Europa Road, which launched its frictionless trade product Europa Flow is reporting that 85 per cent of its European Road freight customers have now signed up for the service. Europa Road launched the customs product to preserve transit times and the flow of goods between the UK and Europe after the Brexit transition period comes…
The 2020 Supply Chain Excellence Awards take place tomorrow in a virtual ceremony, during which the winner of the Supply Chain Technology Award will be revealed. You can discover who wins the award by registering watch one of two broadcasts of the virtual Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2020 on the 12th November: Register here for…
Leading logistics supplier predicts 40 per cent volume increase. In what is expected to be the busiest Christmas for e-commerce on record, with predictions of an increase in online festive shopping by 46 per cent this year. Europa Warehouse is advising the industry to prepare now for what is set to be an explosion of…
Six entries have been shortlisted for the DP World Award for Retail Supply Chain Excellence, all working in partnership with either technology vendors, 3PLs and supply chain service providers. DP World Award for Retail Supply Chain Excellence recognises techniques, projects or processes and achievements in an omni-channel environment and the winners will be revealed in a…
Three major retailers working in collaboration with robotics partners are shortlisted for the Unipart Logistics Award for Best Use of Robotics in the 2020 Supply Chain Excellence Awards. This award recognises projects where an organisation has used robotics to deliver fundamental changes to its logistics and supply chain operations, and the winners will be revealed…
The industry leading European road freight team at Europa Road is hosting a practical, free-to-attend, Brexit Preparation Webinar, to help prepare British businesses involved in import or export, for the upcoming changes to the customs process post transition period. Hosted by Europa’s expert Brexit team, Europa Road is welcoming senior business leaders from businesses across…
Ich möchte Ihnen meine Erfahrungen als mittelständischer Automobilhändler während der Einschränkungen aufgrund von Corona, die aktuelle Entwicklung und meine persönliche zukünftige Prognose für unser Geschäftsfeld aufzeigen. Gastbeitrag: Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter eines großen Autohauses / HALLO MEINUNG Unser Unternehmen hat am 12. März 2020 folgende Sofortmaßnahmen aufgrund der steigenden Corona Infizierten und einem Fall in der Familie…
DP World has been transforming the shape of logistics in the UK for the past five years. Park Development Director Oliver Treneman told Logistics Manager how it is planning for the future. DP World London Gateway opened in 2015, and its port-centric logistics approach changing supply chain flows. Its combination of deep-sea port facilities and…
Europa Road has launched a new customs product to preserve transit times and the flow of goods between the UK and Europe after the Brexit transition period comes to an end on 31st December. Europa has spent the last 12 months developing this simple and effective customs process designed to minimise transit time delays. The…
Supply Chain Management und Logistik müssen sich selbst transformieren! Die Fähigkeit, sich schnell mit neuen Gegebenheiten zu arrangieren, hat Supply Chain- und Logistikmanager immer schon ausgezeichnet, auch in der akuten Phase von Covid-19. Nun geht es darum, vom Krisenmanagement in eine neue Zukunft zu gehen. Direkt zum Programm Weitere Infos und Anmeldung Keynote-Speaker: Hermann…
Be ready for 2021 and join your colleagues for the industry event of the year! Logistics UK’s (formerly FTA) industry leading conferences are back virtually for 2020. Delegates will be able to join the event from the safety and comfort of their own home or workplace, via our industry leading online event platform, on Thursday…
Europa Worldwide Group saw turnover rise 16.5%, and pre-tax profit rise 15.4%, in 2019 as it crossed the £200 million turnover mark for the first time. Turnover at the 3PL rose from £176 million in 2018 to £205 million in 2019, while net pre-tax profit rose to £6 million from £5.2 million the year before….
Vitesco Technologies unterstreicht mit neuem F&E-Zentrum in China strategische Ausrichtung auf elektrifizierte Antriebe. Die Anlage, die in Tianjin errichtet wird, erweitert die Forschungs- und Entwicklungskapazitäten für emissionsfreie Antriebstechnologien im asiatisch-pazifischen Raum. Beitrag: Simone Geldhäuser. Vitesco Technologies, die Antriebssparte von Continental, wird in der chinesischen Stadt Tianjin ein Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum (F&E) errichten. Das Unternehmen unterzeichnete…
Stephen Blyth is to step down as will step down as chief executive of Xpediator, citing health concerns, and has made two internal appointments to cover the role. However, Xpediator said that a formal process to appoint a new permanent chief executive had commenced which will include internal and external candidates. In the interim group chief…
With the government pushing for a net-zero carbon future could rail, air and port related warehousing schemes be the answer? Liza Helps reports. On 27 June 2019 the UK became the first major economy in the world to legislate to end its contribution to global warming by 2050, and it turned its gaze firmly on the logistics industry…
Superdry is install 46 Hikrobots in its Burton-upon-Trent DC this spring, in an expansion of the retailers’ existing goods-to-person systems, following a pilot project in 2018. The enlarged operation will handle the entire picking and put-away of womenswear for retail, e-commerce and wholesale at Superdry. Over 80,000 sq ft of the warehouse is being set…
The fundamental drivers of demand for big box warehousing remain strong across Europe despite the current Covid-19 pandemic, according to Tritax. The specialist logistics investor said that the crisis has only highlighted an anticipated growing need for ‘modern, well specified, strategically located buildings close to major population centres and infrastructure’. The statement came ahead of…
Southampton-based port centric logistics company Import Services and Xpediator subsidiary, has signed a 20-year lease with Associated British Ports for a new 200,000 sq ft distribution centre at Southampton’s Container Port. Development of the new distribution centre has started and is expected to complete in the first quarter of 2021. The new warehouse site is…
Pneuhage zählt zu den leistungsstärksten und innovativsten Anbietern in der Branche. Das Familienunternehmen mit Sitz in Karlsruhe hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, in Sachen Bereifung für seine Kunden echten Mehrwert zu schaffen und einen messbaren Beitrag zu deren Wirtschaftlichkeit zu leisten. Zum zweiten Mal ist die Pneuhage Unternehmensgruppe vom 10. – 12. März 2020 auf…
DFDS has acquired 100% of the share capital of Dutch logistics company Huisman Group as it looks to enhance its part-load offering. Huisman Group provides part-load transport and contract logistics focused on time-critical freight between the UK and Republic of Ireland and continental Europe. Operations include warehouses and cross-docking facilities in Wijchen, the Netherlands, and…
Despite what looks like a denouement, the soap opera between Eddie Stobart Logistics and its potential suitors – Wincanton and DouglasBay Capital – could yet have major implications for UK supply chains… In many ways it is a shame that Wincanton has backed out of a potential bid to acquire Eddie Stobart Logistics… an acquisition…
Kosten-, Zeit- und Wettbewerbsvorteile generieren – gar nicht so leicht inmitten des Digitalisierungsdschungels. Dienstleister preisen ihre Tools. Berater überbieten sich mit Buzzwords. An Theorien und Szenarien ist kein Mangel. Wirklich angesagt sind aber praktische Beispiele. Wie kann „der Mensch“ die Fäden in der Hand behalten? Wie schafft man den richtigen Nährboden für die Saat? Redaktion:…
UK technology distributor Westcoast Holdings has taken a 341,871 sq ft warehouse at Andover Business Park in Hampshire. Known as Centric 341 the facility is owned by real estate investment management firm Oxenwood Real Estate, and has been let on a 20-year lease at £6.72 per sq ft. The facility will double Westcoast’s UK warehouse…
Rhenus Logistics has acquired warehousing, fulfilment and European express specialists PSL Group as it looks to strengthen its market position ahead of the UK’s uncertain departure from the EU. The acquisition adds a Scandinavian service, by way of the SkanTrans PSL brand; high volumes of continental European distribution and a 24/7 customs clearance operation in…
Waberer’s, the giant Hungarian logistics operator, has blame a 6.4 per cent sales fall on lower volumes in the aftermath of the end-March Brexit date, which offset growth in the rest of the business. Chief executive Robert Ziegler said: “The whole industry was severely impacted by the aftermath of the end-March Brexit date, when demand…
E-Maschine kommt in Fahrzeugen chinesischer und europäischer Hersteller zum Einsatz. Die Serienfertigung des elektrischen Antriebsstrangs startet noch in diesem Jahr in China. Neuer Achsantrieb mit „Best-in-class“-Werten bei Leistungsdichte, Größe und Gewicht. Der Wechsel vom Verbrenner- zum Elektroantrieb wird die Automobilwelt grundlegend verändern. Continental gestaltet diesen Wandel an führender Position mit – und das seit Jahren….
Kooperation mit Initiative zur medizinischen Unterwegs-Versorgung DocStop. Continental unterstützt die zentrale Anlaufstelle für Berufskraftfahrer Unternehmen setzt damit konsequent Weg zur Vision Zero World fort und liegt beim Thema Sicherheit ganz vorne Keine Verkehrstoten, keine Verletzten, keine Unfälle – diesen Vorsatz schreibt sich das Technologieunternehmen konsequent auf die Fahnen. Für diese Vision Zero bietet Continental die…
Mirko Pahl, CEO of TX Logistik AG, will leave the railway logistics company effective 31st July 2019 for personal reasons. The graduate in business administration and a certified railway expert, joined the company in March 2017, where he initiated gradual development in a difficult economic environment. In addition to organisational and personnel redesign, Mirko Pahl…
Knorr-Bremse and Continental are taking a further step in their development partnership towards highly automated commercial vehicle driving: for automated platooning (i.e. driving in a column), the world market leader for braking systems, and leading supplier of subsystems for rail and commercial vehicles, and the engineering company from Hanover have joined forces to develop the…
Knorr-Bremse und Continental gehen einen weiteren Schritt in ihrer Entwicklungspartnerschaft hin zu hochautomatisiert fahrenden Nutzfahrzeugen: Für das automatisierte Kolonnenfahren (Platooning) haben der Weltmarktführer für Bremssysteme und führende Anbieter von Subsystemen für Schienen- und Nutzfahrzeuge und das Technologieunternehmen aus Hannover gemeinsam einen Platooning-Demonstrator entwickelt. Dieser bezieht sich auf eine Kolonne aus drei Lkw unterschiedlicher Hersteller. Erste…
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