newsTomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester – meet the speakers
We have a raft of experts locked and loaded to share insights at the upcoming Tomorrow’s Warehouse event on Sep 30 at Manchester’s Old Trafford Cricket Ground.
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newsBIFA appoints Allie Renison as external affairs director
Alongside her role as Senior Counsel at SEC Newgate, Allie will lead BIFA engagement with government departments, parliamentarians, and policy makers.
articleTen years on: How Brexit changed the trajectory of UK supply chains
Trade friction, skill drain and price increases have all had an impact but a structural rethink is perhaps at the heart of the consequences. Tom Fitz-Walter explores.
newsPlanning policy tweak shifts emphasis to logistics
A revised draft National Planning Policy Framework, published for consultation on 17 August, gives freight and logistics a dedicated national planning policy for the first time.
newsOil spike will reset UK freight rates for years, warns Baxter Freight
The immediate threat to UK supply chains from the current oil price surge is not the cost of fuel but the movement of cargo off threatened sea lanes and onto already-crowded air and rail corridors, according to freight specialist Baxter Freight.
newsAgri-firm ADM expands Scottish supply chain
The company has secured new storage and berthing capacity at the Port of Greenock.
newsLogistics partnership to support Sizewell C
Associated British Ports (ABP), Brett and Tarmac have formed a coordinated logistics partnership to support Sizewell C.
newsIs automation replacing warehouse jobs? Join the conversation at Tomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester
Rising minimum wages, pension auto-enrolment and expanding workers’ rights were designed to protect employees. Instead, they may be accelerating the very automation that reduces headcount.
newsGXO transfers six grocery sites to DP World
The sites, five in England and one in Northern Ireland, serve Asda, Sainsbury’s and the Co-op and will transfer to DP World in September.
newsBreaking down silo thinking at Tomorrow’s Warehouse Manchester
The hidden cost isn’t always in your warehouse or your fleet, it can lurk in the gap between them…
newsCarer truck to transport large cable drums
APROLIS EQUIPMENT Distribution has secured an order for a Carer A180X electric forklift.
articleAs risky as alcohol? TT Club urges logistics operators to treat dehydration as a serious operational risk
TT Club is calling on ports, terminals and warehouse operators to adopt the same level of risk management focus to worker dehydration as they do to alcohol consumption, warning that some effects on cognitive performance are comparable.
productHoist & Winch supports plant maintenance programme with eight-hoist package
Maintaining critical equipment across a large industrial processing facility requires lifting systems tailored to the specific demands of each application area.
articleBuilding on a strong base
Best known as a Japan logistics specialist, NX has been making strides well beyond this remit, as Steve Williams, managing director UK & Ireland at NX explained to Logistics Matters editor Simon Duddy at Multimodal.
productAutonomous operations running at the Port of Tyne
Self-driving software company Oxa says the user is automating for continuity as much as cost.
newsNew dry bulk rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough
AV Dawson has announced a £5 million investment in a new dry bulk rail terminal at the Port of Middlesbrough.
newsInfios introduces AI intelligence layer Archer
Infios Archer is the intelligence layer powering Infios AI helping teams act faster, reduce manual work and maintain operational continuity.
newsPort of Felixstowe expands autonomous fleet to 100 units
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe has confirmed an order for a third batch of autonomous trucks from Shanghai Westwell Technology, increasing its autonomous truck fleet to 100 vehicles.
articleThe connectivity revolution powering modern global logistics
The world of global logistics is undergoing a radical and significant transformation, shifting away from a reactive past towards a future defined by predictive intelligence. Deutsche Telekom IoT shares its vision for a more connected and efficient supply chain. Logistics Matters Editor Simon Duddy interviews Simon Boyd and Szilard Baradits, both of Deutsche Telekom IoT.
newsLifters boost quayside large pipe handling
B&B Attachments has supplied two vacuum lifting systems to Associated British Ports (ABP) at the Port of King’s Lynn.
