productSouthgate drives new E-Type to market
Digital technology increases impulse heat sealing productivity with the new E-Type from Hacona.
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productNo-deal Brexit could increase red tape
A new UK safety mark designed to replace the EU’s CE mark following a no-deal Brexit will cost British manufacturers and exporters millions of pounds in product stamping, testing and red tape, warns courier ParcelHero.
productNew semi-trailers with better cargo control
Irregular consignment specialist, Tuffnells, has partnered with rigid truck body manufacturer, Lawrence David and commercial vehicle trailer and rigid bodywork specialist, Don-Bur to roll out a fleet of rebranded semi-trailers.
productData loggers track damage during transit
Cargo often suffers damage during transport, whether as a result of jolts and shocks or fluctuations in temperature, pressure or humidity. Proof of causation and damage is usually extremely difficult.
productKPI display enhanced
Demonstrated at its recent Customer Insight Workshops, the latest version of the TranSend ePOD and delivery management system incorporates a new visual display of key performance management information.
productCrackdown on basket misuse
Leeds-based food company, David Wood Baking, which recently rebranded as David Wood Foods, has ended up with a bill for more than £18,000 after admitting that it had misused bread baskets belonging to Bakers Basco.
productNew bagging solution unveiled by Pregis
The new SX Continuous Roll Bagging System is the first of three Sharp bagging solutions that Pregis is introducing into Europe this year.
newsTiger Trailers re-locates to to new £22m base
The trailer and commercial vehicle body manufacturer moved into its new, £22 million manufacturing facility in Winsford, Cheshire.
newsM&S and DHL plan for new DC
The Welham Green distribution centre is planned to open in Hertfordshire in summer 2019.
newsTransmec marks 10 years with Kettler GB
Logistics provider Transmec Group has marked ten years of working for Kettler GB.
newsConsultancy says more time needed to prepare for no-deal Brexit
With just over a month until the 29 March deadline, concerns are beginning to grow around the implications of a possible no-deal Brexit.
newsGoplasticpallets.com pledges to recycle all plastic pallets and boxes
This announcement comes in the wake of the huge amount of negative media coverage on single-use plastics and the devastating impact it is having on our environment and marine life.
productConsultancy identifies Honda ‘winners and losers’
Thomas Cullen of consultancy Transport Intelligence says Honda’s plan to shut its Swindon Assembly plant in 2021 has little to do with local politics and everything to do with the changing nature of the automotive supply chain.
productPackMyRide promises fully automated loading
Dematic has debuted PackMyRide at LogiMAT, which is said to be the first fully automated parcel loading solution concept for the last mile.
productAre you ready for the Tobacco Products Directive?
By May 2019, every business involved in the tobacco supply chain needs to transform the way they track and report on products.
productTilbury2 could lead to 8500 new jobs
The Port of Tilbury received development consent from the Secretary of State for Transport to build Tilbury2 – a new multimillion pound port terminal adjacent to the current 930 acre site in Thurrock, on the outskirts of Greater London.
articleBusy 3PL renews with Unicarriers as intralogistics partner
Range of warehouse trucks serve store and retrieve items from racking up to 12.5 metres.
productSecurity guard dragged and killed by HGV
Associated British Ports, DFDS Seaways PLC and ICTS (UK) were hit with combined fines approaching £1.5m after a security guard was fatally injured when he was struck by an articulated vehicle.
productGummed paper tape dispenser
Kite Packaging has introduced a gummed paper tape dispenser to add to its online offering.
newsAmazon and Alibaba lead shipping revolution
Global eCommerce is leading the biggest shake up in international shipping since containerisation, ParcelHero’s David Jinks will tell a major world maritime conference in London.
