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Spin, the micromobility unit of Ford Motor Company has invested in two new e-cargo bike trials in the UK. Working with a new local community-based initiative – the Colchester E-Cargo Bike Delivery Project, Spin is trialling an e-cargo bike delivery service to replace and recharge drained e-scooter batteries. Spin is beginning a trial of the…
Omni-channel retailer Screwfix is set to launch a rapid delivery service called Screwfix Sprint that will deliver orders directly to a site, within an hour. The latest delivery proposition will mean customers who need urgent supplies when on a job, can order and receive products within an hour, without losing time by leaving their site….
Combilift has delivered its largest ever C-Series forklift to modular data centre manufacturer BladeRoom. The giant 30t capacity C30,000 truck is currently in operation at BladeRoom’s factory in Gloucestershire, where it is ensuring the efficient handling of components for its server rooms, as well as the finished products, which are comparable in size to shipping…
Demand for logistics warehouses among investors is so strong that LondonMetric secured a 123% return on one it bought in 2013 for £60.5 million. Investor EQT Exeter paid £102m for the 785,000ft2 single facility in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, which is let to Primark for another 11 years at a rent of £4.4m a year. Andrew Jones,…
The NHS has advised healthcare practitioners to limit the amount of ‘non-essential’ blood tests carried out, after supply chain disruption hits its blood test tube supplier Becton Dickinson. The NHS has issued advice to general practitioners and hospital staff to limit the amount of ‘non-essential’ blood tests carried out to ‘balance demand’, after a global…
Logistics and distribution group Gregory is breaking new ground in partnership with brewery Brewdog and operating the first all-electric 19-tonne rigid refrigerated vehicle in the UK. Electric vehicles form part of Gregory’s five-year sustainability strategy, which has already seen the introduction of electric pool cars and a number of gas-powered vehicles to reduce its environmental…
Industrial real-estate developer Panattoni is planning a +200,000ft2 last-mile logistics warehouse scheme in Crawley, West Sussex. It is working up plans for a 202,200ft2 speculative development of up to two units on a 10-acre brownfield site on Fleming Way, which will be known as Panattoni Park Crawley. The developer acquired the site from Aberdeen Standard…
Plans have been lodged for two new warehouses at Markham Vale in Derbyshire. Henry Boot Developments joint venture MVNE and Devonshire Property are seeking outline permission from Chesterfield Council to build two industrial units on a 68.35-acre plot at Seymour Lane in Woodthorpe as part of an extension to Markham Vale North. The two new…
Software provider GreyOrange has today announced a new partnership with Big Box, an intralogistics, automation and buildings specialist. The strategic collaboration leverages Big Box’s extensive customer portfolio to provide automated warehousing solutions to UK businesses. Through GreyOrange’s GreyMatter operating system and Ranger MoveSmart robots, Big Box improves supply chain efficiencies and reduces order-to-delivery times. Customers…
Spin, the micromobility unit of Ford Motor Company, is conducting two new e-cargo bike trials in Essex. In Colchester, working with a new local community-based initiative – the Colchester E-Cargo Bike Delivery Project – Spin is trialling an e-cargo bike delivery service to replace and recharge drained e-scooter batteries. In Chelmsford, meanwhile, it is kicking…
Dixons Carphone, the company behind Currys PC World and Carphone Warehouse, is today launching a nationwide campaign to recruit, retain and retrain 7.5-tonne drivers. In response to an industry-wide shortage and in a bid to remain competitive, the firm is offering a sign-on bonus of £1,500 to new 7.5-tonne drivers as well as paying a…
Packaging company DS Smith has invested in ten automated guided vehicles, (AGVs), to increase the ‘sustainability’ and efficiency at its paper mill in Kent. The electric Rocla vehicles, supplied by AGV manufacturers Mitsubishi Logisnext Europe Oy can operate 24/7 and perform a range of warehouse tasks in the fully automated warehouse, including collection of reels…
There is no one ideal way of managing supply chain risk. Nick Bradley canvasses the opinion of eight industry experts to find out which precautionary measures – if any – make sense. Covid has prompted a period of introspection as organisations debate how best to structure their supply chains and manage their risk. “If the past…
PALLITE is expanding its PIX range to include PIX SLOTS to meet the demands of businesses storing small and lightweight products, such as the fashion and beauty industry. PALLITE launched its PIX range more than two years ago. An alternative to correx and corrugated pick bins, as well as metal racking, PALLITE PIX is designed…
Logistics parks are embracing tech to attract and retain the best staff, Nick Bradley writes. Could connected communities attract the best recruits? The past 18 months have seen the logistics sector emerge as one of the pillars of the UK economy. The pandemic and national lockdowns have accelerated the growth of e-commerce and the disruption experienced…
Nick Bradley speaks with Mike Thomas from Delamode about the new multi-million-pound DC at the Port of Southampton and discovers its importance for the UK and Europe as well At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, expectations were that containerised trade would fall off a cliff. Yet demand for container shipping actually grew after the…
Air cargo has seen one of the most turbulent years in its history. Michelle Mooney examines how the industry is taking off again. Long before the world had ever heard of Covid-19, air cargo volumes were already under pressure from the trade war between China and the USA. In 2019, for instance, the International Air…
Jack Underwood proposes some smart ways for retailers to manage the current delivery driver deficit that is pushing UK logistics towards another unprecedented crisis. The rise of e-commerce has created more opportunities for delivery drivers over the past few years. Naturally, there has also been a higher demand for deliveries as e-commerce grew globally by…
After an extraordinary year, Tony Mannix sits down with Nick Bradley to discuss how leaders like him can help guide us through these choppy waters. Despite the massive ramifications of the pandemic, a pragmatic Tony Mannix believes that – all things considered – Clipper Logistics coped reasonably well and eventually ended up having a “good…
OW Robotics has launched its F4 automated forklift, to increase ‘flexible automation’ in the warehouse. The f4 automated robot is designed to move palletised stock around the warehouse and can work alongside warehouse employees and existing materials handling equipment. The technology which is manufactured by Hikrobot, is aimed at improving oder fulfilment efficiency, reducing forklift…
Acting on behalf of Charter Land, Glenny’s Business Space Agency has completed the sale of the last of four refurbished industrial/warehouse units in Northfleet, Kent. Unit K8 was sold with vacant possession to CPP-LM Ltd for £1,175,000 million. Ivan Scott, Divisional Partner in Glenny’s Business Space Agency said: “The refurbishment of older stock which is…
Air cargo volumes have faced challenging times over the past year, as Covid-19 and Brexit have ravaged supply chains. The air cargo industry however, has come back from the brink of chaos, all thanks to a range of technologies and new approaches to challenges. Michelle Mooney speaks to Manuel Pizarro about the success of air…
Parcel carrier Hermes has taken a pre-let 76,822ft2 parcel depot at developer Jaynic’s 2 million ft2 Suffolk Park scheme in East Anglia. Ben Oughton, development director of Jaynic, said: “The unit to be occupied by Hermes demonstrates the excellence of this location near Junction 45 of the A14. This further letting flags up the strong…
DPD UK has today announced that it will be acquiring CitySprint following a period of continued demand for its services. Once completed, DPD UK’s customers will be able to access CitySprint’s same day and specialist delivery services in the UK, while CitySprint will be able to offer its customers access to DPD UK’s domestic next-day…
Super Smart Services has snapped up another warehouse in the Midlands bringing the total amount of space leased in the last couple of weeks to 450,000ft2. The Chinese fulfilment company has taken developer Canmoor’s 173,484ft2 Unit 3 warehouse at Mustang Park in Daventry in the East Midlands. Super Smart Services took two warehouses totalling 280,354ft2…
Lucas Systems has announced a partnership with Silicon Valley-based Fetch Robotics to enable what it suggests will be the next generation of smart warehouses. Through the partnership, Lucas and Fetch will offer tailored solutions to orchestrate and optimise how warehouse workers interact in harmony with Fetch’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Fulfilment and distribution centres are…
DHL Express has announced that it is ordering 12 fully electric Alice eCargo planes from Eviation, in doing so making what the company believes to be a pioneering step into a sustainable aviation future. Eviation expects to deliver the Alice electric aircraft to DHL Express in 2024. “We firmly believe in a future with zero-emission…
Supermarket retailer ASDA has taken delivery of nearly 170 new refrigerated trailers, all fitted with Carrier Transicold’s Vector HE 19 MT (high efficiency, multi-temperature). The system’s environmental credentials, fuel savings and alternative power options are noted as key factors in the supermarket chain’s decision. The electrical architecture of the unit was a big factor in…
A new research project, ‘ARIBIC’ (Artificial Intelligence-Based Indoor Cartography), is set to investigate how data sourced from within a DC could help to create a real-time digital twin of a warehouse or a production environment. The initiative is being led by KION Group (Linde, STILL, Dematic, etc) with co-operating partners including LeddarTech, Karlsruhe Institute of…
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) clarifying the final implementation date when a new computer system will replace an existing system used for processing Customs declarations. “Our members will be pleased with the clarity that is being provided following HMRC’s announcement that the Customs Declaration…
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