Quality Freight UK has overseen the delivery of three megamax quayside cranes to Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. The company’s ships aided the arrival and departure of the ZH25 transporter vessel. The ship left from Shanghai on 15 September passing south-east Asia, India, the Arabian Peninsula and Africa via the Cape of Good Hope en-route to…
The personalisation of e-commerce is putting even more pressure on the warehouse and supply chain, meaning that warehouse management systems will have to react. Is artificial intelligence the answer? Christopher Walton investigates… If racking, shelving and forklifts are the muscles and bones of intralogistics then a good Warehouse Management System (WMS) is the nervous system….
QIA und Volkswagen AG kündigen bahnbrechende Initiative für autonomes elektrisches Beförderungssystem an, das urbane Mobilität in Katar transformieren wird. Prototypen des ID. BUZZ AD Shuttle von Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge und Scania Bus-Prototypen werden mit SDS (Self-Driving System) und emissionsfrei unterwegs sein. MOIA Ride Hailing-App wird zur Buchung der Fahrten genutzt, AID liefert SDS-Know-how. Roadmap für Autonomes…
2019 may well be remembered by many in the distribution sector as the year political procrastination played havoc with the supply pipeline – from product sourcing to warehouse management, from demand forecasting to actual sales… writes Penelope Ody. Way back in spring 2018 – writing about Brexit planning – I was variously told of supermarkets…
The logistics and supply chain sectors have called on the newly elected Conservative government to face up to the challenges the industry faces – including Brexit, skills and the environment. Richard Burnett, Road Haulage Association chief executive, said: “Over the past three years we have highlighted the risks and impacts of whatever Brexit approach is…
Die Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH hat zwei Logistikimmobilien erworben sowie sich zwei Projektentwicklungen in unmittelbarer Nähe zum Flughafen Wien-Schwechat kaufvertraglich gesichert. Projektentwickler und Verkäufer ist die Deutsche Logistik Holding, ein Unternehmen aus der familiengeführten Zech Group. Die Objekte sollen in das Portfolio des auf institutionelle Anleger ausgerichteten Sektorenfonds WestInvest TargetSelect Logistics eingebracht werden. Über den…
Pan-European investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has put a massive chilled and frozen warehouse on the market in the South West. The investor bought the fully equipped chilled food manufacturing facility in Launceston, Cornwall, for an undisclosed sum on behalf of M7 Real Estate Investment Partners III. The property is situated on the …
Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund has signed a pre-let agreement with its long-standing customer, dnata, promoting the continued growth of its air cargo facility at dnata City East, located immediately south of Heathrow Airport. The proposed 115,000 sq ft facility has been designed to operate in conjunction with a newly-completed 250,000 sq ft warehouse (also…
SEGRO has exchanged contracts to sell a portfolio of UK big box warehouses totalling £241m to a fund advised by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing. The portfolio comprises of seven separate big box warehouses with a total floor space of 218,937 sq ft, and are located in Warth Park, Raunds; DIRFT, Daventry; Rye Park, Hoddesdon;…
The new head of Mainland Europe at DHL Supply Chain has said he hopes that the UK avoids no-deal Brexit, and for a deal between the UK and EU that continues to facilitate international and global trade. Speaking exclusively to Logistics Manager Hendrik Venter, chief executive for Mainland Europe, Middle East and Africa, said: “We…
Supply Chain Coordination Limited (SCCL), the management function of NHS Supply Chain, has appointed Colin McCready as its chief financial officer. McCready joins from NHS Professionals, where he was chief financial officer and most recently interim chief executive. In this position, he led a transformation programme, delivering revenue growth, improved service delivery through technological investment…
Pan-European real estate investment firm Patrizia has bought 16.1 million sq ft of warehousing, totalling 42 separate sites in four countries. Located in France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, the portfolio comprises over 15 million sq ft of existing lettable area as well as a further 1.4 million sq ft of lettable space for the…
The UK manufacturing downturn continued in November, as businesses were forced to respond to the delay to Brexit and a fresh injection of uncertainty from the forthcoming general election. According to IHS Markit output, new orders and employment all fell, while de-stocking activity resumed as firms depleted buffers built-up in advance of the postponed exit…
Medical manufacturer and distributor Arthrex has pre-let the last 45,000 sq ft unit on the first phase of PLP Properties 850,000 sq ftscheme in Sheffield. The company has signed a 15 year lease on the unit. In July PLP pre-let a 134,000 sq ft unit to ITM Power, the energy storage and clean fuel company…
NGC Logistics has become the first Amazon delivery partner in the UK to put a fully electric van into service. Operating out of Amazon’s Northampton delivery station, NGC used an all electric Renault Trucks Master Red EDITION ZE van powered by a 57kW ZE engine with 33kWh Lithium-ion battery to make deliveries on Black Friday….
Work has commenced on a Haverhill industrial development being brought forward by Trebor Developments and its partner Hillwood. “The Ridge” on Haverhill Business Park is a five multi-unit scheme. McCoy Contractors has been appointed as specialist groundworks contractor and will be on site until March 2020, followed by the main contractor, A&H Construction, which will implement…
The sale of Pall-Ex Group to its membership and senior management team has been finalised, with 70 per cent of the network’s members becoming shareholders. RUN D.M.C Investments funded the initial membership part of the acquisition. The company was created by Dave Fairbrother, Maggie Larimore and Craig Stevens, founder members of Pall-Ex. Larimore : “We…
Express European Couriers has joined Palletforce and will cover 12 TN postcodes in Kent. The Tonbridge-based haulage firm is the 12th operator to join Palletforce this year and moves from Pallet-Track. Express European Couriers MD Sue Law said: “The move to Palletforce fits perfectly with our own strategic growth plans, and we are delighted to…
DHL Supply Chain has broken ground on a 538,195ft 2 (50,000 m2) warehouse development in Manton Wood, near Worksop in Derbyshire. The multi-user facility will have the capacity for 110,000 pallets, including 46,000 pallets of goods subject to Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Regulations, for its retail and consumer business segments. Featuring a 28m…
PD Ports has completed the first phase of a new steel handling facility at its Groveport site, in partnership with All Steels Trading. The facility represents the largest single investment in the last decade at Groveport and signals the next step in PD Ports’ growth strategy as the UK’s market leader for handling long steel…
Asian food importer and supplier SOP International has selected Sanderson’s Proteus WMS to run their new 60,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Harlow, UK. Originally established in 1971 as a packer and processor of edible oils, SOP have enjoyed a period of sustained success and growth in the last decade. As a result, in 2003 the…
Pan-European property investor and asset manager M7 Real Estate has secured change of use planning on a multi-let retail warehouse park in Scotland. The Renfrew Trading Estate retail warehouse park near Glasgow can now be let for storage and distribution uses as well as for trade counter operations in addition to traditional retail warehousing. This…
Planning permission for a 2.5 million sq ft logistics park next to the A1 has been given the go-ahead in Nottinghamshire. Mulberry Commercial Developments has secured planning for the scheme from Bassetlaw Council. Mulberry Logistics Park can accommodate units ranging from 100,000 sq ft to 800,000 sq ft, providing an inward investment opportunity for large…
Der Boom im E-Commerce im Land der Mitte hat zu einem Mangel an Lagerhäusern und Transportlogistik geführt. Da der Transport einen Anteil von ca. 50 Prozent an den Logistikkosten hat, sind insbesondere Lagerhäuser nahe beim Kunden gefragt. Der Ausbau der Logistik und Lagerhauskapazität ist im Gange. Redaktion: Dirk Ruppik. Der Wettbewerb der zwei chinesischen Internetgiganten…
Gaming-Industrie wächst rasant. Weltweiter Umsatz soll bis 2024 auf 5 Milliarden Dollar steigen. In-Game-Advertising als Zukunftsmarkt für heimische Händler. eSports boomt und lockt langsam aber sicher auch die Werbebranche an. Neben den Computerspielen an sich bietet der Markt rund um die Gaming-Events sowie das Streaming beachtliches Potenzial für die Marketing-Industrie und damit auch für den…
Das Weinviertel hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren zu einem attraktiven Wirtschaftsstandort mit großem Zukunftspotenzial entwickelt. Seit 2017 ist der Ausbau der A5 zwischen Schrick und Poysdorf Nord abgeschlossen. Zahlreiche Unternehmen haben ebenso wie Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur ecoplus die Chancen dieser neuen Verkehrsachse erkannt und ihre Aktivitäten in der Region verstärkt. Einer der wichtigen Impulsgeber für…
Rhenus Home Delivery has been appointed sole carrier for all two-man home delivery operations at furniture retailer Swoon. Rhenus runs its home delivery operation out of four regional depots: Northwich, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh and Antrim. It also provides a track and trace system for its customers, so they can log on and see the live progress…
A 37-acre site at Milton Ham in Northamptonshire has been sold to private investment and development manager FirethornTrust for a rumoured £14 million. The site, just off Junction 15a of the M1 motorway and adjacent to Prologis’ Pineham Park was formerly owned by Travis Perkins, and has detailed planning permission for a three-unit scheme totalling…
Doncaster Council has approved plans for a 3.5 million sq ft advanced manufacturing and logistics development located at Doncaster Sheffield Airport, (DSA). DSA is one of the largest strategic development zones in the Yorkshire region, owned and managed by regeneration business, Peel L&P. The approval is subject to a S106 agreement and finalising Highways conditions….
Muse Developments has pre-sold two further units, totalling 56,000 sq ft, at its flagship industrial development, Logic Leeds. Phoenix Investment Management has bought a 25,000 sq ft unit, as part of its growing investment portfolio, with wholesale supplier of luxury hospitality textiles, Pegasus World, taking an adjacent unit of 31,000 sq ft. Both units were…
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