articleI attended the annual SCALA Logistics Debate in July. It is always excellent – thought-provoking, packed with presenters brimming with insight. This latest Debate was even better still as it happened in the immediate wake of the UK’s referendum vote to leave the European Union. HSS editor Simon Duddy reports.
newsThe House of Commons Transport Committee says if the UK becomes a less attractive place for foreign drivers it could rapidly exacerbate the driver shortage problem.
productThe British International Freight Association has highlighted lack of communication, under-resourcing and lack of understanding in the Government’s Brexit preparations and has urged the administration to get on with devising a viable strategy.
articleIn an increasingly complex international business environment, companies that rely on legacy approaches to planning are potentially cutting their growth prospects and erasing their competitive advantage.
productMechan has installed equipment at a fifth site associated with the Department for Transport’s flagship Intercity Express Programme (IEP).
articleEmile Naus, partner and technical director at LCP Consulting analyses the potential impact of Brexit on the UK supply chain.
productKalmar, part of Cargotec, delivered two new 9-wide Automatic Stacking Cranes (ASC) to DP World Brisbane.
newsFreight Transport Association (FTA) Chief Executive David Wells told Transport Secretary Chris Grayling that EU workers are as vital to the logistics industry as they are to the NHS and construction sector.
productRubb Buildings has refurbished a former military structure, which is now being used in the commercial sector by an industrial cleaning company.
product95% of the world’s cargo is transported on ships in containers, from the clothes we are wearing to the mobile phone we have in our hand. As you read this, there are between 5-6 million containers currently travelling around the world on ships, trains or trucks.
productIf it’s not Heathrow then it’s Dover for freight shipments, says the Freight Transport Association.
newsDB Cargo UK has announced proposed redundancies and changes to its business model in response to rapid and unprecedented changes in the markets it serves.
productHeathrow has been chosen as the location for the UK’s new runway with the Government saying ‘expanding Heathrow will better connect the UK to long haul destinations in growing world markets’.
productOne of Britain’s largest wholesale companies has been fined £500,000 after a delivery driver was killed by a faulty gate at a depot in Newport, south Wales.
productMechan has received an order to provide 66 bogie stacking frames that will be used to kit out a new storage facility for Alstom Traincare.
news500 of the UK’s leading professionals in logistics, transport and operations gathered at the Lancaster London Hotel last night for The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s Annual Awards Dinner.
productFreightliner is boosting operational efficiencies across its 13 inland rail sites with a new fleet of 10 Hyster reachstackers, supplied and maintained by Briggs Equipment.
articleThe Hyster forklift achieves 100% charge in two hours, and is said to support three shift operations.
productAlmost half of firms (44%) believe the UK’s infrastructure has improved over the past five years, but only a quarter (27%) think it will pick up in the next five years, and two thirds (64%) suspect it will hamper the country’s international competitiveness in the coming decades, according to the 2016 CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey.
productOne of the world’s most modern shipping terminals, Liverpool2, is being officially opened today at the Port of Liverpool by the Secretary of State for International Trade, Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP.
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