Exporta is working with recycling company Plastic Expert to offer free recycling to their customers of plastic items such as plastic pallets, plastic containers, boxes and crates.
It said: “We decided to set up this scheme because we were often contacted by our customers or asked when talking to potential customers if we were able to recycle their old products.”
Q Logistics, the joint venture of ÖBB and Quehenberger Logistics, restructured its management just one year after its launch. Anna-Theresa Korbutt, formerly ÖBB, and Josef Berner, currently one of five regional managers, were appointed Interim Managers on 2 November. Anna-Theresa Korbutt, graduated as Diplomkauffrau and former Head of Group Strategy and Business Development at ÖBB-Holding…
Involving more than 5,000 suppliers and logistics partners, the supply chain in the European network of the Volkswagen Group is highly complex. Inbound logistics, in cooperation with suppliers and carriers, ensures timely delivery of parts to the production lines. To make this interface more efficient, the group’s logistics division has elaborated solutions to initially automate…
85 per cent of consumers would wait longer for parcels if they knew that a shorter delivery time meant more air pollution, according to a B2C Europe survey. The research also found that, when it was explained that a shorter delivery period resulted in worse traffic and air pollution, only 10 per cent of online…
Waitrose is trialling a two-hour delivery service for food and drink in selected London postcodes. It is using On the dot, the last mile specialist spun out of CitySprint for the “Waitrose Rapid Delivery” service. Customers will be able to choose up to 20 items from more than 1,500 products at rapid.waitrose.com. Before completing their…
On 18 January 2018, the traditional New Year reception of the Port of Vienna took place. The “thinkport VIENNA Logistics Labs”, the new innovative logistics laboratory in the port of Vienna, was chosen as the venue for the event. Operated in cooperation with the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, it serves as…
Westons Transport and First Choice Transport have joined United Pallet Network which has coverage on 26 countries and 90 UK members. “We knew when choosing UPN over several other networks that we were joining a quality driven network which would quite quickly become integral to our business moving forward,” said Westons Transport’s Lee Weston. “Our…
