The Port of Felixstowe has welcomed the inaugural call of the world’s largest container ship, the Cosco Ningbo.

RAM Spreaders has launched its new RAM Flexlift for twin 40ft or 45ft container handling. The lift has been trialled at Hutchison Port Holding’s Yantian Port where the lift achieved 60 x 40ft container movements per hour in its fourth operation.

AirBridge Cargo is taking delivery of its fourth Boeing 747 freighter, for scheduled flights to Hong Kong.

Rexam, a manufacturer of drinks cans, has extended its £4m contract with TM Logistics until December 2008.

Christian Salvesen has won a new contract with Vandemoortele (UK), the Belgium-based manufacturer of frozen bakery products.

Culina Logistics has won a new distribution contract with Hero UK, for thelaunch of the Fruit2day drink.

The subject of distribution agreements will come under scrutiny at the 2006 Express Delivery Conference on 3-4 July at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel.

Dürkopp Fördertechnik, an automated sortation designer, has installed a high performance system for the Dräxlmeier Group,

Nissan has launched a new range of electric lift trucks, spearheaded by a unique Syncro feature which Nissan says provides “instant straight-line travel.”

For paperless, high-capacity picking, Danish company Univeyor has released its vacuum Layer Picker, a centrifugal fan creates a vacuum chamber inside the Layer Picker head,