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Express European Couriers has joined Palletforce and will cover 12 TN postcodes in Kent. The Tonbridge-based haulage firm is the 12th operator to join Palletforce this year and moves from Pallet-Track. Express European Couriers MD Sue Law said: “The move to Palletforce fits perfectly with our own strategic growth plans, and we are delighted to…
DHL Supply Chain has broken ground on a 538,195ft 2 (50,000 m2) warehouse development in Manton Wood, near Worksop in Derbyshire. The multi-user facility will have the capacity for 110,000 pallets, including 46,000 pallets of goods subject to Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations, for its retail and consumer business segments. Featuring a 28m…
iForce, a subsidiary of Eddie Stobart, will process a 6.8 items every second this Black Friday, and dispatch more than 2.4 million units throughout ‘Cyber Week’. It is estimated that the UK will see a spend of more than £5 billion over the Black Friday period, as reported by Finder, and iForce is set to…
St. Modwen has let a 150,000 sq ft unit to Ocado Retail at St. Modwen Park Access 18 in Avonmouth. Ocado Retail has agreed to the 17-year lease on a 150,000 sq ft speculatively built unit which will act as a ‘mini’ customer fulfilment centre and will produce 815 jobs in the area. The layout…
Canmoor Swindon SARL has launched its new speculative development of seven warehouses in Swindon totalling 293,464 sq ft. Agents JLL and Whitmarsh Lockhart have already pre-let 84,763 sq ft to DHL with a further 22,674 sq ft under offer, meaning 37% of the estate is pre-let prior to practical completion. Located two miles from Junction…
PD Ports has completed the first phase of a new steel handling facility at its Groveport site, in partnership with All Steels Trading. The facility represents the largest single investment in the last decade at Groveport and signals the next step in PD Ports’ growth strategy as the UK’s market leader for handling long steel…
Logistics automation provider, SICK has developed its most accurate 2D LiDAR sensor for materials handling, courier, and logistics applications. The LMS4000 2D LiDAR Sensor can process even matt black or glossy packages and parcels at high speeds, and in low ambient light. The high scanning frequency of the laser can produce more than half a million…
GMA Warehousing and Transport will introduce the Microlistics Warehouse Management System, (WMS), in a newly established 130,000 sq ft warehouse in Ipswich, UK. GMA will be able to use the multi-functionality of the Microlistics WMS, including a fully integrated storage and activity-based third-party logistics billing management, with system flexibility to handle products of different sizes,…
Asian food importer and supplier SOP International has selected Sanderson’s Proteus WMS to run their new 60,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Harlow, UK. Originally established in 1971 as a packer and processor of edible oils, SOP have enjoyed a period of sustained success and growth in the last decade. As a result, in 2003 the…
IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, the CMA CGM Group, and the GoodShipping Program have successfully completed a biofuel test programme, on CMA CGM vessels using biofuels. The companies reported the results of the test programme after the positive trials of Heavy Fuel Oil-equivalent (HFO) Bio-Fuel Oil (GoodFuels BFO) during CMA CGM Alexander von Humboldt’s North…
Glenny LLP has been hired as joint agent on the SEGRO Park Rainham Phase 2, which is a 108,000 s ft speculative development of five units between 11,000 sq ft and 36,000 sq ft, in East London. After the success of the first phase which has seen 140,000 sq ft of space leased to occupiers…
Ekol and UBV have signed a long-term, exclusive cooperation deal and plan to expand across Europe. Ekol will retain its presence in Italy with newly set-up Ekol freight services – assisting UBV in their sales development for Ekol countries and keeping an operational setup within UBV’s offices. Both companies have agreed to increase their current…
Smurfit Kappa has been named a founding member of a new industry alliance to promote the use of paper-based packaging in a circular and sustainable economy. The 4evergreen forum is led by the Confederation of European Paper Industries, (CEPI), and will see Smurfit Kappa work alongside leading brand owners and packaging companies, to support knowledge…
E-commerce and Brexit stockpiling is driving the Christmas peak at NX Group above its 15% average for this time of year. Richard Mallard, senior operations manager at NX Group, said: “We always expect an increase in orders at this time of year, usually around 15% but it’s busier than ever this year as more and…
Pan-European property investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has secured change of use planning on a multi-let retail warehouse park in Scotland. The Renfrew Trading Estate retail warehouse park near Glasgow can now be let for storage and distribution uses as well as for trade counter operations in addition to traditional retail warehousing. This…
Christmas online shopping has risen by 11 per cent year-on-year, according to research published by Royal Mail, and accounts for almost half of festive spending in the UK. The research shows that three quarters of Christmas purchases start in November, and the average spend amongst men and women is £348 and £300 respectively. One in…
St. Modwen has commenced construction on the first phase of development at St. Modwen Park Chippenham. The developer has broken ground on a 106,000 sq ft speculative unit with plans to complete the site-wide preparation and deliver a further phase in 2020. The site, formerly known as Chippenham Gateway, secured planning permission from Wiltshire Council…
Planning permission for a 2.5 million sq ft logistics park next to the A1 has been given the go-ahead in Nottinghamshire. Mulberry Commercial Developments has secured planning for the scheme from Bassetlaw Council. Mulberry Logistics Park can accommodate units ranging from 100,000 sq ft to 800,000 sq ft, providing an inward investment opportunity for large…
Industrial developer Panattoni has completed a 117,000 sq ft speculative warehouse facility in Basildon. Basildon 117 has a 12.5-metre clear internal height, two-level access doors and ten dock levellers. It also features 50kN/sq m floor loading and just over 10,000 sq ft of office accommodation. The warehouse offers parking for 92 cars, 23 HGV’s and…
Despite what looks like a denouement, the soap opera between Eddie Stobart Logistics and its potential suitors – Wincanton and DouglasBay Capital – could yet have major implications for UK supply chains… In many ways it is a shame that Wincanton has backed out of a potential bid to acquire Eddie Stobart Logistics… an acquisition…
Eddie Stobart Logistics has said it is “disappointed” that Wincanton has decided not to make an offer for the business. Yesterday Wincanton said it would not make an offer for Eddie Stobart, citing issues regarding the troubled 3PLs “financial performance and ongoing liquidity”. In response Eddie Stobart said it had granted Wincanton access to “extensive…
“Significant progress” has been made on the construction of Maritime Transport’s East Midlands Gateway (EMG) rail terminal at Castle Donington, which begins operating at the start of 2020 The interchange has accepted three Sany reach stackers and a further two Sany container handlers. The Sany machines are a part of a series of asset acquisitions…
Wincanton will not make an offer to acquire Eddie Stobart Logistics, citing issues regarding the troubled 3PLs “financial performance and ongoing liquidity”. It was revealed on 18 October that Wincaton had been performing due diligence on Eddie Stobart to “assess the merits of a potential combination”. It originally had until 27 November to make an…
Luxury yacht maker Sunseeker International is in advanced negotiations with DHL Supply Chain over the provision of logistics services. Should negotiations be successfully concluded, Sunseeker said that DHL would manage all in-bound freight movements, as well as goods receiving, stores, kitting, shipyard material movements and the line-feed of production parts. It also said that DHL…
Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Alec Kirkbride as its first head of property and facilities. Kirkbride said the new role would require him to look at “driving business efficiencies, reviewing current procurement methods and suggesting ways in which we can inject new ideas to add value to our current business model”. Prior to joining Europa,…
Rhenus Group company Core Management Logistics (CML) has appointed Kerry Delaney, currently commercial director, as managing director. Delaney will take over from Mark Webb, who move to the role of chairman. Webb was appointed as MD of CML in January 2016. Delaney has more than 20 years of experience in the 3PL, global supply chain…
Jigsaw, part of EV Cargo, has won its largest-ever contract, a multi-year transport and distribution agreement with beverage bottler Refresco. The contract will see 200 million cases of soft drinks and beverages transported annually from 10 UK manufacturing and distribution sites direct to customers and for warehousing. Jigsaw won the contract in a competitive tender….
Geek+ deployed a large-scale scheduling of more than 4,000 robots in its smart warehouses during China’s 11 November ‘Single’s Day’ online shopping promotion. In less than 72 hours, Geek+ completed all orders placed on 11/11 and shipped a total of 8.1 million orders, up 62 peer cent year on year, with a 48 hour delivery…
Marks and Spencer has appointed Richard Price, currently chief executive of F&F Clothing at Tesco, as MD of its clothing and home division. Chief executive Steve Rowe said: “We are building a team of world class talent in Clothing & Home and, with Richard coming on board, I am confident that the speed and scale…
Ocado Group has been given the go-ahead to stop calling itself a grocer by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as it shifts its business from online retail to software and robotics. The CMA found that Ocado Group no longer carries out the retail supply of groceries in the UK, and that those activities are…
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