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The Port of Tyne is now operating a Net Zero Port Centric Warehouse, run entirely using clean energy from renewable sources. Warehouse 21 is used by a wide range of the Port’s 3PL customers, including many house-hold brand names. All internal materials handling within the warehouse is conducted using electric vehicles powered through renewable sources…
Thermo King company and manufacturer of transport refrigeration units Frigoblock, has partnered with fleet management company NRG Riverside, to create the UK’s first battery powered electric temperature controlled trucks. Following a successful launch of BEV garbage trucks in London, NRG Riverside became committed to making the frozen and chilled goods distribution sector more sustainable, and…
Container logistics company Maersk has this week signed an agreement to sell its reefer manufacturer, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), to China International Marine Containers (CIMC). CIMC will take over MCI’s entire organisation and assets which include the reefer factory in Qingdao, China, as well as its R&D and test engineering facilities in Tinglev, Denmark. “We…
In what has been claimed a ‘world first’ for the marine industry, the Unifeeder-operated ship ‘ElbBlue’ has this week set off on trial voyage fuelled by liquefied SNG in a major boost for the shipping industry’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions. The liquefied SNG, produced at Kiwi’s Power-to-Gas facility in Werlte, Germany, is a…
Goodyear and Gatik have announced a multi-year collaboration to advance the development of vehicles for the autonomous B2B short-distance logistics industry. Under the collaboration, Goodyear’s venture capital fund, Goodyear Ventures, participated in Gatik’s recently announced Series B funding and the companies will work on multiple innovative projects. Gatik’s medium-duty fleet will use tyres equipped with…
GEODIS has announced that it is now offering a complete product returns management service. Retailers and e-merchants will be able to benefit from an end-to-end technological and logistical solution covering the entire value chain, from order orchestration to product returns management, available throughout Europe. In response to the growing popularity of online shopping and a…
Inventor-e, has capitalised into the design and production capability of the Manufacturing Assembly Network to be first to market with iVendScale and iBinScale. The technologies provide a scale-based inventory management vending system, and mobile automated replenishment to help increase productivity in warehouses globally. In order to to keep up with a growing demand for its…
Amid widespread reports of panic buying and the government drawing up plans to use the army to get petrol to pumps, the UK’s fuel supply chain crisis appears to be deepening by the day. “Exacerbated by a deficit of HGV drivers, the past weekend saw pumps run dry across the country, with some industry bosses…
Automation specialist Vanderlande has signed a contract with footwear brand Crocs to support its growth throughout the EMEA regions. The shoe company required a new automated process after seeing growth in 2020, and the company has since partnered with Vanderlande. The automation company’s ‘Adapto’ which is an automated storage and retrieval system, and part of…
Eddies Stobart has secured a two unit design and build warehouse campus at Prologis’ Prologis RFI DIRFT scheme in the east Midlands. The 538,000 ft2 campus will comprise two units separated by a shared loading yard that can be split, if needed. The buildings will have a clear internal height of 18m, and will feature…
LYDIA Voice rollout across 92 Coca-Cola bottling sites across the United States. CONA Services LLC is the IT services company for the Coca-Cola bottling business in North America, with over 160,000 sales orders and an average of 30,000 users per day. Already being a long-time user of voice-directed workflows, CONA recognised the need to consider…
Link Theory’s Nicholas Fox sits down with Nick Bradley to talk technology, the world post-Covid, trends in logistics and the Supply Chain Excellence Awards. “I have seen some great presentations and some not so good ones, but generally the standard is high – and has noticeably improved over the years,” remarks Nicholas Fox, commenting on…
Why Brexit will add labour woes to an already stretched e-commerce sector. E-Commerce sales have grown hugely over the past 2 years and many warehouses with manual packing stations and a reliance on temporary labour have found it difficult to keep up with increased demand. With a wide array of automation available in the market,…
International parcel delivery company Hermes has taken LaSalle Investment Management’s final warehouse unit at South Central, Southampton as part of its much needed expansion plans in the region. The transaction sees Hermes take on 118,257ft2 at the speculatively built 3-unit scheme to join existing occupiers CCF and John Lewis. The move represents an expansion in the…
Royal Mail is set to trial two new micro electric vehicles, (MEVs), for letter and small parcel deliveries, as part of the company’s wider push to reduce carbon emissions. The two micro vehicles, respectively the Paxster Cargo and the Ligier Pulse 4, are hoped to enhance the company’s ‘green’ credentials, and will be deployed and…
The UK Government has made the supply chain temporarily exempt from the Competition Act 1998 which prohibits any business practice, agreement, or conduct which could have a damaging effect on competition in the UK. The government has exempted the supply chain industry from the Competition Act 1998, in the wake of a fuel crisis, for…
Amazon is set to open two more last mile delivery station in the south east as it continues to snap up warehousing across the UK to serve the ever increasing demand of consumers shopping online. It will open a 111,831ft2 delivery station in at Proxima 111 in Central Avenue, Thurrock which will create up to…
E-commerce delivery technology company Metapack has launched new shipping plans for retailers around the world. From small and medium businesses to large global enterprises, the new transparent pricing models from the company have been unveiled to help retailers expand their business by providing quick and direct access to its Delivery Manager platform. As the shift…
Prenetics provides preventative health solutions through point-of-care testing, including at home DNA and blood testing kits. In 2020, the company adapted and evolved into Covid-19 testing, utilising its laboratory network, scientific expertise and digital systems. The Prenetics Covid-19 testing solution has been vital to enabling Britain to make safe steps towards a return to normal,…
Reconomy, a provider of outsourced, asset-light services to the circular economy, has acquired global supply chain business, ASCG. This transaction will allow ASCG’s customers to benefit from Reconomy’s sustainability credentials and expertise as its strategy delivers against social, environmental, and business objectives. ASCG will continue to operate under its own brand within the Reconomy Group’s Product…
Trebor Developments has acquired 10 acres of commercial development land from St John’s College in Huntingdon to provide a three unit mid box scheme totalling some 160,000ft2. The development, which will be named Lighting Park, Huntingdon, will deliver industrial and logistics units from 15,000ft2 up to 126,500ft2 across three units. Works are due to commence…
Real-estate investment company Logicor has let two warehouses in the North in as many weeks. It has let a 40,000ft2 warehouse in Preston to brewing company Carlsberg Marston, which has signed a five-year lease at Zip56 in Preston Brook. The lease is part of Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company’s plan to consolidate its secondary logistics network…
AI-enabled robotic solutions provider Berkshire Grey Inc has announced the launch of its AI-powered Robotic Shuttle Put Wall (RSPW) solution for e-commerce order fulfilment. The RSPW is an automated put wall that increases capacity and throughput with robotic automation, which is more important than ever given today’s heightened customer expectations for fast and efficient fulfilment…
Sealed Air has launched a new paper void fill system to help e-commerce companies meet the challenges of quickly scaling up and satisfying fast growing demand for orders. The new Sealed Air brand FasFil Jr has been specifically designed to combine all the key performance features that enable companies to move efficiently and effectively from…
The European Commission is reportedly considering the temporary suspension of various anti-dumping duties due to market disruptions arising from Covid-19. This includes duties on fasteners, aluminium converter foil and polyvinyl alcohol from China, plywood from Russia, fertiliser from the US, Russia and Trinidad and Tobago, and various steel goods from China, India and other countries….
Imagine if a delivery vehicle could be an integral part of a fleet management solution and not simply a business asset. What if it could directly contribute to the company’s payback and profitability instead? That’s where the CleverPod CP-01, equipped with a fleet management system onboard, comes into the equation. In today’s competitive environment, fleet…
Northampton-based Travis Perkins Group subsidiary Toolstation has snapped up the last plot at Prologis’ Prologis Park Pineham scheme in the East Midlands for a 493,098ft2 distribution centre. The tool retailer and hire firm has secured a 15-year lease for the brand-new logistics building, with plans to move in once construction and fit-out is completed in…
Tufton has completed a successful voyage using 100% sustainable marine biofuel in partnership with leading marine biofuels supplier GoodFuels, together with Stolt Tankers and the technical managers Synergy Group, the companies have announced. The sustainable biofuel – derived from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fats – was used on board the 20,762…
Onpoint Logistics has seen its fuel bill cut by a third (34%) and productivity boosted by 14% as a result of integrating connected technology from Webfleet Solutions. The Birmingham-based logistics company has implemented an integrated solution using the WEBFLEET fleet management platform. With a fleet of more than 60 vehicles, ranging from vans to 44-tonne…
IOTICS is creating a digital twin of Portsmouth International Port as part of an ambitious £1.5m project to demonstrate an achievable modular green hydrogen generation system within the Port. The Shipping, Hydrogen & Port Ecosystems UK (SHAPE UK) project is part of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, funded by the Department for Transport and delivered…
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