With the increasing cost and difficulty of setting up distribution centres in traditional areas, should supply chain professionals be looking towards ports to take on an enhanced role in the supply chain? James Falkner looks at what schemes are currently
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Procter & Gamble has opened its Northern Service Centre incorporating a Swisslog automated pallet warehouse solution.
UK terminal operator, Tilbury Container Services (TCS), recently awarded Kalmar a major contract for the refurbishment of 13 straddle carriers.
Soft furnishings retailer Dunelm has taken ProLogis’ 23,225 sq m (250,000 sq ft) speculatively built warehouse at its development in Stoke-on-Trent on a 10-year lease at a rent in the region of £42.52 per sq m (£3.95 per sq ft) with nine months rent-free.
Tesco and Sainsbury’s have secured major distribution warehouses in Scotland this month. Sainsbury’s finally got planning permission from Strathclyde Council for a 18,850 sq m (200,000 sq ft) plus shed and Tesco plumped for a massive new
St Modwen is seeking planning consent for a 139,350 sq m (1.5 million sq ft) scheme on a 40.47ha (100 acre) plot within the 242.81ha (600 acres) it acquired from Corus in 2004 for £17.5m at Llanarwen, Newport, South Wales.
DAF Trucks N.V. is due to start production of an extra-clean engine, at the beginning of next year.
The Birmingham Commercial Vehicle Show this week saw a host of new truck launches as manufacturers updated their product ranges to meet the Euro 4 environmental legislation that comes into force in October.
JDA Software group has acquired Manugistics group for £118m.
Tracy Singer has become the first woman in Aberdeen to pass her Category C Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) test, through the Women into Logistics scheme.
