productRANPAK HAS acquired Recycold Cool Solutions BV, a manufacturer of sustainable cool packs. Unlike typical cool packs, Recycold Cool Packs are made from a drain safe, plant-based gel and the addition expands the diversity of Ranpak’s cold chain packaging solutions.
productTHE RETAILER has launched the UK’s first commercially used fully electric heavy freight articulated trucks.
newsTHE UNION GMB says its investigation shows ‘more than 1,000 serious injuries have been reported at Amazon sites to health and safety bodies since 2016.
productGREGORY DISTRIBUTION is extending the use of Bio-LNG into its milk transhipment operation, with the arrival this week of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6×2 tractor units for its Cullompton base – each expected to clock-up 200,000 km per year for the next five years.
newsDavid Wells, chief executive of Logistics UK, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to transport and logistics.
articleReact to low predictability, growing order volume and shrinking order size in the warehouse with Knapp’s EcoPocket system.
articleOVER THE last decade, e-commerce has grown rapidly. In 2020, e-commerce sales totalled £111 billion in the UK, and accounted for 27.6% of total retail sales, up from £75 billion (19.2% of retail sales) in 2019.
newsUPCOMING CHANGES to import regulations could bring widespread disruption to UK supply chains in the New Year, warns Speedy Freight.
productA CONSORTIUM of partners will carry out the UK’s first demo of zero-emission marine technology in the Tees Valley.
productBOURNEMOUTH-BASED logistics company Shears Bros. (Transport) has opened a new transport facility.
productWHOLESALER LWC Drinks has introduced a fleet of VNA articulated forklifts across its nationwide estate of distribution depots, including the company’s recently opened new 173,000 sq ft bonded DC in Chadderton, Oldham.
productMECHAN IS helping to reduce carbon emissions at a Scottish rail depot after introducing an electric shunter.
productUNION INDUSTRIES has demonstrated the collaborative approach it delivers for the specification and installation of its high-speed roller doors with a project for Recticel Insulation.
productGXO LOGISTICS is said to have achieved an industry first by deploying 6 River Systems (6RS) collaborative robots, or cobots, on multiple mezzanine floors in one of its distribution centres in Milton Keynes, England.
productDHL SUPPLY Chain has introduced its largest single implementation of autonomous forklifts to date, with 15 embedded in its warehouse operations at Tyrefort in the West Midlands.
productTHE RETAILER awarded a contract to Vinci to build a logistics hub and offices for its regional headquarters in Saint-Augustin, located in the Pas-de-Calais region of northern France.
productRADNOR HILLS Mineral Water has chosen Hart Door Systems to supply a further high-speed door for its Radnor-based mineral water plant.
articleFive new Combi-XLE models have been installed by a ground engineering specialist as part of its sustainability strategy.
articleAutomation specialist Axiom GB, the only UK company to manufacture sliding shoe sortation systems, has launched the powerful MSS sliding shoe sorter.
articleFloor slab repair that is designed to stand up to the heavy traffic movements achieved for supply chain company.
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