London, UK: Vehicle operators are reminded to ensure drivers are aware of the correct use of user-worked level crossings. The warning comes after a Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation into an accident at Home Farm crossing where a delivery van and a train collided at the user-worked level crossing, near Alsager, on 11 February 2023. …
Southampton, UK: Ferytrans, a temperature-controlled transport provider and owner of BigFoot Logistics, is reducing emissions and fuel consumption from its fridge units by using Ecogen CostSaver in its fleet. Manufacturer Hultsteins says the bolt-on hybrid system Ecogen CostSaver will reduce CO2 by around 75 to 90% depending on operation – whilst eliminating harmful diesel emissions …
Southampton, UK: Students from the University of Southampton visited Meachers Global Logistics to learn more about the logistics industry. The group of 16 students, studying Transportation Planning and Engineering, visited Meachers’ Nursling site in Southampton. The visit was an opportunity for the students to gain real-world insight into the logistics industry and see first-hand how a logistics company operates. Meachers’ commercial director, Gary …
Ashford, UK: Brakes is supporting British growers and seasonal British food by backing a campaign starting this month. Brakes’ sponsorship of Love British Food will see the company create resources, including recipe ideas, supplier stories and other merchandising ideas to help customers capitalise on British Food Fortnight in September, the key period in the year …
Leicester, UK: The number of timber pallet repairs reached 100,000 in the UK and Ireland as businesses increased pallet re-use, says Epal. Epal said more repairs took place for the first time during 2022, as businesses increased pallet reuse for reasons including sustainability and reducing costs. Production of new timber pallets also grew year-on-year in …
Market Drayton, UK: John Kerrigan, Culina’s Irish business leader, and also chief executive of Fowler Welch, is upbeat about prospects for the businesses following a contract with a retailer set to boost Irish sea trade. The contract, due to start this month, involves 80 to 100 loads per week from England to Northern Ireland with …
A new white paper from Bis Henderson Consulting suggests cost-to-serve analysis should be a core driver of retail supply chain planning. Neil Adcock, managing director, Bis Henderson Consulting and author of the report explains. A new white paper from a leading supply chain consultancy suggests retailers are too fragmented in their approach to determining their …
The growing popularity of online and convenience store shopping, together with the emergence of automated order picking robot technology, has caused many grocery and retail DCs to rethink their intralogistics strategies and place less emphasis on ‘zone picking’, says John Maguire from Narrow Aisle. “Of all the processes involved in modern warehousing, the ability to …
London, UK: Those working in science and pharmaceuticals have the highest job satisfaction rate, according to a Reboot Online survey. This group scored 91.93, unlike those in transport and logistics, with a a score of 30.96. taking them well to the bottom of the table. But not the very bottom: that honour went to staff …
More than three quarters (76 per cent) of fleet operators believe that work pressures facing drivers are intensifying in the wake of the ‘cost of business’ crisis. A similar number (75 per cent) also believe the cost-of-living crisis is negatively affecting their mental health, according to a new study from Bridgestone and Webfleet – Bridgestone’s …
London, UK: Demand for UK warehouse staff has risen by 43% compared with pre-pandemic levels – with the number of online job adverts for staff in the northeast nearly doubling, according to ONS data says Indeed Flex, the online staffing platform for temporary work. It’s a pattern repeated across the country as employers in many …
Chesterfield, UK: Magnavale has opened a standalone cold store with blast freezing dedicated to Category 3 animal by-products, also known in the industry as Cat 3. Animal by-products are split into categories, 1, 2 and 3, where 1 and 2 are high risk, whereas category 3, although not intended to be consumed by humans, is …
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