Shippers across the globe might have to battle the effects of supply chain congestion and record high ocean freight rates for some time to come. The question remains – when will they get relief? The wave of congestion that is sweeping through global supply chains delaying deliveries of seasonal go...

The IPCC’s most recent assessment on the extent to which human activity affects the climate is bleak, writes Vernon O’Donnell, Chief Product Officer at project44. It calls for quick action and reminds us that “every tonne of CO2 emissions contributes to global warming.” The supply chain sect...

Signode, a leading manufacturer of a broad range of end-of-line packaging equipment, tools, consumables as well as end-to-end automation and warehouse automation solutions, will be showcasing its StorFast technology at MODEX.  The event, which will take place in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congres...

Technological changes are affecting the port and logistics industries. New IT systems have been introduced at the Rotterdam and Antwerp seaports, where containers are released based on digital identity verification. Containers have traditionally been released by shipowners to recipients using paperw...

Fast-growing supply chain software specialist Industri-Matematik International (IMI) has enhanced its offering by adding the LYDIA Voice pick-by-voice solution to its powerful portfolio. The partnership deal with topsystem signed in June 2021 means that IMI can now include state-of-the-art LYDIA V...

Transmetrics, a frontrunner in predictive optimisation for the logistics industry, has opened an office in Dubai, aiming to serve its global customers by expanding across the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. Transmetrics uses artificial intelligence (AI) technologies within a SaaS platform, p...

Whilst hard to believe that it’s almost two years since we first heard about Covid-19 with uncertainty remaining about its longer-term effects on society, one thing appears absolutely clear: the pandemic has influenced consumer habits to such a degree that the upward trend in online shopping is mo...

Logistics and supply chain management is more critical than ever in a world that is increasingly becoming borderless. Achieving speed and efficiency requires timely collaboration, visibility and total control of the logistics operation. FarEye is an Intelligent Delivery Management SaaS Platform head...

With a symbolic turf-cutting act, construction work has begun for an industrial park that Garbe Industrial Real Estate GmbH is developing in Hanover-Langenhagen. A state-of-the-art property with a total hall area of 15,500 sq m is being built in the immediate vicinity of the international airport. C...

Italian liquid chemicals bulk transport company Chemical Express has accelerated its digitisation process by using IMT‘s telematics solution. Since 1979 Chemical Express has been transporting a wide range of liquid chemical sand industrial waste, including flammable, corrosive and other products c...