BEUMER Group, the global supplier of automated material handling systems, will showcase its services, solutions and systems at LogiMAT 2024.
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RSSSoftcat reveals cyber security is top IT priority for the transportation sector in 2024
Jan 29, 2024
A new report by provider of IT infrastructure, Softcat, offers a look into the technologies the transportation sector is prioritising over the next 12 months.
Almost half of UK transport and distribution staff still can’t afford basic living expenses, despite many working more hours than ever in 2023
Jan 29, 2024
With planned industrial action already hitting headlines in the first weeks of 2024, a new study has found that around half of UK frontline or deskless staff working in transport and distribution are still struggling to cover their basic living costs - despite many working longer hours than ever in 2023, to keep up with rising expenses.
Red Sea diversions add nearly a million dollars per voyage to shipping costs while doubling transit time
Jan 29, 2024
The incremental costs of diverting a tanker from Asia to NW Europe via the Cape of Good Hope is accounting for an extra $932,905 USD per voyage while increasing transit time from 16 days to 32 days. This is according to a report by LSEG Shipping Research.
Zebra study: Warehouse operators get serious about AI, as industry disruption looms
Jan 25, 2024
Zebra Technologies Corporation, the digital solution provider enabling businesses to intelligently connect data, assets, and people, has found that warehousing operators are getting serious about a range of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, as industry disruption looms large, according to the Zebra 2023 Making Modern Warehousing a Reality: Supply Chain Resiliency & Agility research paper.
Dematic names Mike Larsson as new President
Jan 25, 2024
KION Group AG (KGX.DE) has appointed Michael Larsson as President of Dematic Corp. and a member of KION’s executive board. Larsson succeeds Hasan Dandashly, who retired from the company effective 31 December 2023.
Musgrave goes for growth with the help of Vanderlande’s ADAPTO shuttle technology
Jan 24, 2024
Ireland’s food retail and wholesale company, Musgrave, went operational at the end of last year with an integrated warehouse solution from Vanderlande, which includes the ADAPTO shuttle-based automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The solution has been installed in Musgrave’s facility in west Dublin to support the company’s future growth ambitions and the need to manage labour scarcity issues.
FERNRIDE – Autonomous, electric trucking solution driving sustainability, productivity and safety in the supply chain
Jan 24, 2024
ERNRIDE is furthering the use of autonomous, electric trucking within logistics centres, production facilities, intermodal and maritime terminals, enabling its customers to immediately and significantly improve productivity, sustainability and worker safety.
VTPost bring state-of-the art robot-based parcel sorting technology to Vietnam for the first time
Jan 24, 2024
A new parcel sorting system featuring some 160 LiBiao ‘Mini Yellow’ autonomous guided robots has gone live at South-East Asian supply chain solutions specialist Viettel Post’s storage and distribution hub, which is located on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Suzi Perry reveals winners of BIFA Freight Service awards
Jan 22, 2024
Suzi Perry hosted a crowd of over 550 at the British International Freight Association’s 2023 Freight Service Awards, which took place at the Brewery in London.
