The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will this week ask HS2 Executive chairman Sir David Higgins why the expected costs for HS2 are around ten times higher per mile than the same cost for France’s high speed rail network.
Stuart Taylor from Mentor Performance Risk Management looks at the importance of competent, confident supervision in minimising risk in logistics.
Global courier firm DHL has been sentenced for safety failings after an HGV driver was run over by his own vehicle at a depot in Bedfordshire.
Agency workers are commonly used in warehousing and logistics. Here, logistics professional Carey Jebb asks should they get the same pay and conditions as permanent workers?
Handling & Storage Solutions speaks to key IT vendors about the attractions (and the fears) surrounding using WMS and voice solutions to improve warehouse picking performance.
Pall-Ex is offering assistance to 73 hauliers as well as customers affected by the proposed closure of UK Pallets by owner UK Mail.
Dairy product distributor Eurilait operates a 44,000 sq ft cutting, packing and distribution facility which needed refurbishment due to growth.
It is fitting that an issue so central to good business – health and safety – has found its home at the NEC in the heart of the nation. The Health and Safety Event is in its second year and will take place from 24-26 March 2015.
A Hertfordshire-based company has been fined after a worker suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a 3.2 tonne reel of paper at its premises in Essex.
Dematic buys out FSU Investments, owner of UK-based SDI Group.
The diesel powered Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) is one of the trucking industry’s biggest environmental challenges. Dearman is working on a solution.
Terex Port Solutions will supply ten eco-friendly Terex rubber-tyred gantry cranes in the E-RTG variant to Ningbo Port Co.
The Modula vertical lift and storage system from Couzens Storage Systems now comes with 30% more tray load capacity up to 990kg, providing engineering and manufacturing users with more space efficient heavy-duty storage and picking.
BITO Storage Solutions has provided Bidvest Logistics with a space efficient push-back racking solution, which also accommodates marshalling to optimise available space in a coldstore.
Club W makes 30 to 50 different wines available to online subscribers, who receive three or more bottles shipped directly to their doorstep each month.
UniCarriers Group was created in 2011 from the mergers of the three brands Atlet, Nissan Forklift and TCM.
Over a decade ago, engineering giant Weir Minerals took delivery of equipment from Rushlift on a five year deal.
Beverage giant Heineken will share its experience of encouraging engaged and motivated forklift operators, which has helped the company build a safer working environment.
Manufacturer is celebrating the production of its 1000th ReachStacker.
Moving Alvan Blanch’s grain driers onto low loaders for transportation used to take over three hours, involve five personnel and four forklifts. Since the company took delivery of a Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) the procedure now requires just one piece of lifting equipment, one driver and it is done and dusted in 10 minutes.
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