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Kuehne+Nagel has claimed it has reduced CO2 emissions from its own locations by 27% over the past ten years. In its 2019 sustainability report, K+N also revealed that the average share of renewable energies in its total electricity consumption over the same period was 18%. The ten-year average of its recycling rate was 77% and…
Geodis has said it is to discontinue distribution and express activities that are carried out by partner companies as part of a focus on fully-owned contract logistics and freight forwarding services in the UK. In a statement on its website the land-transport and logistics division of French giant SNCF Logistics said that “in order to…
John Menzies, parent to air cargo and freight forwarding companies Menzies Aviation and Air Menzies International, has said it anticipates a gradual return to normal volumes from July. During April and May 2020 its air cargo division saw total volumes down 37% year-on-year. It said it expected activity levels that it saw in May to…
Europa Warehouse has moved into its new £60 million facility in Corby on schedule. Despite several challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, including changes to regulations, working practices, and government guidelines regarding social distancing, the project remained on track. Located at Midlands Logistics Park, the 715,000 sq ft Corby warehouse has 100,000 pallet spaces. Maria…
A 4 million sq ft logistics and industrial scheme’s chances for planning approval hangs in the balance as the application goes to committee next week. The 200-acre scheme, first put forward in 2018 by Greatline Developments and Mulberry Developments, could provide up to 4.35 million sq ft of employment space for about 7,112 people on…
Industrial property developer Newlands Developments is seeking outline planning permission for a circa 3 million sq ft logistics park near Basingstoke, Hampshire. The 2,917,019 sq ft scheme is proposed on a 111-acre site at Oakdown Farm, Winchester Road, Basingstoke, adjacent to Junction 7 of the M3, which is controlled by the developer. An Environmental Impact…
Tungsten Properties is set to speculatively develop a 163,940 sq ft warehouse scheme in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. The developer is to develop an 8.51-acre strategic industrial site to be known as Leighton Buzzard Union Park with practical completion set for Q2 2021. The existing outdated industrial units will be demolished and replaced with eight new…
DPD is to ramp-up its operations, recruiting 6,000 employees and adding 15 regional depots to its network, in the face of what it describes as the “biggest boom in online retailing”. The express parcel carrier said it would invest £200 m this year to expand its next-day parcel capacity, including £100m on vehicles, £60m on…
Optimisation is one of the top concerns for any warehouse manager, so investing in quality racking and shelving, and utilising storage space to best increase efficiency, is a way to that goal. Michelle Mooney examines how to make the most of investment in racking and shelving. Racking and shelving are essential to the warehouse. Without…
Morrisons has awarded Wincanton the management of its transport and vehicle maintenance unit operations at Willow Green, Bridgwater,in a substantial contract extension between the supermarket and 3PL. The contract will commence later this year and will involve the TUPE transfer of over 250 employees from the un-named, existing provider to Wincanton. In addition, Morrisons and…
Wigan-based multichannel fulfilment specialist 3PL has chosen SnapFulfil as its billing software supplier. SnapFulfil said the software would allow for better data quality, resource allocation and process flow, with 3PL able to bill for occupancy of an entire section, bay or zone, as well as by SKU per location and by product volume (cm3) for…
Dubai-based express courier Aramex UK has taken LaSalle Investment Management’s Cargo 777 warehouse in Poyle, Heathrow. The company took the refurbished 80,782 sq ft facility on a 10-year lease Othman Aljeda, regional chief executive for Aramex in Europe, North America and Asia; and acting chief operating officer, said: “The facility will definitely help in supporting…
EV Cargo is targeting a future as a digital technology-based logistics service provider, and is using the Covid-19 pandemic as an opportunity to reassess and evolve its ambitions. In part two of his exclusive conversation with Logistics Manager (you can read part one: EV Cargo targets acquisitions, on-demand services in global growth bid) EV Cargo…
Covid-19 has changed the way the warehouse works, and the latest Logistics Manager webinar “Overcoming fulfilment and distribution challenges in Covid-19” – sponsored by Autostore Systems – will explore how warehouse operations can react and thrive. In the response to the Covid-19 pandemic new processes and procedures are required to keep employees healthy and safe…
Covid-19 has changed the way the warehouse works, and the latest Logistics Manager webinar “Overcoming fulfilment and distribution challenges in Covid-19” – sponsored by Autostore Systems – will explore how warehouse operations can react and thrive. In the response to the Covid-19 pandemic new processes and procedures are required to keep employees healthy and safe…
Broken supply chains throughout the manufacturing sector will put pressure on warehouses like never before. The economic consequences to the measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus worldwide will reverberate for months, if not years to come. A robust warehouse management system will be key to recovery, writes Christopher Walton. Before Covid-19 hit, the…
Palletways has signed a new contract with DHL division Tradeteam to distribute beers, wines, and soft drinks across the UK and Ireland. As part of the contract Palletways will deliver between 45-60 pallets per day from its Greenford depot, near Wembley in North London. Tom Molesley, customer experience manager at Tradeteam, said: “Palletways London has…
Commercial Development Partners is due to start the speculative development of two warehouses in Bradford at the end of June. Construction at Thornbury Industrial Park, a 25-acre development on Woodhall Road, off Gain Lane, to the east of Bradford city centre, will see two unit of 42,200 sq ft and 33,200 sq ft. The units…
Property developer HBD has started work on two speculative warehouses at Markham Vale in Derbyshire. HBD will bring forward two units of 221, 518 sq ft and 75,000 sq ft, which will complete the final plot at Markham Vale North. Located at Junction 29A of the M1 in Derbyshire, Markham Vale is a joint venture…
Wincanton has warned of a negative impact on profitability as volumes during the Covid-19 pandemic fell 10%, despite the 3PL closing its most recent financial year with a string of contract wins and increases in turnover and profit. Turnover rose 5.2% to £1.2 billion and pre-tax profit grew 7.3% to £52.8 million for the year-ending…
EV Cargo has launched its fifth business division – EV Cargo Solutions – as part of a wider strategy to turn the $1 billion 3PL into a $2.5 billion global logistics service provider. Born out of Jigsaw, sister business to CM Downton which EV Cargo-backers Emergevest acquired in March 2018, EV Cargo Solutions will offer…
Bridgetime Transport, part of the APC Network, has opened a new parcel depot in the Avondale Industrial Estate, Cwmbran, to expand its overnight parcel collection and delivery service offerings to local businesses. The new location provides 5,000 sq ft of warehouse space, more than double its original space of 2,000 sq ft. The increased space…
Amazon is thought to be the mystery tenant behind the recent planning application for a 2.3 million sq ft mega shed in Swindon. The application was unanimously given consent by the council last week. The property, to be built on 68-acre site will consist of a ground floor footplate of 624,500 and three further mezzanines…
Unilever has outlined a wide-ranging digitisation and sourcing programme for its supply chain as part of a promise to “achieve net zero emissions” across all of its products by 2039. Unilever said it would halve its greenhouse gas footprint of all of its products across its supply chain, by 2030. It said it was also…
It’s only when you get the chance to take a few minutes and look back at the past three months of a global pandemic that you realise what has really been achieved in the world of logistics. This morning (and the reason this column is later than usual) I was fortunate enough to interview the…
Clipper Logistics has revealed it is in advanced discussions with Arcadia Group to agree a transportation contract for the retailers store delivery network. While Clipper did not reveal which 3PL was managing the current contract, it did say that TUPE consultations were expected to “commence shortly” once an appropriate process is agreed between Clipper and…
CEVA Logistics is expanding its operations in Africa after acquiring a majority stake in Dubai-based AMI Worldwide. From 1st July over 1,000 AMI Worldwide employees in 12 countries in East and Southern Africa and its almost 1,000 employees, will join CEVA. Three inland services facilities in Mali, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast that are operated…
Travis Perkins is to close 9% of its branches and cut 8% of its workforce – the equivalent of 2,500 jobs – as the economic impact of Covid-19 is felt in the construction sector. The builder’s merchant said that May volumes were around 60% of those in May 2019 previous year. Furthermore, while this had…
Yodel has appointed Ben Mitchell as its new chief financial officer. Mitchell joins Yodel from Ellerman Investments where he was corporate finance director. According to his LinkedIn profile Mitchell has spent 16 years at Shop Direct Group, including three years at its e-commerce arm Very. All three businesses share Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay, better…
Flexibility is vital for successful picking operations, so scalable systems are on the rise, writes Johanna Parsons. Even SMEs can now benefit from modular automation, collaborative picking, or even a robot rental. There’s no doubt that flexibility is a vital component of efficient order picking. The Covid-19 pandemic has tested many operations with massive surges…
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