articlePutting their feet up
With some lorry drivers opting for retirement rather than investing in the the extra training now needed to drive a HGV, Geoff Dossetter discusses the very real prospect of a driver shortage in the run-up to Christmas.
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articleMaking sweet music
The Interroll Intelliveyor saves up to 50% energy and therefore costs, compared to a centralised driven system.
articleCompact and powerful
Impact Handling is bringing compact high tonnage electric forklifts from a long established manufacturer to the UK. HSS editor Simon Duddy sees the trucks in action in the Netherlands.
articleCold store option
Yale’s cold store MR looks set to offer temperature controlled warehouse operators a range of features to keep drivers warm and productive while forcing lifetime costs down.
articleFlexible approach
SDI Group senior sales manager Winnie Ahrens answers key questions on garment handling.
articleLeading forwarder invests in hanging garment frame
Uniserve has adopted Sea-GOH, a folding, hanging garment frame from Sunrise Global Innovations, to support its inbound garment services for a number of retail clients.
articleCILT outlines its Vision for Transport Planning
A new report, A Vision for Transport Planning, has been produced and published by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Transport Planning Society (TPS), setting out the key role transport planning can play in meeting the pressing challenges the nation will face over the next 20 years.
articleForklift transfer platform provides safe solution
Contact Attachments supplied one of its forklift platforms to Abrasive Finishing Systems to enable the firm’s employees to move machines in and out of its demonstration room on the first floor of its building in a safer and more efficient manner.
articlePay as you go portcentric logistics
Import Services will operate the ‘pay as you go’ Common User Facility at the London Gateway Logistics Park on behalf of DP World.
articleSkills for Logistics launches the Standard of Excellence Driver CPC
Skills for Logistics launched the Standard of Excellence Driver CPC in response to a need voiced by employers and providers to showcase excellent training provision.
articlePort of Felixstowe buys four reachstackers
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, will deliver four reachstackers for laden handling to the Port of Felixstowe in the UK.
articleSorters save energy
Crisplant says garment handling need not be energy intensive with its sorter ranges.
articleFedEX to automate latest regional distribution centre
FedEx Express will include an automated sort system, as well as ramp, freight and sort facilities in a new facility that will act as a gateway to the Nordic region.
newsAisle-Master is the natural choice for GR Lane
When GR Lane Health Products was looking for replacements for its ageing fleet of articulated forklifts, a critical issue was not only finding trucks that would fit the bill from a quality and performance point of view but which would also fit into very narrow pre-existing aisle widths.
articleUnderstanding storage
SEC Storage MD Steve Watts tells HSS editor Simon Duddy that great benefits can be gained from fully understanding how storage should work for your business.
productABB automates its warehouse with the help of Swisslog
Swisslog has received its latest order to create a state-of-the-art AutoStore facility in Switzerland.
newsEPAL launches ‘more robust’ half pallet
The European Pallet Association (EPAL) has introduced a new EPAL half pallet with three skid boards.
productPortillo interviews Pacepacker and Fanuc MDs at PPMA show
At the recent 2014 PPMA show, Pacepacker’s managing director Dennis Allison and Chris Sumner MD of FANUC had the honour of meeting Michael Portillo.
newsAmazon introduces same-day pick-up service
Amazon in the UK expanded its Pick-Up Location programme with its first ever same-day collection service.
newsEcommerce biggest growth area says 92% of logistics companies
The growth in ecommerce has brought big business to the logistics industry and will continue to do so between now and 2018, with 92% of logistics companies seeing it as their biggest area for growth over the next four years.
