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Domino’s dolly proves a supply chain winner for Schoeller Allibert at UK Packaging Awards

Domino’s dolly proves a supply chain winner for Schoeller Allibert at UK Packaging Awards

Nov 24, 2021 Awards, Case Study, eCommerce, News in General, UK News Comments Off on Domino’s dolly proves a supply chain winner for Schoeller Allibert at UK Packaging Awards

Schoeller Allibert, the European market leader in the production of recyclable, reusable, and returnable transit packaging solutions, claimed top honours and a highly commended award in the Supply...
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Average shipping container prices decline at ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, logjam still unabated

Average shipping container prices decline at ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, logjam still unabated

Nov 24, 2021 Articles, BREXIT, COVID-19, eCommerce, Logistics News, News in General, Shipping & Freight, Storage & Racking, Supply Chain Comments Off on Average shipping container prices decline at ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, logjam still unabated

Container Availability Index (CAx) values consistently greater than 0.80 showing very high levels of inbound containers Average container prices drop by 10.7% at the port of Los Angeles from Aug to...
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Elddis Transport is gearing up for expansion with new storage and distribution facility in Durham

Elddis Transport is gearing up for expansion with new storage and distribution facility in Durham

Nov 24, 2021 BREXIT, eCommerce, News in General, UK News Comments Off on Elddis Transport is gearing up for expansion with new storage and distribution facility in Durham

Transport, logistics and distribution company Elddis Transport is gearing up for expansion and growth after plans worth close to £1.5 million to develop its operations were given the green light by...
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First Euro Pool System recycled folding trays for the transport of fruit and vegetables

First Euro Pool System recycled folding trays for the transport of fruit and vegetables

Nov 12, 2021 Articles, eCommerce, Green Supply Chain, News in General, Storage & Racking Comments Off on First Euro Pool System recycled folding trays for the transport of fruit and vegetables

 Euro Pool System, logistics provider of reusable packaging in the European fresh supply chain, started using its first recycled folding trays in mid-October. This project is fully in line with the...
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New EPAL Quality Classification enhances the use and exchange of EPAL Euro pallets

New EPAL Quality Classification enhances the use and exchange of EPAL Euro pallets

Nov 05, 2021 Articles, eCommerce, Handling News, Logistics News, News in General, Storage & Racking Comments Off on New EPAL Quality Classification enhances the use and exchange of EPAL Euro pallets

Under what conditions can an EPAL Euro pallet no longer be exchanged? Is the quality of a Euro pallet reduced by wood splintering or residual labels? How do you know if a pallet is suitable for a...
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Dachser switches completely to green electricity

Dachser switches completely to green electricity

Oct 31, 2021 eCommerce, Euro News, Logistics News, Shipping & Freight, Storage & Racking, Supply Chain Comments Off on Dachser switches completely to green electricity

The logistics provider obtains 100 percent of its electricity worldwide from renewable sources; it will quadruple the amount of green electricity it generates itself using photovoltaic systems. As of...
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Cognex Introduces High Speed Steerable Mirror for Large Area Scanning with a Single Barcode Reader

Cognex Introduces High Speed Steerable Mirror for Large Area Scanning with a Single Barcode Reader

Oct 25, 2021 eCommerce, Green Supply Chain, Handling News Comments Off on Cognex Introduces High Speed Steerable Mirror for Large Area Scanning with a Single Barcode Reader

Delivers unprecedented single-camera coverage in a compact hardware solution Cognex Corporation, the leader in industrial machine vision, has released the High Speed Steerable Mirror, a patented...
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Jungheinrich again raises its forecast for incoming orders and results for the 2021 financial year

Jungheinrich again raises its forecast for incoming orders and results for the 2021 financial year

Oct 25, 2021 eCommerce, Fork Lifts, News in General Comments Off on Jungheinrich again raises its forecast for incoming orders and results for the 2021 financial year

Jungheinrich is once again raising its forecast for incoming orders, EBIT, EBIT return on sales, EBT, EBT return on sales and ROCE for the 2021 financial year. Demand continues to be strong. Through...
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Forget Christmas – that ship may have already sailed – warns ParcelHero

Forget Christmas – that ship may have already sailed – warns ParcelHero

Oct 16, 2021 BREXIT, COVID-19, eCommerce, Global News, Logistics News Comments Off on Forget Christmas – that ship may have already sailed – warns ParcelHero

With large container ships unable to unload at Felixstowe, thousands of Christmas gifts are sailing into the sunset, warns ParcelHero. A Dunkirk-style flotilla of smaller ships from Europe might just...
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NewCold: sustainable development of a global deep freeze phenomenon

NewCold: sustainable development of a global deep freeze phenomenon

Oct 16, 2021 BREXIT, eCommerce, UK News Comments Off on NewCold: sustainable development of a global deep freeze phenomenon

 NewCold Advanced Cold Logistics strives to increase global food security by providing leading food companies with the most innovative cold storage and transportation services. The company has an...
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CKF Systems strengthen partnership with Intralox with licence to manufacture ARB technology in-house

CKF Systems strengthen partnership with Intralox with licence to...

CKF Systems are delighted to have been awarded a licence to manufacture Intralox ARB technology in recognition of the in-house expertise and knowledge of the team in the state-of-the-art CKF facility...
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Not so hard to handle with BITO Storage Systems

Not so hard to handle with BITO Storage Systems

Hankook partners with Hapag-Lloyd AG to strengthen logistics capabilities

Hankook partners with Hapag-Lloyd AG to...

Progress in Merger between Cargotec and Konecranes ongoing

Progress in Merger between Cargotec and...

Getting the drinks in with a fleet of space-saving Flexi Truck very narrow aisle (VNA) articulated forklifts

Getting the drinks in with a fleet of...

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Large orders for HIAB – WALTCO tail lifts in the USA

Large orders for HIAB – WALTCO tail lifts in the USA

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has received two large orders for a combined value of EUR 10.2 million for WALTCO tail lifts in the US. The orders will be booked in Cargotec’s Q4 2021 order intake. There is great interest for WALTCO tail lifts from rental fleet customers in the US as final mile...
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Kalmar partners with Coast Autonomous to speed up development of robotic solutions to market

Kalmar partners with Coast Autonomous to speed up...