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BP is taking delivery of 30 new petroleum semi-trailers from Heil Trailer International, which have a number of features making them among the safest on the road. The new tri-axle, six compartment, 41,400 litre semi-trailers will be used in

Having reviewed its materials handling requirements, Northern Cargo Services (NCS) has placed a major contract for the supply and maintenance of its entire materials handling operations with Barloworld.

An international supplier of healthcare products is already seeing the benefits of a new automated system at its new distribution centre. The new system has enabled the company to achieve substantial increases in efficiency, reductions in picking error an

Hoerbiger Compression Technology (HCT) is reaping the benefits of a new storage installation from System Store Solutions which has cut both time and labour.

Gazeley, one of Europe’s leading logistics property developers, has signed an agreement with Pla-za, the real estate company of the Government of Aragon, to develop a 38-hectare site in Zaragoza in North-east Spain. This high profile site will form

The UK’s retail sector wastes up to £200M a year because of inefficient supply chain practices surrounding the return of unwanted, unsold or damaged goods. That is the finding of a new report commissioned by Royal Mail and by Cranfield School of Managemen

SupplyOn, the Internet platform for the automotive industry, has a new version of its procurement solution SupplyOn Soucing 3.2, offering numerous functional improvements as well as supporting a strongly process-oriented use. Three SupplyOn services – S

Historically, the technical breakthrough in intermodal freight transport came with the invention of the modern container (a steel box of a standard size, measured in 20ft equivalent units known as TEUs) by Malcolm Maclean in the 1960s.

Culina Logistics has opened a new facility that adds 7,998sq m of temperature-controlled warehousing to its current distribution centre portfolio. The new warehouse, located in Higher Heath close to Culina’s £26M Market Drayton site, provides a fur