newsHoward Tenens launches new website
The 3PL has launched a high impact website showcasing its logistics capabilities.
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productMaritime Transport and DB Cargo UK to boost railfreight capacity
After reaching agreement in principle with DB Cargo UK, Maritime Transport. has announced the launch of a new division – “Maritime Intermodal” which will initially contract four dedicated services out of Felixstowe and Southampton.
productFunding for North East logistics facility
Tritax Big Box REIT has completed contracts for the forward funded development of a new logistics fulfilment centre at Integra 61, near Durham, pre-let to a financially robust world leading retailer, which is thought to be Amazon.
productWhistl invests in parcel sortation
Whistl’s first automated parcel sortation machine has been installed, over three months, at its depot in Bolton, located on the Logistics North site.
articleNew canopy improves safety and work flow
Chemicals firm Johnson Matthey needed a canopy structure to create a covered loading area for trailers due to concerns that the wind around the trailer posts could cause whiplash and become a safety risk for employees.
productHelping Ocado with a key challenge
Online grocery specialist Ocado is a key innovators in the food market, but an early challenge they faced was keeping chilled and frozen products cold and in safe conditions but, importantly out of the warehouse space, to keep the warehouse free for the new products constantly coming in.
newsHaulage firm bought by former GM
SK Distribution, based at Harpur Hill in Buxton, has been bought out by its former general manager, Vic Smith.
news‘Self employed plus’ status for gig economy couriers
Hermes’ self-employed couriers now have the option to take holiday pay and have guaranteed earnings following a deal between with union GMB.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
productArrowXL looking forward to Worcester homecoming in the autumn
The CEO of ArrowXL, the UK’s leading two-person home delivery expert, has revealed that “fantastic progress” is being made as work continues on the rebuild of its flagship hub in Worcester.
newsCarriers urged to collaborate
MetaPack’s Patrick Wall used his keynote at The Delivery Conference 2019 to address the carrier community.
