Going back to a post-Covid-19 economy isn’t going to happen soon, so businesses are adapting to new trading conditions. However, the speed of change is shaking up the property market and demand for big sheds. Liza Helps investigates. It has been a tumultuous year and what we envisioned only a short six months ago is…
SEVEN SENDERS ist die Delivery-Plattform für den Paketversand. Das Unternehmen verbindet Versender mit seinem Carrier-Netzwerk aus über 100 Paketzustellern in Europa und ermöglicht exzellenten, lokalen Versand als Wettbewerbsvorteil. Thomas Hagemann und Günter Birnstingl von Seven Senders geben Auskunft. Redaktion: Peter Nestler. Peter Nestler: Seven Senders ist in Österreich ein relativ neuer Marktteilnehmer in der Verteillogistik….
Overhaul, ein Anbieter für intelligentes Risikomanagement und Echtzeit-Lösungen für Transparenz in der globalen Lieferkette, hat seine Lösung jetzt um Daten zu Brexit-bedingten Verzögerungen erweitert, um Verladern und Logistikanbietern bei der Bewältigung der laufenden Veränderungen zu helfen. Das Unternehmen bietet bereits Informations-Overlays mit globalen Daten zu Grenzübergängen und Flughafenverspätungen an, von denen Unternehmen in ganz Großbritannien und…
Automation has been a boon for the warehouse. The productivity gains have driven the economy, particularly during this year, as businesses throughout the logistics sector have been able to handle the pressure of a continuous peak, and strain on ‘normal’ warehouse activities. Take the home delivery market. Parcel carriers enacted peak planning back in March…
Europa Road, which launched its frictionless trade product Europa Flow is reporting that 85 per cent of its European Road freight customers have now signed up for the service. Europa Road launched the customs product to preserve transit times and the flow of goods between the UK and Europe after the Brexit transition period comes…
Wenn das Vereinigte Königreich am 1. Jänner 2021 die EU verlässt, befürchten Import- und Exportunternehmen das der Handel zwischen dem ehemaligen Mitglied der EU und umgekehrt nicht mehr reibungslos funktionieren könnte. Als Grund nennen sie einen Mangel an IPPC-konformen Holzverpackungen und -Paletten, die dann beim Transport in das Vereinigte Königreich und zurück dem internationalen Standard…
The Port of Grangemouth is to spend £3 million scaling up and modernising its rail freight capacity as it looks to boost capacity after Brexit. As a result of the investment Grangemouth will extend its dual rail siding to 775 metres (it currently stands at 200 metres) so it is capable of handling the longest freight…
Has automation enabled e-commerce growth, or has e-commerce growth enabled further automation in the warehouse? It’s an unanswerable question, as one factor indelibly impacts the performance of the other. What has changed is the retail landscape that automation is feeding. E-commerce has accelerated by five years in the past five months, according to John Lewis…
Palletways has created an import and export customs clearance site at its hub in Nijmegen in The Netherlands in order to avoid delays to shipments after Brexit on 1st January 2021. The Nijmegen hub is now licensed through Palletways parent company the Imperial Group to carry out import and export clearance for goods coming into and…
Logistics Manager and Descartes continued the countdown to Brexit, informing a virtual audience of supply chain and logistics professionals about what they need to know, and what they need to do to keep goods flowing after 1st January 2021. This free-to-view webinar looks at the current Brexit situation, who is affected and what the implications are for…
Für den Anbieter von Multimodaldiensten Samskip wird der Polen-Verkehr 2021 eine Schlüsselrolle beim Wachstum spielen. Fünf Jahre nach der Eröffnung des Büros in Danzig arbeitet der Betreiber von Shortsea-, Binnenschiffs-, Bahn-, Lkw- und Terminaldiensten eng mit Verladern zusammen und erweitert seine Dienste über die niederländischen Häfen aus und nach Großbritannien, Irland, Spanien/Portugal und Norwegen, aber auch als…
Take home grocery sales have risen by 11.3% during the 12 weeks to 29th November 2020, the fastest rate of growth since August, according to Kantar. Take-home sales during the past four weeks increased by 13.9%, as eating and drinking out of home was restricted by the English national lockdown. Fraser McKevitt, head of retail…
So, unless there is a last-minute breakthrough, the current line on the last-ditch Brexit talks is that a trade deal is “looking very, very difficult at the moment”. Indeed, the prime minister is still warning that come 1st January 2021 “there’s going to be change and people need to get ready for that change” –…
Construction materials distributor Brickability Group has completed the acquisition of McCann Limited, a building materials specialist haulage and logistics provider, in a move that gives it an in-house transport function that it says will reduce the risks associated with Brexit. The acquisition of McCann, which had a turnover of £9.7 million and EBITDA of £430,000…
Fashion retailer Ted Baker has warned that a no-deal Brexit will result in a £16.1 million drop in profit in 2021, should a deal fail to be reached in the coming weeks. In a statement to investors David Wolffe, Chief Financial Officer at Ted Baker, said that as preparations for Brexit progressed it was planning mitigation strategies to…
Primark said that it took a £430 million hit on trading as stores were forced to close during the second lockdown. However the retailer said that despite the loss, all orders placed with its suppliers would be honoured. Chairman Michael McLintock, told investors today: “Stores in our major markets of the Republic of Ireland, England, France…
A third of pallet network volumes in the UK were residential during the second quarter of 2020, as the traditionally B2B sector transitioned into e-commerce. According to the Association of Pallet Networks the first quarter of 2020 saw just 14% of all deliveries made by pallet networks delivered to residential addresses, this increased to 36%…
I’ve just spent the last hour having a very pleasurable conversation with the UK’s largest privately-owned IT company – Westcoast. I wasn’t alone. It was broadcast live to our readers, as the Logistics Manager Top 50 Service Providers week kicked off in style. I’d like to offer my thanks to Managing Director, Alex Tatham, and Logistics…
Online fulfilment is facing a new reality; one of frequent and dramatic spikes in demand and this is causing retailers significant challenges in the packing area. How can ecommerce businesses successfully hit these extreme peaks when labour resources are becoming increasingly scarce? Peaks are more difficult to predict than before. Peaks are measured by the…
Taking place at 10.30am on 9th December, Logistics Manager and Descartes will countdown to Brexit, and tell you what you need to know, and what you need to do. This free-to-attend webinar will look at the current Brexit situation, who is affected and what the implications are for trade with the EU and moving goods…
DFDS – Ab 2. Januar 2021 startet die neue Frachtroute zwischen Dünkirchen und Rosslare. Am 2. Jänner 2021 eröffnet DFDS eine neue Frachtfährverbindung zwischen Dünkirchen in Nordfrankreich und Rosslare in der Republik Irland. Die Route wird von drei Fährschiffen bedient, die jeweils eine Kapazität für bis zu 125 Lastkraftwagen und deren Fahrer in Covid 19-sicheren…
Am 2. Jänner 2021 eröffnet DFDS eine neue Frachtfährverbindung zwischen Dünkirchen in Nordfrankreich und Rosslare in der Republik Irland. Die Route wird von drei Fährschiffen bedient, die jeweils eine Kapazität für bis zu 125 Lastkraftwagen und deren Fahrer in Covid 19-sicheren Einzelkabinen haben. Es wird sechs wöchentliche Abfahrten von jedem Hafen geben, entweder am Nachmittag…
Das Jahr hat (meistens) 365 Tage. Aber im Gegensatz zu sonst zieht sich 2020 besonders in die Länge. Die Corona-Pandemie mit Lockdown, der qualvolle Brexit, das lange Warten auf das US-Wahlergebnis und ständige Vetos zur Verhinderung von EU-Beschlüssen… die Liste kann beliebig ergänzt werden. Geduld ist eine Tugend, aber meine ist langsam aufgebraucht. Also komm,…
Der Gesamtgüterumschlag des Hafens Antwerpen ist nach den ersten neun Monaten des Jahres um 4,4 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr zurückgegangen. Dank des Containerumschlags, der nach wie vor den Status quo beibehält und seit Juli wieder steigt, kann der Hafen Antwerpen die Verluste durch den Rückgang des Umschlags aller Güterströme begrenzen. Im Vergleich zu den…
Der Rückgang beim Seegüterumschlag in Deutschlands größtem Universalhafen fällt mit acht Prozent im dritten Quartal deutlich geringer aus als im zweiten Quartal. Da verzeichnete der Hamburger Hafen noch ein Minus von 16,2 Prozent. In den ersten drei Quartalen des Jahres wurden im Hamburger Hafen 93,2 Mio. Tonnen Seegüter an den Terminals geladen oder gelöscht. Das…
Rapid adaptation isn’t just a survival tactic: it’s a competitive advantage. Discover how to get your business ahead for 2021. After one of the most turbulent and trying years the industry has ever seen, we’ve ALL had to adapt to survive. But some companies have mastered adaptation to a huge competitive advantage: showing innovative, business-changing…
Brexit was always going to test supply chain resilience. And it is coming down to the wire… Let’s not get into the nuances of the ‘negotiations’ – for what they are worth – because they are for other columnists in other publications. What I’m concerned with is how Brexit will change the nature of logistics…
Trading at Xpediator has recovered to “historic levels” despite Coronavirus pandemic, the 3PL has told investors. The 3PL said growth had been driven by a rise in demand for freight forwarding services, where it has seen additional income from new markets. As a result, it said that 2020 revenues for this division were expected to exceed…
A desire to reduce road miles, logistics costs and warehousing overheads could see a structural shift to port-centric logistics in the UK. According to a new report by Savills, when comparing a central 500,000 sq ft distribution centre in a traditional location, with two sites of 250,000 sq ft at both London Gateway and the…
A desire to reduce road miles, logistics costs and warehousing overheads could see a structural shift to port-centric logistics in the UK. According to a new report by Savills, when comparing a central 500,000 sq ft distribution centre in a traditional location, with two sites of 250,000 sq ft at both London Gateway and the…
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