Forklift trucks supplied by Jungheinrich UK Ltd have been flown to Sierra Leone as part of the UK Government’s response to the Ebola virus crisis.

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The Department for International Development (DfID) acquired the trucks – a 7-tonne diesel-powered counterbalanced machine and two smaller 4-tonne diesel-powered counterbalanced vehicles from Jungheinrich’s DFG range – which will be used to transport the wide variety of items required to establish the infrastructure that is urgently required to help tackle the Ebola outbreak.

The 7-tonne truck was fitted with extended forks to help manoeuvre large and awkwardly shaped loads safely and efficiently.

The forklifts were made ready and supplied to be flown to West Africa on a transport plane from East Midlands Airport within a week of the DfID’s approach to Jungheinrich.

A spokesman for the DFiD’s procurement office, praised the speed at which Jungheinrich was able to respond to his organisation’s initial enquiry.

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