Whistl is to welcome Alistair Cochrane to its executive board as chief development officer from Parcelforce Worldwide to bolster the management team and help with company expansion in fulfilment and parcels.
Cochrane has prior experience with Whistl, having worked for TNT Express and brings with him extensive experience in the parcels sector. Cochrane will join the company on 2 July 2018.
BAE Systems has set out plans to build a 300,000 sq ft logistics facility at Barrow-in-Furness to support the production of the next generation of submarines. The off-site logistics facility will store submarine parts and materials within the local area. The move is part of a £300 million eight-year investment programme facilities for the successor…
When you think about waste in your facility, are you just thinking about subcomponent materials or defective finished goods that are thrown away or rejected? Sure, that’s part of it. But what is the biggest cause of waste in your contract packaging operation? For most, it’s certainly not the damaged goods emerging from your production…
Food testing company FDL has taken a 77,000ft² prime logistics facility in Stafford, West Midlands. The company has agreed to a 15-year lease of Unit 1 of the site, located 1 mile from Junction 14 of the M6 motorway which provides connections to Manchester, the north, as well as Birmingham, and the M6 Toll to…
Wise Robotics has today announced a new strategic partnership with conveyor, sortation, and storage systems provider, BS Handling Systems. Formerly known as OW Robotics, Wise Robotics will now offer its autonomous warehouse robots, manufactured by Hikrobot, alongside BS Handling Systems’ conveyor, sortation and storage systems solutions. Together, the two businesses will create large scale fulfilment…
MOL Triumph, the world’s largest containership with a carrying capacity of 20,170 TEU, successfully arrived at Yangshan Port in Shanghai on April 10, 2017. The shipping line took delivery of the first of six 20,000 TEU-class containerships from Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. on March 27, 2017. At 400 meters in length and 58.8 meters…
The British International Freight Association has welcomed news of an £8 million government funding scheme to support customs intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations, aiming to support training and the upgrade of IT systems associated with the UK’s departure from the EU. The grant will provide funding for up to 50 per cent of the…
