Five steps towards more sustainable supply chain management.
September 21, 2017
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Five steps towards more sustainable supply chain management.

AECOM’s Robert Spencer takes a look at some of the latest approaches for better managing global supply chains and their environmental impacts Natural capital, circular economy, and wider…

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Report claiming benefits of longer lorries is flawed, say campaigners.
September 21, 2017
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Report claiming benefits of longer lorries is flawed, say campaigners.

Campaigners have reacted angrily to the publication by the Department of Transport of a report which claims that longer semi-trailers can reduce congestion, pollution and collisions. Freight on…

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Raising efficiency at a Minimum Loss of Cooling.
September 21, 2017
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Raising efficiency at a Minimum Loss of Cooling.

Frischdienst Walther builds with Klinkhammer a cold store down to -22°C The Klinkhammer Group has built an automated deep freeze warehouse for temperatures down to -22°C for the…

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Hyster develops 48 tonne electric truck.
September 19, 2017
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Hyster develops 48 tonne electric truck.

Hyster Europe has revealed more details about its zero-emission, high-capacity, electric trucks, announcing that a 48-tonne capacity Hyster® laden container handling truck powered by electric motors is being…

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TrakRap Awarded Funding for Aerosol Packaging Innovation.
September 15, 2017
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TrakRap Awarded Funding for Aerosol Packaging Innovation.

A consortium of organisations led by retail-ready secondary packaging company TrakRap has been awarded a grant by Innovate UK to develop a prototype that could change the way…

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Kalmar hosts Automation Technology Days in Tampere, Finland, to share insight on port automation.
September 12, 2017
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Kalmar hosts Automation Technology Days in Tampere, Finland, to share insight on port automation.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, hosts key industry stakeholders at Explore Automation! Kalmar Automation Technology Days in its Technology and Competence Centre in Tampere, Finland, on 13-14 September 2019.…

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Royal Mail To Purchase 100 Electric Peugeot Vans For Delivery Fleet .
September 12, 2017
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Royal Mail To Purchase 100 Electric Peugeot Vans For Delivery Fleet .

Royal Mail has signed an agreement with Peugeot today (July 27) to purchase 100 zero-emission Partner L2 Electric vans, to be used by postmen and women on their…

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Delivering in the city.
September 8, 2017
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Delivering in the city.

Congestion is a critical city logistics issue. Craig Ryder, director of Go Supply Chain, explores some of the many solutions to getting deliveries through the last mile challenge.…

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Aimteq completes the successful installation of a building management system for BAE Systems.
September 6, 2017
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Aimteq completes the successful installation of a building management system for BAE Systems.

· New BMS brings precise control to HVAC, DHW and cold store functions · System based on Schneider SmartStruxure enterprise system · Project management, training and maintenance services…

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Glass cullet rides the rails from the Port of Tilbury.
September 6, 2017
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Glass cullet rides the rails from the Port of Tilbury.

The Port of Tilbury, London’s major port, and URM UK loaded their first train of bulk glass cullet processed from a new recycling facility at the port. 1200 tonnes…

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