Logistics
Austrian logistics company Gebrüder Weiss has enlarged its logistics facility at Dunaharaszti near Budapest. The new complex covers 10,000sq ft including a high-bay warehouse. It will handle all home delivery services for the greater Budapest area with inbound storage, material flow and picking largely automated.
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Suffolk container and pallet haulage firm Maze Logistic Solutions has been sold to a management team led by Ryan Jiggens. It has also introduced general haulage, LCL and specialist services, and has opened a new truck park at Ipswich port.
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Yusen Logistics (UK) is partnering with the Kaleidoscope Group UK, which supports people with disabilities to gain employment via an incubator programme. Candidates on the incubator programme for Yusen Logistics are given training to help them maximise their chances of employment and to find the ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions officially opened its ‘Rhenus Campus’, development in Nuneaton on 18 April.
The development is certified BREEAM Outstanding for environmental protection, and consists of two warehouses, measuring a total of one million square feet - one of 210,000sq ft, and the second 771,000sq feet.
The ...
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Freight insurer TT Club has produced a toolkit to help transport companies develop a Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) policies. It provides signposts to strategies and solutions to challenges such as emissions calculation, reduction and reporting. The toolkit will develop over time to build a resource ...
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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has acquired a 51% share in Roland Spedition, one of the largest owner-led container operators for hinterland transport in Austria. the remaining 49% will remain in the hands of co-shareholders Christian Gutjahr and Nikolaus Hirnschall, who will continue to ...
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DHL Freight put its first fully electric tractor-trailers from Mercedes-Benz Trucks into service in early April. The two eActros 300 vehicles are being deployed for delivery and distribution transport at the Koblenz and Hagen sites. With a maximum weight of 19 metric tons, a range ...
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Woodland Group has unveiled plans for its largest solar installation to date at its 130,000sq ft in Doncaster.It will provide over 60% of the site's electricity and, together with efficient recycling, EV chargers, and sustainable modes of transport, it will become the Group’s flagship sustainable ...
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Austrian-headquartered forwarder Cargo-partner – now part of the Nippon Express Group has opened its first warehouse in the UK, next to one of its existing offices in Basildon.
The new 4,460sq m building has dedicated areas for pallets, block storage, small parts, picking/packing and other value ...
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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has issued a statement denying press reports that checks on imports from the EU were to be delayed and would start as planned from 30 April.
It said the UK government has full confidence that the facilities, ...
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