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Jaynic, the developer of Suffolk Park, has secured detailed planning consent for an 870,000 sq ft warehouse to be developed for Belgian logistics company Weerts Group. The Belgian company concluded terms on the 42-acre site at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, from Jaynic in October this year as its first location in the UK and the planning…
Automation has been a boon for the warehouse. The productivity gains have driven the economy, particularly during this year, as businesses throughout the logistics sector have been able to handle the pressure of a continuous peak, and strain on ‘normal’ warehouse activities. Take the home delivery market. Parcel carriers enacted peak planning back in March…
A year-long process of deploying new automation, order management and WMS technology at Surrey-based e-commerce fulfilment specialist Haul + Store has ensured readiness for “out of the ordinary” peaks in demand for e-commerce fulfilment. Co-Owner Neil Burden said Haul + Store had done a lot of work over the last year, working with supplier MintSoft, around the…
An effective transport management system (TMS) is now the backbone of a retail operation. As demand for the home delivery of goods accelerates, e-commerce is unable to survive – let alone thrive – without the affective management of commercial fleet assets. Combine the movement of goods outside of the warehouse, with the desire to increase…
Gist has begun a three-month trial of hydraulic-driven Ecogen generators on its refrigerated trailer fleet running from its depot in Spalding, Lincolnshire. The retrofitted hydraulic cooling system from Swedish manufacturer Hultsteins converts an existing diesel powered unit to electric. This reduces the vehicle’s total fuel consumption, and lowers CO2 and NOx emissions, as well as particle emissions….
Europa Road, which launched its frictionless trade product Europa Flow is reporting that 85 per cent of its European Road freight customers have now signed up for the service. Europa Road launched the customs product to preserve transit times and the flow of goods between the UK and Europe after the Brexit transition period comes…
Logistics Manager’s sister magazine Robotics & Innovation is to host a free-to-attend webinar on 15th December at 2pm (GMT) – where Elo will explain how to make Industry 4.0 a reality in your operation with cutting-edge technology and applications built to solve your biggest industry challenges. With industries under constant pressure to improve equipment maintenance, simplify…
Menzies Distribution has acquired Bibby Distribution from Bibby Line Group in a deal that creates a £1 billion annual turnover 3PL in the UK. Menzies said the acquisition would add 38 new operating sites to its network, with the combined business operations home to almost 5,000 employees (with 1,400 people coming across from Bibby), 4,000 vehicles…
Menzies Distribution has acquired Bibby Distribution from Bibby Line Group in a deal that creates a £1 billion annual turnover 3PL in the UK. Menzies said the acquisition would add 38 new operating sites to its network, with the combined business operations home to almost 5,000 employees (with 1,400 people coming across from Bibby), 4,000 vehicles…
The second phase of the 559,228 sq ft More + Central Park industrial and logistics scheme in Bristol has secured forward funding to be speculatively developed. CCP 5, a fund advised Tristan Capital Partners has paid developer Richardson Barberry £78 million in an off market deal for the whole scheme including the six further units…
Real estate investment manager Barings has agreed to forward fund Panattoni’s 358,500 sq ft warehouse scheme in Bolton to the tune of £42.5 million. The project is being delivered on Wingates Industrial Estate, an established logistics and light industrial location, and once completed will comprise of approximately 358,500 sq ft of new Grade A space…
Battery technology company Britishvolt has said that building its £2.6 billion Gigaplant for the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries in Blyth, Northumberland, will create 5,000 jobs in its supply chain. Construction at the site will begin in summer 2021 with batteries produced by the end of 2023. Britishvolt said that by the final phase of the…
Safety in the warehouse is paramount, but maintaining safety when operations peak requires robust processes. Augmenting this with the latest technology offers the most pragmatic approach to safety. Christopher Walton investigates. The Covid-19 pandemic means were all now used to the phrase social distancing: a single, consistent safety message has endured given the need for…
St. Modwen Industrial & Logistics has delivered a 100,000 sq ft build-to-suit facility as part of the first phase of development at St. Modwen Park Gatwick in Copthorne. Phase one, which was pre-let on a 15-year lease to Gatwick Airport in September 2019 – comprises a cross-docked unit, specifically designed to meet occupier needs, and…
The Port of Grangemouth is to spend £3 million scaling up and modernising its rail freight capacity as it looks to boost capacity after Brexit. As a result of the investment Grangemouth will extend its dual rail siding to 775 metres (it currently stands at 200 metres) so it is capable of handling the longest freight…
Clipper Logistics has signed new multiyear contract with luxury department store Liberty. Clipper, one of the five sponsors of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers, has been providing logistics for Liberty since 1997. Under the new agreement, the contract renewal will see Clipper continue to provide multi channel fulfilment and returns operations for Liberty’s…
3PL Gregory Distribution and Scottish craft beer brand Brewdog are to trial an all-electric 19 tonne rigid refrigerated HGV. The vehicle is a purpose-built Electra e-Cargo Urban Refrigeration Vehicle, based on an Iveco Euro Cargo chassis, and is supplied by NRG Fleet Services. ARR Craib Transport, part of the Gregory Group, will put a similar…
Has automation enabled e-commerce growth, or has e-commerce growth enabled further automation in the warehouse? It’s an unanswerable question, as one factor indelibly impacts the performance of the other. What has changed is the retail landscape that automation is feeding. E-commerce has accelerated by five years in the past five months, according to John Lewis…
INEOS O&P UK and pallet pooler PRS have signed an agreement that will see the annual pooling of tens of thousands of sustainable wooden pallets at the petrochemical products manufacturers’ facility at Grangemouth, near Edinburgh. The agreement sees INEOS move from the previous single use system, with PRS will now recover pallets from O&P UK customers to be…
The first 13 weeks of Ocado Retail carrying Marks & Spencer branded items saw turnover grow 35% year-on-year. In the 13 weeks to 29 November turnover rose to £579.6 million, compared to £429.7 million for the 13 weeks ending 1 December 2019. Average number of orders per week at the joint-venture between Ocado Group and Marks &…
You can now order your copy of the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers; an exclusive research supplement that benchmarks the performance of the most successful logistics service providers in the UK. This exclusive research profiles the 50 fastest-growing logistics service providers, 3PLs, 4PLs and fulfilment specialists in the UK, including data on turnover, profit…
Coca-Cola European Partners has said it its targeting a reduction of absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 30% across its entire value chain by 2030. Coca-Cola will target greenhouse gas emission cuts across all five areas of its value chain – ingredients, packaging, operations, transportation and refrigeration. Crucially, there is a significant focus on reducing ‘scope 3’…
Garden centre retailer Dobbies has awarded a three-year contract to Wincanton to provide e-fulfilment, store replenishment and final mile home delivery services. As a result of the contract win the 3PL will create a supplier consolidation platform for Dobbies at its shared fulfilment centre in Wigan, where Wincanton will also fulfil all direct to customer orders….
Palletways has created an import and export customs clearance site at its hub in Nijmegen in The Netherlands in order to avoid delays to shipments after Brexit on 1st January 2021. The Nijmegen hub is now licensed through Palletways parent company the Imperial Group to carry out import and export clearance for goods coming into and…
Pall-Ex has opened a 120,000 sq ft hub in Rochdale, with founder member A.D.D. Express steering the new operation. The Pall-Ex Northern Hub will be able to process larger volumes of freight than previously possible at its Warrington site and provide easier trunking for regional members. Situated close to junction 21 of the M62, the…
Logistics Manager and Descartes continued the countdown to Brexit, informing a virtual audience of supply chain and logistics professionals about what they need to know, and what they need to do to keep goods flowing after 1st January 2021. This free-to-view webinar looks at the current Brexit situation, who is affected and what the implications are for…
DB Cargo UK said it had successfully trialled the use of 100% renewable Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) in one of its freight locomotives. The results of the trial come just a day after Asda expanded its biomethane-powered HGV fleet with an order for 202 units – a fifth of its fleet. DB Cargo UK said that…
Amazon Logistics has been chosen to run the City Of London Council’s first last mile logistics hub. It was selected as preferred operator from a shortlist of 10 to run a hub to be located at the London Wall Car Park near the Barbican in the centre of the capital. The City of London planning…
Crane Worldwide Logistics is to expand its contract logistics warehousing footprint in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The 3PL said it would open new warehouse facilities near Birmingham airport; Dublin, Ireland; and Johannesburg, South Africa, as well as taking additional space in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The new facility close to Birmingham airport in the Midlands has over 66,000 sq…
Amazon has secured its second new style delivery depot although has yet to confirm the deal. Logistics Manager understands Amazon to be the global retailer behind a 15-year lease on a build-to-suit parcel distribution facility with LondonMetric Property at Mucklow Park Tyseley in Birmingham, West Midlands. Plans for the facility are reminiscent of Amazon’s new…
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