National refrigeration and air-conditioning wholesaler Dean & Wood has been supplied with three OM Pimespo reach trucks and a four-directional narrow aisle truck, supplied by Forktruck Solutions, to meet requirements at its 50,000sq m
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“The Midlands is a vibrant market with plenty of scope to respond to the changing structural and legislative requirements of the logistics industry,” says Stuart Mair, of Birmingham agent Knight Frank. “The drive towards consolidation spearheaded by major
Former Safeway group operations director Lawrence Christensen will become a non-executive director at third-party logistics provider Christian Salvesen from July 1. Christensen is currently working with Safeway’s new owner, Wm Morrison Supermarkets, until
Companies can monitor their mobile workforce every hour, even when not logged on, through a new scheduled polling option available from FleetOnline.net. The low cost system locates any GSM mobile phone and displays the location on a secure website,
Radio frequency identification (RFID) will be ready for adoption within supply chain infrastructure by 2005-6, but at current development rates, it will be 2013 and beyond before it is widely implemented at item-tagging level, according to AMR Research.
A new racking system has been designed, supplied and installed at Dextra Lighting’s new warehouse in Gillingham by Locators Storage Systems (LSS). By making maximum use of the 70m x 40m warehouse has created about 1,500 pallet locations
A 48-hour working week for drivers implies that the so called ‘super sheds’ may be too few and far apart to be reached effectively within the new guidelines.
A newly-launched consortium of European multimodal freight forwarders aims to introduce new standards of service and professionalism for freight agents in global markets who require service partners in Europe. Eurofreight Umbrella is the brainchild of 12
With UK exporters facing price increases and long lead times for ISPM 15 – compliant timber pallets, Crocodile Packaging has introduced a range of plastic pallets to provide viable, cost-effective alternatives to wooden packaging. The pallets, call
Young & Butt has let Unit 8 Marshlands Road, Farlington, Portsmouth, to MacGregor (GBR) for one of its private investors. MacGregor (GBR) has taken a new six-year full repairing and insuring lease on the property, which amounts to 200sq m at a rental o
