Diesel gasoline’s average price per gallon fell 6.5 cents this week to $2.112 per gallon, according to data issued by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration.

United States-bound waterborne shipments finished 2015 on a decline, according to data by Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers.

Dambach Lagersysteme, a supplier of powerful rail-guided stacker cranes with telescopic forks, chain conveyors and shuttles with power cap technology, is promising to turn the high bay apron into a dynamic zone.

Liebherr has confirmed that its maritime crane business has moved to Rostock. Design, sales and customer service for mobile harbour cranes, reachstackers, ship cranes as well as offshore cranes will from now on will be run from the German port.

Growth prospects for the trucking sector appear to remain on solid footing, according to the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from freight transportation forecasting firm FTR.

Coca Cola speeds up loading process thanks to Zetes scanning system on forklifts
In order to gear the loading process to the accelerated warehouse processes, Zetes designed a new scanning system on Coca-Cola's forklifts in Dongen. Zetes also advised on the design of the forklift attachments together with the company Durwen. Coca-Cola has since reduced loading time by an impressive 6 minutes per lorry, whilst also improving safety and reducing the number of errors.

PDP Couriers, the leader in clinical trial drug distribution and biological sample transportation has achieved its Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) licence, awarded by the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

Peel Ports has been recognised by the European Business Awards, with the company shortlisted as a National Public Champion for 2016. The company will now go forward to a public vote, with the chance to be recognised as one of Europe’s leading businesses when voting closes on 26 February.

BYD, the new entrant to the European materials handling market, which boasts of maintenance-free BYD Iron-Phosphate Battery technology, said it was honoured that its new 1.8 tonne counterbalance model has reached the final round of the International Forklift Truck of the Year Award 2016.

Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new lightweight collapsible pallet box to its range, which it says is a cost effective alternative to existing sleeve pack systems.