Venture capitalists Northstar, and Allcargo Group, a less than container load (LCL) consolidator and India’s leading logistics provider, have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly explore investments in the supply chain technology space. A partnership of complementary skillsets The two c...

The Port of Liverpool has been ranked as the UK’s top port for port-centric logistics potential in a new industry study. Property adviser Knight Frank analysed and ranked 41 UK ports based on 13 criteria, assessing their potential for future logistics investment and development, in its latest Futu...

KRL, a UK and Ireland based multimodal freight-forwarding business, move into 2023 by announcing two highly significant appointments to support its exciting development plans. David Flaherty becomes Operations Director UK & IE, and Greig Allan becomes Commercial Director UK and IE. Both are inte...

Photoneo Brightpick Group, the parent company of Photoneo, a leading provider of robotic vision sensors and intelligence software, and Brightpick, a leading provider of warehouse automation solutions for ecommerce and grocery order fulfilment, has announced it has raised an additional $19 million to...

Manhattan Associates has unveiled its vision for an RFID-powered store. Manhattan Active® Omni suite has expanded its support of RFID tags for automating and streamlining the inventory counting, receiving, picking, checkout, return and exchange processes. With this new solution, retailers can make ...

A pilot project for highly automated lorry and electric container logistics is being launched at the HHLA TK Estonia terminal in Tallinn in partnership with HHLA International. HHLA Next, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG’s innovation unit, is investing in Munich-based start-up FERNRIDE.  The goal ...

Today at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Smart Freight Centre and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released a new guidance, titled “End-to-End GHG Reporting of Logistics Operations”, to advance the quantification and sharing of logistics emissions ...

Tangier Port / Tanger Med Port complex handled 107,822,662 tons in 2022, an increase of 6% compared to 2021, thus maintaining its ranking as the busiest port in the Mediterranean. This traffic is expected to represent about 54% of the total port tonnage handled in the Kingdom of Morocco. Container T...

Supply chain issues have ceased to be a subject discussed solely among industry experts, writes James Newman, EMEA Director at GreyOrange. It is now a common concern voiced by businesses and consumers across the world and boasts a regular spot in the news headlines. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, ...

The warehouse is undergoing a huge transformation, from repository to fulfilment powerhouse, but there are risks to growth that need to be addressed. Robotics, AI and digitalisation could hold the key to boosting capacity. By Craig Whitehouse and Tim Wright, Managing Directors at Invar Group. What i...