The realignment of the third party logistics market seems to be picking up speed again. When we conducted our survey last year there appeared to be a lull in merger and takeover activity as companies focused on digesting their trophies from the
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What is an environmental manager doing in logistics? Martin Johnson, who has just become Kuehne + Nagel’s first national environment manager, explains to Jessica Davies.
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Fork lift truck manufacturers have invested heavily in finding alternatives to internal combustion and battery power, and a lot of them are already available. Bob Hine, technical consultant to BITA, says the European Commission is now homing in on two key
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Forklift truck drivers have the highest exposure to diesel engine exhaust emissions in the surface industry, equivalent to that of workers in coal mines, according to a survey by the Health & Safety Executive.
The perception that there are a lot of big sheds and not much demand in the North West is, like most generalisations, not strictly true.
Toyota’s newest engine-powered forklift – the Tonero – has been designed to cut out harmful substances such as asbestos, cadmium and mercury, and is also lead and hexavalent chromium-free.
It’s as much an occupiers’ market as it has ever been,” says Richard Sullivan of Savills commenting on the increase in available warehouse space along the M4 corridor, particularly around Heathrow.
More than a quarter of fork lifts used in Europe and almost half in the US are powered by internal combustion engines. In the future, such significant engine use will create problems
