productFlexi launches revamped website
Narrow Aisle, the intralogistics solutions specialist, has revamped its main company website – www.flexi.co.uk.
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productDouble deck solutions at CV Show
Transdek UK is demonstrating its total double deck solutions expertise with a working scenario of an Urban Wedge Max double deck trailer docked onto a modular V2G (vehicle to ground) loadhouse pod at the CV Show, NEC Birmingham on 24-26 April.
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articleWMS can boost last mile delivery performance
Organisations with last mile delivery operations face an increasingly challenging marketplace, says Andrew Tavener, Descartes Systems Group UK, but WMS can solve a number of issues.
articleThe fallout from the KFC logistics crisis
HSS rounds up comment on KFC’s delivery crisis and the implications for its principal logistics partner, DHL.
productCrown wins iF Design Award 2018
Crown has earned the prestigious iF Design Award for the WP 3010 compact pallet truck.
productSolution promises to speed up lorry loading
The beverage industry is a typical application where empties and full bottles, cans, drums, crates, packing material, and pallets, are handled in multiple logistic flows.
productIsuzu Truck launches Grafter Green 3.5 tonne range
The new range of 2018 Grafter 3.5 tonne rigids are under the umbrella name of ‘Grafter Green’.
productCross-docking warehouse opens at Liverpool Port
P&O Ferrymasters has opened an 800 sq m warehouse at Liverpool Port to support customers with cross-docking operations and feed its connection with P&O Ferries’ Liverpool-Dublin sailings.
productProblem-solving hoists
As the UK agent for GIS AG – the Swiss based Chain Hoist & crane manufacturer – LTM offers a range of special GIS Hoists aimed at applications where standard hoists cannot be supplied.
articleOcado reveals near zero food waste level
Online supermarket Ocado has published its food waste figures, revealing a figure of 0.02%, or 1 in 6,000 food items wasted.
newsDPD to introduce worker contract as part of new Driver Code
The new worker contract will include paid annual leave, pension and sick pay, and scrap the controversial £150 breach charge for self-employed drivers.
newsDX unveils turnaround plan
The new Board is proposing to redeem its Convertible Loan Notes to raise £4m to support growth initiatives.
newsUp the pace on Brexit talks or risk supply chain damage
With a year until the UK’s departure from the European Union, the Freight Transport Association is urging the government to up the pace on the negotiation of trading arrangements, or risk damaging integrated supply chains.
productCovered loading for flower and plant wholesaler
Smart-Space has completed the construction of a covered loading and unloading area for Tom Brown Wholesale Florists at the wholesaler’s site in Lee, south east London.
newsLNG lorry hits streets with infrastructure backing
Volvo Trucks has begun shipping its new gas-powered truck to the UK, with Volvo choosing Calor’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at Donington Park Services for its first UK fill.
articleInnovative logistics needed for intense grocery eCommerce market
The grocery eCommerce market is well on course to reach current predictions of between £18-20bn in 2020 – a remarkable story of growth and supply chain capability given the intense and unique requirements that selling food in multiple temperature ranges presents.
newsAmsterdam expansion
SEKO Logistics is opening its second largest operation in Europe at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Logistics Park.
productFrench retail chain Monoprix strikes delivery deal with Amazon
Monoprix, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Casino Group, will make a broad selection of its food offering available to customers in Paris via Amazon Prime Now.
product24-hour home deliveries predicted due to ‘vampire economy’
Many consumers now shop online late into the night. ParcelHero predicts this year will see the first 24-hour home deliveries as retailers seek to make a killing in the late night vampire economy.
