articleIn pursuit of continuous professional development
With a new president, new partnership and new policy documents it has been a busy year for The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).
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newsLondon Gateway wins deep-sea container services
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has confirmed that from December, its service from South Africa to UK/Northwest Europe will make a direct London Gateway call, switching from the Port of Felixstowe.
newsFirm puts faith in long term forklift supplier
When cable drum supplier Askern UK looked at replacing its fleet of IC trucks, warehouse equipment and rough terrain forklifts, it used long term relationships as one of its buying criteria.
newsCardiff DC to power aggressive Aldi growth plan
Retailer Aldi will invest over £109 million in the UK across the next 12 months, building a distribution centre and new stores.
newsNew commercial freight plane to be based in Yorkshire
A Yorkshire Airport has welcomed a Boeing 727-200 aircraft to its newly refurbished hangar in a new partnership with British company 2Excel Aviation which will further boost its cargo activity.
newsArdo opens cold store extension with up to 22.5k pallets
The £4 million extension to frozen fruit and vegetable specialist Ardo UK’s state-of-the-art cold store at Charing, near Ashford in Kent has been formally opened and is ready for business.
newsKey hire boosts Impact’s credentials in heavy lifting sector
After introducing Konecranes, MAFI and Carer products to its range earlier this year, Impact Handling has further strengthened its focus on the heavy-duty truck sector by making a senior appointment to lead its specialist division.
newsHuge Merseyside warehouse development gets £2.4m funding
The Chrysalis Fund has invested £2.4m in a new warehouse development on Knowsley Industrial Park.
newsMajor developments in pallet network sector
Former Palletline MD joins Pall-Ex, as Palletways unveils new strategic blueprint. This follows Palletline revealing in the summer that it has extended the pallet network model into contract logistics.
newsRoyal Mail and UK Mail point the way to increased automation
Royal Mail has revealed it has issued a tender for parcels automation equipment to ‘help inform our business case’.
newsDescartes acquires last-mile IT specialist Airclic for close to $30m
Supply chain IT firm Descartes has acquired Airclic, a US-based provider of mobile solutions that help companies reduce the cost of delivering goods by automating traditional paper-based processes.
newsM&S blasted as agency worker ‘Scrooges’
The union GMB staged a demonstration outside the M&S Store in Slough protesting against long hours and relatively low pay for warehouse workers on agency contracts.
articleWitron to build new fresh logistics centre
The installation will showcase leading-edge, cost-efficient logistics for perishable products.
articleRoyal Mail’s Amazon delivery deal a ‘sticking plaster’
International courier ParcelHero says Royal Mail is crying wolf over ‘challenging’ parcels market.
articleShortage of HGV drivers could impact Christmas deliveries
Consultancy KPMG is the latest voice to warn driver shortages could hit retail fulfillment this Christmas.
articleAsda upgrades kit at garment NDC
Dürkopp Fördertechnik provided the equipment for the facility at Brackmills, Northampton – which already distributes some 155,000 items daily.
articleMaximising the value locked in returns
Multichannel fashion retailers are cottoning on to the value of automated buffers in converting returns into quick sales. SDI Group Europe sales manager Winnie Ahrens tells HSS how it works.
newsConference says HS2 will boost regional economies
High speed rail will deliver huge social, economic and business benefits for local communities across Britain according to transport and economic experts at a conference in London yesterday.
articleAt the cutting edge
Witron has introduced dynamic and modular solutions designed to tackle fast-evolving challenges in eCommerce and fresh food logistics.
newsFuel duty cut would be good for the economy
The Freight Transport Association has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of his 2014 Autumn Statement on 3 December, primarily outlining the economic benefits that could be delivered by the further development of the Government’s approach to fuel duty.
