s biggest fully mobile, track-mounted crushing plant to Altay Polimetally LLP copper mine in Kazakhstan. The contract also includes large mobile feeding and conveying systems to move the crushed copper ore for further processing, and installation...

Nokian Heavy Tires has introduced what it says is the world's strongest forestry tire customized for CTL (cut-to-length) harvesters. The Forest King F 710/45-26.5 offers the best available reliability and load-bearing capacity for modern harvesters and forwarders, the company says. The Ply Rate (PR) describing...

This machine is the largest digging machine in the world. The bucket-wheeler excavator named Bagger 288 (Excavator 288) is built by the German company Krupp. More specifically, it is a mobile strip mining machine. It is the largest tracked vehicle in the world at 13,500 tons. However, Bagger is powered...

More than 200 stores in Canada and U.S. to Soap it Up on June 20 to help those in need and earn worldwide bragging rights. Hamilton, ON – June 17th 2009 – CARSTAR Automotive Canada announced the company’s intention to set a Guinness World Record by washing more...

China has now surpassed the United States as the world’s biggest automotive market with more than 6 million units sold in the first half of 2009.According to the official Xinhua news agency (quoted by Nikkei news service), new-car sales in China “jumped 17.7% year on year to a record...

McCarthy Heavy Equipment, a division of McCarthy and member of the Bidvest Group, is expanding its product range on offer to the booming construction industry.McCarthy Heavy Equipment has signed a sole distribution agreement with the Sany Group, the largest privately-owned equipment manufacturer in China.Established in 1994 and listed on...

We like cool engineering. To help celebrate the achievements of the wider construction world, we’ve assembled a list of the projects we think constitute the greatest engineering achievements of the last decade. You might not agree with all the entries, or their ranking, but the ingenuity behind each of...

[July 20] East Hampton, US--William Meyer Jr. of Amagansett and Florida and Margaret Waltz of Pennsylvania had arrived safely after flying through several time zones and over the North Atlantic, setting a record time of 15 hours, 23 minutes. Margaret Waltz, left, and William Meyer...

[Sep 7]MANCHESTER ,UK--The world's fastest limousine is now available to rent - a stretch Ferrari with a top speed of nearly 170mph. The 400bhp beast is made from a Ferrari 360 Modena which was chopped in half and stretched by 9.5ft with a section of hand-built carbon fibre. It...

The Burj Khalifa No great surprises here. The Burj Khalifa burst on to the international scene earlier this year with a massive fanfare, fireworks and festivities at the dawn of the new decade after a much anticipated build. The fanfare wasn’t without merit:...

The UNIC mini Crawler crane is the first mini crawler available in Europe narrow enough to allow access through a standard doorframe, but with almost 3 tonnes of lifting power. It leads the way technically with an array of safety features including a computer-controlled, intelligent voice warning system. ...

This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper...

This is the Tata Nano, a 4 passenger car produced in India. It sells for around $2,000 NEW. It is considered the world's cheapest new production vehicle. It is primarily made for city driving in India. Here are the specs: Tata Nano Manufacturer...

The world's most expensive car is up for sale. And whether or not you think it's worth the estimated $10 million asking price, it's no doubt exceedingly rare, beautiful and--like many follies in automotive history--a triumph of hubris over reason. This Bugatti Type 41 Royale was the brainchild...

This piece of equipment is the biggest and most powerful piece of equipment used today to move anything. It moves the space shuttle to the launch platform and weighs in at over 8 Million pounds unloaded and just over 11 Million pounds with the shuttle on its back. ...

The longest truck in the world as shown in the picture is a 182 foot long raod train.

The Midnight Rider is the world’s largest and grandest limousine. In fact, she is a traveling luxury ground vehicle, cruising Southern California and Las Vegas with an 1,800 watt Sony surround sound system in each of her three lounges, large screen televisions, a full bar, two bartenders… and yes, a...

I'm sure we all remember playing with R/C cars as we were growing up. Hey, it was a drivers license when we were 5. So it's only fitting that when we get older, we get better R/C cars, right? How does a full scale Hummer H3 sound? Dr. James...

Phoenix supplies the longest conveyor belt on earth for the transport of crushed limestone from India to Bangladesh PHOENIX Conveyor Belt Systems GmbH of Hamburg, Germany and PHOENIX Yule Limited of Kalyani, India have been awarded a multi million dollar contract for the supply of 35km of Phoenocord...

From May 28th to 30th Guinness World Records adjudicator Kristian Teufel was in Nardo, Italy to verify the record for the most fuel efficient truck. The attempt was organized by the Daimler AG Truck division from Germany and took place at the Nardo Technical Centre, a testing facility for...

Volkswagen’s Diesel-Hybrid L1 Concept Gets 170 MPG, Available by 2013.This is what a team of engineers can do when challenged to push the limits of fuel efficiency and technology. You may have already heard of VW’s 1-liter car, but take a closer look. It’s a sports-economy concept car produced...

The D7E represents a mid-range dozer between Caterpillar’s popular D6 and D8 models, and commands a price premium of 20%, or $100,000, over a standard D7R. But that 20% can be recouped in as little as two years thanks to fuel savings of 10-30%. Plus, the electric-diesel drive system...

ORLANDO (Oct. 20, 2009) – Hawker Beechcraft Corporation’s (HBC) flagship Hawker 4000 and leading Beechcraft Premier IA will be honored today for world speed record flights accomplished in each aircraft earlier this year. Today, in two separate ceremonies at the HBC static display at Orlando Executive Airport, National Aeronautics Association...