New spreader designed to help lift four empty containers at once

BLOK Container Systems has designed a spreader to enable four empty shipping containers to be simultaneously lifted and transported on to quaysides as a single block.

The manufacturer hopes that the invention could help to ease congestion in container ports, reduce emissions and save billions across the industry.

The company was started two years ago by Martin Clive-Smith, Henry Reynolds and Selwyn Rowley, who have a combined experience of more than 80 years across engineering and marketing.