Browsing: Logistics

Companies are launching themselves into global sourcing on the hope of securing lower unit costs for manufactured goods without necessarily fully understanding the risks involved.

Thamesport (London) has taken delivery of its seventh ship-to-shore gantry crane and eight Rubber-Tyred Gantry cranes (RTGs).

Schoeller Arca Systems has launched a returnable plastic crate which it says occupies 80 per cent less space when nested leading to significant cost savings.

JJB Sports has been making changes to its distribution centre operations to improve the level of service to its retail stores.

Newspaper distributor Menzies is trialling some of the first Sprinter vans to be fitted with the new, fuel-saving ECO-Start system from Mercedes-Benz.

DSV Road, which recently bought Roadferry, has commissioned a report looking into the potential of using rail freight for its UK network.