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newsLast minute deal prompts border delays
Responding to border delay problems, hauliers were warned by UK Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove early in January that there was likely to be ‘significant disruption’ at borders in January.
articleAutomation flexes its muscles
The pandemic has added to the unpredictable nature of fulfillment as shopping habits shift and evolve. This has led to greater demand for grocery micro-fulfilment and more frequent peaks, leading to innovative automated solutions. Simon Duddy reports.
articleGlass manufacturer upgrades high bay lighting
Goodlight completed an installation of its GX1 LED High Bays into the European Glass Group‘s production facility in Stockport, Greater Manchester, delivering energy savings of 70%.
productASOS to build second UK warehouse
The leading pure-play fashion retailer ASOS will invest £90m in a new fulfilment centre in Lichfield, Staffordshire.
newsCrackdown on rogue forklift training providers
Details of banned and suspended training providers will be shared between members of the Accrediting Bodies Association for Workplace Transport (ABA) in a bid to maintain training standards.
productParcel firm installs robot-based sortation
Yamato, Japan’s leading parcel delivery company, has installed parcel sortation solutions on four sites based on ‘Mini Yellow’ AMRs supplied by LiBiao Robot.
newsChippenham second phase
St. Modwen Industrial & Logistics has secured detailed planning permission for an 88,790 sq ft facility at its 78-acre industrial and logistics site just off Junction 17 of the M4.
articleFour storeys of robotic sortation for parcel firm
A sortation system with LiBiao’s autonomous mobile robots at its heart has replaced a conveyor-based system at the fulfilment centre of a Japanese cosmetics retailer.
newsRelief and optimism as UK and EU agree Brexit deal
The EU and UK have reached a post-Brexit trade deal, which is expected to be ratified by the end of the year, by the UK parliament and across the EU.
newsLogistics UK urges public not to panic buy in fresh border crisis
As the UK braces for the end of transition arrangements with the EU and greater bureaucracy and checks on the border, France has closed traffic from the UK to France due to concerns over a new coronavirus strain in the UK.
newsAutomation fund raises $900 million
Private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners raised the cash, with the fund earmarked for backing automation companies, including technology product, software and services businesses, that enhance productivity across a range of end markets and use cases.
newsHarlow warehouse let to 3PL
Icon Industrial has let a 69,295 sq ft speculative warehouse and logistics development in Harlow to an international logistics firm.
newsLarge East Anglia warehouse planned
Developer Jaynic has secured detailed planning consent for an 870,000 sq ft warehouse to be developed for Belgian logistics, company Weerts Group at Suffolk Park, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
articleWarehousing crucial to major robotics acquisition
Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in advanced robotics firm Boston Dynamics, valued at $1.1 billion.
newsInvestment for Port of Dundee
The investment programme in the redevelopment in the Port of Dundee, totalling £40m, has reached a significant milestone with the start of the latest contract for the construction of a new wharf alongside land upgrades to secure the port’s future in offshore renewable energy and North Sea Oil and Gas projects.
newsWarehouse manager helps crack Zodiac killer code
A Belgian warehouse manager was one of a three person team that cracked the cipher of the Zodiac killer.
newsHalf a billion euros raised for urban warehouse fund
Real estate investment manager MARK (formerly Meyer Bergman) has raised €550m for its last mile logistics fund Crossbay from a range of global investors, including Credit Suisse, Nuveen and CBRE GI.
productHuge cold store DC planned in UAE
A healthcare procurement company and Abu Dhabi Ports have signed an agreement to jointly launch the largest healthcare and medical supplies cold store DC in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
productShip-to-shore cranes drive Basra port turnaround record
The 6,589-TEU ship Yang Ming Mutuality recently departed Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT) in Um Qasr, Iraq following a record-breaking turnaround.
