A guide to resin floors for the warehouse
FeRFA CEO Helen McGachie provides a guide to selecting and specifying resin flooring systems for handling and storage facilities.
Passport to safety in logistics
UK Warehousing Association (UKWA), in conjunction with Safety Pass Alliance (SPA), is looking to create a one-day health & safety passport training scheme specifically for the warehousing and logistics industry.
Gets to grips with returnable transit packaging
Companies in the food industry can benefit greatly from a supply chain audit, says Schoeller Allibert.
Yusen Logistics supports first National Lorry Week
Yusen Logistics UK is supporting National Lorry Week, a new initiative to help raise awareness of the road freight industry and its importance to the UK economy.
Who’s hiring? PMP on warehouse recruitment drive
PMP Recruitment is seeking 18,000 temporary picking and packing warehouse workers as retail and distribution gears up for Christmas.
Get with the programme
Peter Harvey, Chief Executive of the Fork Lift Truck Association, looks at the key issues affecting fork truck safety and outlines its most ambitious safety initiative yet: the Safer Site Programme.
Is your MEWP checked for use?
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) reminds users to inspect and maintain mobile elevating working platforms.
The rise of click & collect
Online retail is a sector that’s hugely reliant on technology in order to function effectively and efficiently. Consequently, there is an awful lot of jargon that we in the industry become used to and assume everyone understands says Andrew Starkey, head of e-fulfilment, IMRG.
CILT unveils annual award winners
Over 500 of the UK’s leading professionals in transport, logistics and transport planning gathered in London last night for The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Annual Awards Dinner.
Space saving and efficient metal bar storage
Hydraulic cylinder manufacturer AHP Merkle uses KASTO’s automatic storage technology to boost the efficiency of its operations while saving vital production space.
Warehouse with roller shutter door erected in days
Publishing company Warners (Midlands) needed extra storage space for printed matter, but at this stage did not want a permanent structure.
Hyundai unveils high performance forklift
The Hyundai 30D-9 forklift is one of the high-performance machines in the newly designed 9 series of Hyundai diesel counterbalance trucks.
Manitou ups tonnage
Manitou is expanding its range of industrial forklift trucks with 6 medium-tonnage and 8 heavy tonnage units.
Dare to inspire
Andrew Wright, LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association) learning and development manager urges the industry to inspire a new generation of overhead lifting equipment engineers.
Overcoming environmental challenges
Rachael Dillon, the Freight Transport Association’s climate change policy manager, looks at ways in which the FTA can help with some of the environmental challenges faced by the logistics industry.
Where does the buck stop?
A survey carried out by the Fork Lift Truck Association has revealed that 84% of supervisors and managers that hire fork lift trucks incorrectly thought that the hire company was at least partially accountable for ensuring their truck holds a current Report of Thorough Examination…when the obligation actually lies with them.
Tackling issues facing food logistics
The FSDF is the sole trade body which represents and supports the interests of the entire food logistics industry.
Management challenge to step into operator’s shoes
There is a serious problem in the fork lift truck industry that is killing people. The good news however, is that we now know about it and we also know how to fix it. Dave Sparrow, MD of AITT (Association of Industrial Truck Trainers) explains.
Amazon treats DC floor to adapt to VNA configuration
When one of Amazon’s distribution centres in the North of England adapted a section of wide aisle racking to very narrow aisle, they needed a floor suitable for the change.
Asbestos rule change proposed
As the European Union considers proposals for the eradication of asbestos in all public buildings, Chalcroft asks what implications this could have for the UK’s warehousing industry.
