This month’s Logistics Manager, both print and online, comes with a 52-page IntraLogisteX exhibition preview.
More than 130 leading logistics equipment suppliers are exhibiting at IntraLogisteX, which takes place on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th February at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. This major supplement to Logistics Manager gives you the lowdown on where to go and what to see.
Fever-Tree, the tonic water supplier, has chosen CM Downton as its logistics partner – it will handle the company’s warehousing and distribution for its UK base. Downton will move loads from Fever Tree’s production sites to its new Sharpness distribution centre in Gloucestershire. Andrew Downton, MD of CM Downton, said: “We believe our industry-leading drinks…
Sendung von Taiwan erreicht Kunden in Europa in 21 Tagen Transport über 10.000 Kilometer ist rund doppelt so schnell wie auf dem Seeweg und um zwei Drittel günstiger als auf dem Luftweg DHL Global Forwarding hat für den deutschen Unterhaltungselektronikhersteller MEDION den ersten multimodalen Schienentransport von Taiwan nach Europa erfolgreich durchgeführt. MEDION, ein Unternehmen der…
Internationally renowned academic José Viegas of Portugal is new chief executive of global transport policy body José Viegas, a Portuguese national, has taken office as Secretary-General of the International Transport Forum. The International Transport Forum at the OECD is an intergovernmental organisation with 54 member countries that acts as a strategic think tank…
Australian online retailer Cotton On Group has taken an 81,000 ft2 warehouse on Blenheim Industrial Estate in Nottingham. The property was speculatively built by Wilson Bowden and forward funded by Urban Logistics REIT. The deal complements the previous letting of a speculatively constructed 18,000ft2 unit. John Barker, Head of Development at Urban Logistics Reit said:…
Royal Mail is to build three automated parcel hubs as part of a plan to introduce a second delivery for parcels. The move is part of a £1.8 billion investment in network enhancements, digital initiatives and new ways of working. The second delivery, which will be fully operational by 2023, will consist of Next Day…
New research from Interact Analysis shows that just under 7,300 automated micro-fulfilment centres (MFCs) will be installed by the end of 2030, up from just 86 at the end of 2021. Growth in the short-run will mainly driven by demand for same-day grocery delivery. In the near future, much of the growth in the automated…
