The Container Terminal Management of the Port of Douala (RTC) has received delivery of five Konecranes Liftace reach stackers and one empty container handler to increase the productivity of its operations. The order was booked in April 2021, and the lift trucks were handed over in a special on-site ...

A fast-growing technology firm from Birmingham, UK is celebrating after hiring its 50th member of staff following two years of tremendous growth. Wise, founded in 2019, specialises in providing software to improve the self-employment experience within the logistics and last-mile delivery sectors –...

From 22 to 25 March 2022, the global air cargo and logistics industry will meet at the 2+2 event in San Francisco. The air cargo sector proved to be a safeguard for global supply chains during the pandemic and secured the supply of important medical and industrial goods. At the face-to-face event, l...

Metro Supply Chain Holdings (UK) Limited, a division of Canadian-based Metro Supply Chain, has acquired Century Logistics, a long-standing third-party logistics provider based in Suffolk, UK. “We welcome Century Logistics to the Metro Supply Chain team. Century’s wide capabilities and customer-...

SEGRO, a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and industrial property, has fully leased SEGRO Logistics Centre Venray to CEVA Logistics Netherlands. “We are pleased to welcome CEVA Logistics Netherlands to this new development. The brand new centre was completed at the end of ...

Experience WOF SUMMIT 2022 Take part in the innovative logistics congress. Join us on 4 – 5 May in Vienna. After successfully organizing WOF EXPO 2021 in Bratislava, we introduce the first-ever WOF SUMMIT Vienna. Two thrilling days will include top-class speakers, panel discussions among leading e...

Supply chain digitalisation expert Transporeon and air freight real-time tracking platform provider BlueBox Systems are now working on joint solutions to enable even more transparency in air freight. In an industry such as logistics, where increasingly precise figures and schedules are the order of ...

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is supporting this week’s National Careers Week 2022 with a series of events aimed at demonstrating its commitment to promoting careers in logistics. National Careers Week 2022 runs from 7th to 12 March and is a celebration of careers guidance a...

Amazon has ordered a fleet of six Flexi Truck articulated forklift trucks for its DXB3 fulfilment centre in Dubai Logistics City, UAE. The e-commerce site launched in the UAE in May 2019 and, spread over 32,700 sq m and stocked with more than four million products, the DXB3 site is Amazon’s larges...

Toyota has introduced to the UK what it describes as the materials handling industry’s first-ever purpose-designed lithium-ion powered pallet truck (PPT) – the 1600kg capacity Toyota BT Levio LWI160. Thanks to its unique modular, compact lithium-ion battery solution, it has opened the possibilit...