A Michigan materials packaging company has come up with an innovative, “green” system for securing palletized loads that doesn’t require plastic wrap or the use of bands. Creative Techniques, which is headquartered in Michigan’s Orion Township, used structural foam plastic to create the enviroLid, a heavy duty lid that sits atop pallets of totes or … Read more
“Enough’s enough!” That’s what the owners of a produce marketplace in Sydney, Australia, said after a series of forklift accidents resulted multiple injuries and at least one fatality. Multiple forklift accidents at Sydney Markets — the largest fresh food market in the southern hemisphere — in 2012 and 2013 prompted the market’s owners to require … Read more
The director of a charity in the UK that provides toys to Romanian orphans pledged to “carry on” despite the theft of the charity’s only forklift. The theft occurred December 10 at the headquarters of Convoy Aid, which is based in Stockton. The vehicle, which was valued at $10,586 was stolen along with various other … Read more
On a foggy Wednesday morning last week, the container ship CSCL Globe slowly glided into the harbor at the Port of Felixstowe, a container port located on England’s eastern shore. While that’s not an unusual sight — Felixstowe is the UK’s busiest container port and the sixth largest port in Europe — what was remarkable … Read more
Effective January 1, the Canadian tire handling equipment maker RMT Robotics officially changed its name to Cimcorp Automation. The company — which is based in Grimsby, Ontario, and makes robotic gantry-based order fulfillment and tire-handling solutions — was absorbed into the Finnish corporation Cimcorp Oy in 2010 and is only now getting around to changing … Read more
For the first time ever, India now has more cold storage capacity than any other nation on Earth, including the US, according to a new report. While the US remains second, China is a close third in terms of the total number of square feet of cold storage capacity such as refrigerated warehouses and other … Read more
Here’s a special sneak preview of some of the stories you will find this week on the Bahrns blog: Cargo container ships are continuing to get larger with the world’s largest now having the capacity to carry more than 19,000 containers. So why are these ships becoming so huge? We’ll take a look … Boeing … Read more
Boeing already has sold more than 1,000 of its newest passenger jet — the 787 Dreamliner — to more than 58 airlines all around the globe. But hopefully none of them will have to push the aircraft to the terrifying limits exhibited during a test flight at an air show in England last year. Heart-Stopping … Read more
Officials at BNSF, one of the nation’s largest freight lines, remember last winter’s heavy snow, sub-zero temperatures and harsh winter conditions. They also recall how last winter’s bad weather slowed operations, resulting in in delays and other costly setbacks. This year, they’re going to be ready, said Steve Bobb, the freight line’s executive vice president … Read more
The number of robots used in palletizing, logistics, packaging and materials handling are expected to double in just the next five years, according to a report issued recently by a London-based research group. The report — “Robots: Market Shares, Strategy and Forecasts Worldwide, 2014 to 2020” — was compiled by the WinterGreen Research after researchers … Read more
