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ShD e-auction deadline approaches
The latest ShD Materials Handling Auction in due to close on Wednesday 3rd March at 14.00GMT. Potential bidders are being asked to visit the dedicated GoIndustry DoveBid auction website to register their interest in the sale.
The sale features a variety of surplus materials handling equipment from verified sellers, including counterbalance electric forklifts from Daewoo, Nissan, Lansing Linde, Hyster, Yale, TCM & OM Pimespo, and a Boss diesel counterbalance.LPG variants from Bendi, Caterpillar, Yale, Clark, Hyster & OM Pimespo also feature in the sale.
Stobart secures long-term Tesco deal
Multimodal transport and logistics solutions provider Stobart Group has agreed to dispose part of its Inland Ports asset to Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited, for £61m rising to £62.5m on the satisfaction of further conditions. A key element of this sale is a state-of-the-art 528,000 square feet sustainable distribution centre developed by Stobart Group. This was recently announced as the new Northern distribution centre for Tesco’s fresh operations. In addition, Stobart was confirmed as the transport contractor for Tesco from this distribution centre.
Stobart expects to increase the throughput of the Inland Port terminal (currently only 50% utilised) when the site is fully operational and when the existing Valencia fresh rail service is extended to Widnes. This next phase of the pioneering Stobart Rail service, will allow Tesco to transport its fresh produce from Southern Spain to Northern England by rail, delivering significant environmental benefits.
Europa upgrades its fleet
Europa Worldwide Logistics, a market-leader in the provision of international and domestic freight forwarding and logistics, has taken delivery of the first batch of 50 SDC trailers, with the remainder arriving in March.
The new additions to the Europa fleet include 38 curtain-siders with boards and 12 dry freight boxes. Also added to the fleet is a new aerodynamic-shaped trailer to improve fuel efficiency and performance levels to help reduce the company’s carbon footprint.
Knapp helps John Lewis achieve record sales
It has been widely reported in the retail press that John Lewis has achieved record Christmas sales. Less widely known is that helping John Lewis to achieve some of these sales was its brand-new £45 million, state-of-the-art national distribution centre (NDC), designed and installed by Knapp, which was opened in June last year.
The 650,000 sq ft NDC – located at Magna Park, Milton Keynes, at junction 13 of the M1 – features a huge automated handling system that drives the distribution for some 87,000 products.
Pickerings partners with 4Front
Pickerings Supply Chain is now the sole exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom for Kelley and Serco loading dock equipment, LoadHog modular dock bridges, TKO impactable dock doors, and APS resource aftermarket products, working in partnership with 4Front Engineered Solutions.
Pickerings Supply Chain now offers a complete portfolio of 4Front Engineered Solutions' products and services across the lifting, loading and docking range.
VIDEO: Traka shows how to take control of assets
Traka has released a video animation showing how key management can easily be put into practice by any organisation for controlling user access to a wide range of company assets.
Traka's system covers any physical asset that needs management, including fork lift trucks, data centres, company fleet vehicles, secure areas, vehicles, buildings, equipment and tools.
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