newsRail freight service for East Midlands Gateway
Maritime Intermodal, a subdivision of Maritime Transport, has launched a five-day-a-week rail freight service to SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway.
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productFSDF to tackle food challenges at leading show
UK trade body Food Storage & Distribution Federation (FSDF) is to exhibit at this year’s Foodex exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, From 18th – 20th April 2016.
articleEffective palletising key for safe transit
For buyers in charge of purchasing effective production lines on behalf of food and drinks manufacturers, every decision they make is ruled primarily by two factors; time and cost, says Daniel Lambie, sales and marketing director for Kensal Handling Systems.
productTough vehicle PCs
Reducing fleet costs while enhancing productivity, GPS-based fleet management solutions from Advantech-DLoG transmit real-time data on the vehicle, load, or shipment – securely and in an easy to understand format.
productLogipal cleans up with Jeyes contract
Pallet pooling specialist, FHG IPP Logipal, has won a main pallet supplier contract with household cleaning specialist, Jeyes Group.
productStrong & hygienic
Thirty one extra plastic pallets available in the UK only through Goplasticpallets.com will be revealed over the next few months as the company launches its new CABKA-IPS pallet range.
productBenelux partnership
Brownhills based distribution specialist, Twente Express, has announced a new European partnership with UPN, one of the UK’s leading pallet networks.
productDrive-thru shopping
Commenting on the Selfridges’ new ‘drive-thru’ shopping offering, Darrel Williams, regional director, Northern Europe & South Africa for Vocollect, said:
article3PLs need thorough contract management
3PLs face a squeeze both in terms of cost and performance indicators. This means they must think carefully about contract terms, says solicitors Wright Hassel.
productAward winning
Cirrus Logistics helped Safelite Group, the leading vehicle glass company in the US, on its project to overhaul its supply chain increasing part availability, accuracy and quality; thereby lowering glass acquisition costs.
productLoading reduced by 30 minutes
Helping to ensure mail arrives faster, and in an efficient, secure manner, Sandd Postal has equipped 169 new VW vans with Joloda’s Vanloda rollerbed system.
articleReturnable crates cut packaging waste
The UK’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable supplier to the restaurant and catering industry has implemented a reusable transit packaging (RTP) crate scheme with Schoeller Allibert, to reduce waste and keep produce fresh. Reynolds estimates that, as a result, over the last year it has sent out 750,000 fewer cardboard and wooden boxes to customers and saved hundreds of tonnes of cardboard and paper.
articleCorrugated packaging proves a flexible friend
Corrugated packaging has adapted to provide solutions suiting eCommerce, retail-ready requirements and much else, says Charapak MD Richard Smith.
articleGetting to the end of the line
The end of the line is just as important as the beginning of it but many companies do not realise the value of an effective strapping system – environmentally and economically. Mosca’s managing director Gaye Tate explains.
articleLoadhog innovates for huge growth
Sheffield-based transit packaging manufacturer and bespoke pooling company Loadhog is well known for designing packaging products that save you time and money. You are probably less aware of the more unusual aspects of the organisation and its big plans for the future. HSS tells all.
news“Only one option” for a hub airport in UK
Businesses see Heathrow as the inevitable option for a UK hub airport but are getting fed up of too much procrastination and ludicrous alternatives delaying the decision. This is the view of Peter MacSwiney, chairman of freight industry supplier ASM.
productLess cardboard waste
Food service distributor, Delifresh, has achieved an 80% reduction in cardboard use since it introduced a reusable transit packaging (RTP) system from Schoeller Allibert.
productTotal stock visibility
ByBoxhas won a new contract with mobile technology solutions provider M-Netics whereby ByBox will carry out serialised swap outs of hand held devices such as scanners and printers, freeing up M-Netics’ own engineers for more complex and time consuming tasks.
newsUKWA slams ‘draconian’ Excise penalty regime
The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) – the trade association representing the interests of some 700 UK-based third party logistics (3PL) specialists – is warning that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is imposing “draconian” sanctions on companies in the excise goods supply chain that will drive long established and honest firms out of business.
blogWe need to know the truth on fuel price fixing
The price of oil impacts on more than meets the eye. Not just the petrol in the car or the diesel in the truck, but as an ingredient in the composite price of almost everything we consume every day. Now there is a suggestion of criminal price fixing. We need to know the truth.
