Dachser has opened a new branch office in Bristol. The new site provides a connection to the company’s European network in the South West.
Dachser Bristol provides a daily road freight groupage service which accesses the network through Alsdorf and Dortmund. Dascher plans to continue expanding in the UK.
Tesco is trialling a grocery home shopping hub concept at its Mansfield Tesco Extra store, using the large store capacity to fulfil a greater proportion of grocery home shopping orders, including picking some lines directly from its store warehouse. The retailer revealed the trial in its annual results and said it has plans for a…
The amount of design and build warehouse space over 100,000 sq ft taken up has dropped back seven per cent so far this year based on provisional data as at the end of August 2019, according to Colliers’ Andrea Ferranti. “But it is up considerably from this time five years ago when D&B take up…
DFDS Logistics has bought STEF Transport’s activities in Scotland and Newlyn, as part of a deal in which it has sold its activities in Boulogne to STEF. The STEF sites at Bellshill, Aberdeen and Newlyn are temperature controlled and employ 32 people. They will be merged intoDFDS Logistics. DFDS Logistics employs 60 people.It has 50,000…
Stobart Group, which owns 12.5 per cent of Eddie Stobart Logistics, is facing a boardroom battle, after former chief executive Andrew Tinkler decided to opposed the re-election of chairman Iain Ferguson at the annual meeting on 28th June. Tinkler, who owns 7.7 per cent of the voting rights, is backed two other shareholders who together…
Supply chains will continue to optimise efficiency in the coming years through the use of robotics, automated processes and technologies. In this session we’ll look at: Increasing customer expectations and service needs – How companies are using software robots, data analytics and autonomous vehicles to streamline logistics processes and increase efficiencies Labour market challenges –…
The British International Freight Association has said that freight forwarders and shippers are reeling from demurrage fees linked to congestion around the world. Robert keen, Director General at British International Freight Association said that shippers and freight forwarders “Should not be penalised by demurrage and detention practices when circumstances are such that they cannot retrieve…
