Portwest, a fast-growing online workwear company, has appointed global materials handling specialist Daifuku to design and install an automated storage system (AS/RS) at its distribution centre in Barnsley UK. Due to go live by summer 2024, the warehouse automation system is expected to more than do...

ShipStation, a cloud-based ecommerce shipping solution, announces that it has partnered with leading independent parcel carrier, Yodel for last mile deliveries across the UK. This new partnership sees Yodel join ShipStation’s carrier services platform, enabling new and existing ShipStation merchan...

By any measure, CareCo is a genuine success story. Built on energy, innovation and a keen attention to detail, the company’s continued expansion has seen it grow from a small family business operating from a barn to pole position as the UK’s leading whole-range supplier of mobility aids. An exp...

The main approach channel and Berths 8&9 at Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe have been deepened to improve access for the world’s largest container ships. The announcement was formally made today (4 October 2023) during the maiden call at the port of its namesake the OOCL Felixstowe, the ...

The latest Webinar from Logistics Business, brought to you by Kinaxis, is available to watch here free. Entitled “Supply Chain Management: Striking a Balance between Speed and Accuracy”, Editor Peter MacLeod talks to Matt Spooner, Industry Thought Leader at Kinaxis, about how with the right tool...

Automated internal logistics platforms, including automated guided vehicles (AGVs), autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), and cleaning machines, are powered by an internal power source. This power source could be a lead-acid or lithium-ion battery. Both offer different performance, but they also have sig...

With covers made from locally sourced wood, the new generation of Stingray shuttle saves 25 tonnes of plastic per year. This is a step towards more sustainable, efficient, and reliable shuttles that transport totes, cartons, trays or hanging goods. Thomas Gruber-Blanka, Director of Product Managemen...

Thousands of cars are now entering Türkiye after DP World Yarımca introduced an innovative ‘cars in containers’ shipping solution that has helped solve an automotive supply chain crisis in the region. Congestion at Turkish ports has resulted in significant delays in delivering new vehicles aga...

Supply chain consulting and warehousing solutions specialists, Bis Henderson, has brought together the unique strengths of its Consultancy and Space businesses under a single new identity, Visku – leveraging the immense wealth of expertise and extensive network capabilities of the two previously i...