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Abstract

The present invention provides a storage system (1) comprising a framework structure (100) and at least one container handling vehicle (301), the framework structure comprises vertical column profiles (102) defining multiple storage columns (105) in which storage containers (106) are stored one on top of another in vertical stacks, the column profiles are interconnected at their upper ends by rails (110,111) forming a horizontal rail grid (108) upon which the container handling vehicle (301) may move in two perpendicular directions, the container handling vehicle arranged to retrieve storage containers (106) from the storage columns (105), store storage containers in the storage columns (105), and transport the storage containers on the framework structure, the container handling vehicle comprises a cantilevered section from which a lifting frame (2) is suspended, the lifting frame being configured to releasably attach to an upper section of a storage container (106) and arranged to be raised or lowered in order to raise or lower an attached storage container (106), wherein the storage system comprises at least one container rack column (6) comprising a container rack (7), the container rack comprises container supports (8) by which a plurality of storage containers (106a- 106l) can be supported one above another at vertically spaced storage levels, the container rack (7) is moveable relative to the container rack column (6) in a vertical direction between a lowest position and a plurality of container access positions, where at each of the container access positions a storage container supported at a corresponding storage level may be retrieved by the container handling vehicle.

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