The CMA CGM Group has completed the acquisition of Containerships, the Finnish company specialising in the intra-European containerised trade.
The acquisition is part of the CMA CGM Group’s strategy aimed at increasing the density of its regional network, which began in 2002 with the acquisition of MacAndrews.
84 per cent of pharmacists in the UK have seen an increased demand for the home delivery of medication over the past year, according to research by CitySprint. The research also found that 57 per cent of pharmacists in the UK are either unclear about legislation surrounding the delivery of medicines to patients’ homes, or…
Transport prices in Europe in the first quarter were up 7.1 per cent on a year ago, latest figures from Transporeon reveal. However, the 35th Transport Market Monitor shows that the price index fell by almost 15 per cent between the fourth quarter of 2017 and the first quarter of 2018. The capacity index was…
Recent data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that demand for warehouse staff in the UK rose by 43.2% at the end of 2022 when compared with pre-pandemic levels. December 2022 saw over 1,000 more job adverts for warehousing jobs in the UK than in the same month of 2019. The data…
Primark, working with PAC-D, won the Environmental Improvement Award at the 2019 Supply Chain Excellence Awards last November. Logistics Manager caught up with Dean Moss, packaging and compliance manager at Primark, to find out more about the project and the partnership. Given the scale of the award-winning project delivered by Primark and PAC-D, not to…
Waitrose is to open a 110,000 sq ft fulfilment centre in Enfield as part of a move to treble its online business to £1 billion within three years. The retailer has signed a deal with Today Development Partners to build three customer fulfilment centres. It has also created a new role of digital director with…
St Modwen has secured detailed planning for a warehouse at its Stoke Central scheme on Stoke-on-Trent, which has been pre-let to an offsite construction specialist. A 133,670 sq ft facility will be built on a 12.25 acre plot at the developer’s 46-acre scheme after securing detailed planning consent from Stoke Council. It will have 120,753…
