by admintn | Nov 10, 2024 | Blog
HBD has green light for a new £37m industrial & logistics development in Skelmersdale, Lancashire. TWO45 is a prime industrial and logistics scheme located just minutes from the M58 and M6. The 10-acre site was acquired by HBD, part of Henry Boot, back in 2021,...
by admintn | Nov 8, 2024 | Blog
DHL Express, the expedited courier service arm of DHL Group, has announced the opening of its new Gatwick service centre. The company will invest £37 million in the site over the course of multiple years, and has already invested £2m in ‘an automated shipment...
by admintn | Nov 8, 2024 | Blog
Abbey Logistics acquires Gussion Transport UK Warrington-based transport business, Abbey Logistics Group, has acquired the Gussion Transport UK and Widnes Tank Container Services businesses, which are both based in Widnes, UK, for an undisclosed sum. This transaction...
by admintn | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog
Road links Tokyo and Osaka to tackle truck drivers shortage Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers. The amount of funding for...
by admintn | Nov 6, 2024 | Blog
Two Boston Dynamics Stretch robots introduced at Kentucky campus Arvato has deployed the first two Stretch robots from Boston Dynamics at its logistics campus in Louisville, Kentucky, to automatically unload a wide variety of loose-loaded boxes from containers. “This...
by admintn | Nov 5, 2024 | Blog
Research finds that the sector is missing out on more streamlined data analytics functions Decentralised data and processes are commonplace in manufacturing and supply chain firms, according to research from AI for analytics platform, Alteryx, leaving...
