Briggs Equipment is now the primary supplier of materials handling services to Peel Ports Group, after securing a £38 million contract. This success builds on the long-standing relationship between Briggs and Peel Ports, through a partnership at the Liverpool operation that spans 22 years.

Doosan’s wholly owned subsidiary Rushlift, is launching a new Fleet Management System (FMS). Originally developed in 2005, the latest revision of the website allows all customers access to real-time fleet information on a 24/7 basis. This ensures customers are optimising their materials handling equipment.

Baoli Material Handling Europe has launched its new KBG series of LPG forklifts for the European market. The series provides trucks with load capacities between 1.5 and 3.5 tons. They share many components with the diesel models of the KB family, which Baoli has introduced over the past two years. Efficient maintenance of this product range is facilitated by easy access to the components.

Samskip has committed to enhancing multimodal as a transport option by introducing the next generation of 45ft curtain-sided containers, after full trials of new units designed for enhanced endurance.

The VanRiet Group, specialist in automated transport and sorting solutions, is to present its HC Sorter at the CeMAT intralogistics fair in Hannover (Germany) from 31 May to 3 June 2016. This shoe sorter features a completely closed sorter deck and is capable of handling a versatile range of products. VanRiet can be found in hall 27, stand J17.

Versapak, manufacturer of tamper evident bags, pouches and security seals, has launched its newest security seal – the T2. The T2 has a unique patented design allowing for easy scanning and readability of numbers and barcodes. The T2 Seal can be uniquely numbered and personalised allowing Versapak bags to be easily tracked. It features two prongs for extra security offering the ultimate level of tamper evident protection. The design of the seal guarantees against debris build up, helping to prolong the life of Versapak bags and pouches used with the seals. It has numerous applications in the secure movement of valuable items such as cash in transit or for preventing the loss of retail stock.

P3 Logistic Parks, pan-European logistics real estate owners, developers and asset managers, handed over a 20,000 m2 build-to-suit (BTS) automotive parts distribution centre at Niedersachsenpark in northern Germany to Peugeot Citroën Germany GmbH on Monday 25 April 2016. The company belongs to the French PSA Group, the second largest automobile manufacturer in Europe. The P3 Niedersachsenpark logistics centre, which is located close to the A1 motorway, will serve as the company’s central warehouse and distribution hub for Germany and other EU countries. PSA will also use the building to manage logistics for its European spare parts and accessories e-commerce platform "Mister Auto".

CHEP, the supply chain solutions company, was recently named winner of Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE) 2015 Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Supplier Award for its continuous efforts to develop innovative and sustainable supply chains. CCE praised CHEP’s sustainability efforts as well as their rise to Gold Level – the highest possible – in the analysis system of EcoVadis, the leading European agency for evaluating supply and service partners. Every year, EcoVadis assesses about 20,000 suppliers from over 100 countries and across 150 business sectors and rates them on 21 criteria related to Environment, Fair Labour Practices, Ethics/Fair Business Practices and Supply Chain.

Leading Icelandic cargo transport company to install Autostore Terminal Operating System (TOS) in major IT infrastructure upgrade CSA (Central Systems & Automation Ltd) is to implement Autostore TOS for Eimskip (Eimskipafélag Íslands hf) across four container terminals: Sundahöfn, Reyðarfjörður and Grundartangi in Iceland and at Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands.

Egypt Joint Venture For Medsofts and ADM. Archer Daniels Midland Company and Medsofts Group announced today that they have completed their previously announced transaction, and are launching ADM Medsofts, a 50-50 joint venture that will offer commodity merchandising, transportation and delivery services to customers in Egypt.