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TIP launches BrakePlus, an Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System

Fleet operators can experience significant cost savings alongside improved compliance and safety with BrakePlus, TIP’s new ‘EBPMS’. Following a lengthy development programme, TIP Trailer…

January 5, 2021

Sustainability

Port of Tyne clean energy programme cuts carbon emissions by 700 tonnes in 12 months

Port of Tyne has completed a detailed modelling exercise and long term analysis of its electricity network, as part of its award-winning decarbonisation and…

January 5, 2021

People

XPO Logistics Completes UK Acquisition

XPO Logistics, a leading global provider of transport and logistics solutions, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the majority…

January 5, 2021

Events

ITT Hub announces latest signings

ITT Hub 30th June – 1st July 2021 has announced the latest new signings, adding to the line up of 125 companies who have…

December 10, 2020

Sustainability

Volta Trucks and the Petit Forestier Group agree the sale of 1,000 full-electric Volta Zeros to develop a fleet of zero emission refrigerated vehicles

Volta Trucks and the Petit Forestier Group, the European leader in refrigeration rentals, have joined forces to make a refrigerated 100% electric commercial vehicle…

December 10, 2020

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Warehousing
November 18, 2020

Digitising your warehouse: Are smart warehouses the future?

Warehouse space is in more demand than ever before, with businesses stockpiling due to the impending impact of Brexit and e-commerce sales increasing rapidly

Cold Chain
March 10, 2020

Will Removing the Red Diesel Rebate Seriously Harm the Cold Chain?

There is considerable speculation that the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, will announce the removal of the red diesel subsidy in his March budget. In response,

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Your Voices
January 5, 2021

The e-PAQ range will help fast-growing online retailers build their international customer base and improve the delivery experience

Today, Asendia, the joint venture between La Poste and Swiss Post, unveiled e-PAQ, its global parcel and package delivery service aimed at online retailers

Your Voices
September 11, 2020

How to maximise your potential for job opportunities in a crisis

By Leigh Anderson, Managing Director, Bis Henderson Recruitment Jobs are going almost daily, from retail assistants to aero-engineers, and inevitably including a good few

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Innovation
December 8, 2020

How to avert a peak fulfilment crisis

Peak events are becoming more extreme and increasingly frequent. Now, with the high street paralysed by Covid restrictions, consumers are turning to the Internet

Online shopping has changed logistics forever

Retail
December 5, 2020

Logistics has become more complex and automation technology needs to be more adaptable to keep up with current trends in e-commerce. From conveying systems

Exclusive Mercedes-Benz Actros Edition 1 flagship is a winner on all fronts for AAD Transport

Freight
November 19, 2020

His boss describes him as “an old-school guy”, but AAD Transport driver Gordon Taylor was quick to embrace the innovative technology as well as

Reliable products and attention to specific needs: Yale products partnership with Gruppo Grendi

Warehousing
November 6, 2020

With a history surpassing 190 years, the family owned Gruppo Grendi has seen six pioneering generations guide the group to their continued success today.

New RTITB online shop supports workplace transport trainers

Forklifts
August 27, 2020

RTITB has unveiled its new online Shop, providing a range of training materials, visual aids, accessories and more, to support Instructors delivering forklift and

Warehouses under extra pressure this festive season

Warehousing
August 27, 2020

Christmas 2020 is set to break online shopping records as growth continues to accelerate due to the global coronavirus pandemic, with overall e-commerce sales

New Government Report confirms two year extension on £10m Cold Chain Climate Tax Saving Scheme

Cold Chain
August 7, 2020

The Cold Chain Federation welcomes the Government’s new report on extending the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) scheme, securing the £10 million a year tax

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Freight
January 5, 2021

Isuzu Truck expands its dealer coverage in the North Midlands

As part of its recent UK dealer expansion programme, leading commercial vehicle manufacturer Isuzu Truck UK has announced that Isuzu Central, an operating division

People
January 5, 2021

Major new appointment for A.D.D. Express Ltd

West Yorkshire logistics firm A.D.D. Express Ltd has made a major new appointment to help accelerate growth over the next 12 months. Industry veteran

Logistics
December 2, 2020

Knowles Transport a perfect sweetener for the Silver Spoon Company

A three-year partnership between Cambridgeshire-based Knowles Transport and The Silver Spoon Company has proven so successful that the leading supplier of sugar has extended

Innovation
December 2, 2020

Gray & Adams receives prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise from Lord-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire

Gray & Adams Ltd., headquartered in Fraserburgh and one of the UK’s premium manufacturing companies, was delighted to receive Royal recognition in 2020, in

People
November 19, 2020

Onward Holdings recruits new operations manager

Commercial property company Onward Holdings Ltd has appointed a new warehouse operations manager to help meet the company’s growth strategy, as the West Yorkshire

Sustainability
November 19, 2020

Biomethane delivers significant CO2 savings for road transport, reports government-funded trial

Renewable fuels provider Gasrec says results published yesterday following a £20m government funded programme to trial, develop and demonstrate low emission vehicles in the

Events
November 4, 2020

ITT Hub announces new summer dates

ITT Hub has announced new dates of 30th June – 1st July 2021 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre. With government guidelines stating

Freight
October 19, 2020

Europa Worldwide Group is delighted to announce the recruitment of its 1000th employee

The news is a key milestone for the business, which was recently featured in The Sunday Times Top Track 250 for the third time

Sustainability
October 19, 2020

Reigate & Banstead invests £3.6m in ‘cleaner, greener’ Mercedes-Benz Econics from City West Commercials

Residents in the Surrey borough of Reigate & Banstead are now receiving waste and recyclables collection services from 11 new Mercedes-Benz Econics fitted with

Sustainability
October 8, 2020

Ocado delivers on a bid to drive down its tractor fleet emissions and costs with Stralis Natural Power

Ocado, the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket continues to grow its CNG-powered tractor fleet, adding a further 20 IVECO Stralis NP 400 and 460-horsepower

Warehousing
October 8, 2020

WMF Improves B2C Fulfillment with Körber

Centralized operations help German retailer to conquer growing complexities of e-commerce fulfilment. Körber, the global supply chain technology leader from software to materials handling

Cold Chain
September 28, 2020

Cold Chain Live! Launches with new Net Zero cold chain report

The Cold Chain Federation has today published Shaping the Cold Chain of the Future: The Road to Net Zero, a new report that examines

Port and Shipping
September 18, 2020

Freight forwarders facing the perfect storm of issues at the port of Felixstowe

Freight forwarders that are now unable to restitute empty containers to the port of Felixstowe until September 23rd say it is yet another example

Events
September 17, 2020

Search for StocExpo Forty Under 40 is Underway

StocExpo, the world’s leading bulk liquid storage event, is searching for the industry’s most dynamic professionals under the age of 40. The new initiative

Forklifts
September 17, 2020

More lift truck users taking lithium-ion option

Narrow Aisle Ltd – the Flexi articulated lift truck-based intralogistics solutions specialist – reports that over 20 per cent of the companies that enquired

Rail Freight
September 17, 2020

New rail link between Oslo and the Port of Gothenburg

A new weekly rail shuttle service has commenced, providing Oslo and Norway with a rapid, dependable, climate-smart link to the largest port in Scandinavia.

Logistics
September 16, 2020

Europa Road Rolls into Corby

The European road freight team at Europa Road in Northampton has moved to Europa’s new state-of-the-art £60million 3pl logistics facility in Corby, as consignment

Freight
September 16, 2020

Transporeon to offer freight audit and payment as part of its service, following acquisition of ControlPay

Transporeon is today announcing a further extension of its digital service offering, following its acquisition of ControlPay, Europe’s leading provider of freight audit and

Warehousing
September 15, 2020

Walker Logistics increases its workforce by 20 per cent

Online fulfilment specialist Walker Logistics has increased the size of its workforce by more than 20 per cent following an upsurge in the omni-channel

Health and Safety
September 15, 2020

Safety-focused James Burrell builds towards FORS Silver with new-generation Mercedes-Benz Arocs

Leading independent builders’ merchant James Burrell became one of the first UK customers for the new-generation Mercedes-Benz Arocs when it commissioned a single six-wheeler

Events
September 15, 2020

ITT Hub launches exhibitor podcast – The Centre Stage

ITT Hub 12-13 May 2021, Farnborough International, announces new podcast series to support exhibitor participation. Podcast audiences are increasing. In the UK, 7.1 million

Port and Shipping
September 11, 2020

Green light for a deeper fairway at the Port of Gothenburg

On Thursday (10th September), Gothenburg City Council passed a resolution to grant more than 1,2 billion kronor (€120,000,000) to finance the Skandia Gateway project,

Sustainability
September 11, 2020

Solvay and Veolia partner to renew the life cycle for electric vehicle batteries

The new consortium creates a circular value eco-system for electric and hybrid vehicle batteries in Europe by enabling the reuse of scarce critical raw

Cold Chain
September 9, 2020

Krone and Shippeo join forces to boost trailer digitalization

Strategic partnership on global integrated delivery tracking services Krone, one of Europe’s largest trailer manufacturer, has started a global strategic partnership with Shippeo, the