The British family-owned enterprise TJ Morris awarded WITRON a contract to design and implement a circa 1 million sq.ft distribution centre (DC) for food and non-food products. The highly automated facility in Doncaster is designed for a daily picking capacity of 646,000 cases and will supply over 3...

The UK logistics and freight community has welcomed the news that the Lower Thames Crossing has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. The announcement, made by the Department for Transport, follows a detailed examination process and represents a key milestone for ...

The UK logistics and freight community has welcomed the news that the Lower Thames Crossing has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Transport. The announcement, made by the Department for Transport, follows a detailed examination process and represents a key milestone for ...

CIRRO Fulfillment, a global e-commerce fulfillment provider, is strengthening its European network with two new state-of-the-art fulfilment centres in Spain and Italy. The Madrid facility has been operational since January, while the lease for the Novara (Lombardy) site was finalized in March. This ...

The recent closure of Heathrow Airport has sparked renewed urgency around resilience and supply chain risk management, prompting organisations to take a hard look at just how dependent they are on single transportation hubs. In an era where resilience is no longer optional, the disruption underscore...

Hörmann UK has announced that it has expanded the ‘Construction Project’ range of doors to include insulated hinged and sliding doors for cold rooms and freezers. Suitable for cold rooms at temperatures as low as 0°C and for freezers at –28°C the doors are ideal for use in cold storage faci...

Steve Parker, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) joined Marcus Baker, global head of marine, cargo and logistics at Marsh to deliver the opening address at the Cargo Insurance London conference. Addressing the reasons behind, and problems caused, by under or uni...

Ocado Intelligent Automation (OIA), part of Ocado Group, has introduced Porter AMR, a pallet-moving autonomous mobile robot (AMR) that navigates warehouses to automate several warehouse workflows such as cross-docking, bulk-item picking, putaway, and pallet movement. OIA’s patented system-directed...