Sainsbury’s is to fit its 343 new trucks with TISS’ TankSafe Impregnable fuel security and safety device, in a move to cut diesel spillage and improve its environmental credentials.
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The government is cracking down on the number of foreign lorries that continue to flout UK road laws. Police and VOSA enforcement officers can now, for the first time, issue on-the-spot fines to all foreign hauliers found exploiting drivers’ hours, overlo
UK orders for forklift trucks fell 14.5 per cent during 2008 to just over 26,500 – the lowest since 2001, according to the British Industrial Truck Association.
Meachers Group has leased a further 30,000 sq ft of warehousing, adjacent to its five-acre site at Nursling, to cater for an increase in demand for storage for existing contracts and to cater for additional new business.
Delhaize will optimise its supply chain with the scheduling and collaboration functionality of the RedPrairie solution.
Deutsche Post DHL has chosen Quintiq, the supplier of planning & scheduling systems,to take part in its SmartTruck pilot project.
Companies need to have fitter, leaner and more agile supply chains to deal with the recession, according to LCP Consulting.
Groupe SEB has chosen Norbert Dentressangle for a new five year warehousing and two year distribution contract.
Surefreight, which operates between Britain, Ireland and continental Europe, reckons it has achieved cost savings equal to an annual £300,000 in trials of the EcoTrak system.
Hyster has extended its Fortens forklift range with the introduction of an 8-9 tonne capacity series.
