Category: Logistics

Freight Benchmarking Helps Shippers

Freight benchmarking can assist shippers in identifying where they are overpaying on transport costs.Most shippers have a general sense of what their transportation costs look like. Far fewer have a clear picture of whether...

Energy Costs Rise for Logistics Sector

The UK’s energy landscape is shifting under the feet of the logistics sector and a relatively unknown change which commenced on 1st April. For decades, the industry has benefited from a period of de-industrialisation...

Multimodal Corridors Gain Ground

As ongoing disruption across key global shipping corridors continues to impact trade flows, logistics service providers are helping customers maintain cargo flows by integrating sea, rail and road networks that are increasingly critical to...

Forklifts with Permanently Integrated Lithium-ion

Integrated lithium-ion batteries provide design engineers with a range of opportunities to enhance vehicle ergonomics. Linde Material Handling (MH) leverages this benefit in its new Linde Ei model series of electric counterbalance forklifts. The...

Smart Compliance for EU and UK Fleets

Samsara has launched an industry-first dynamic Smart Compliance solution for fleets across the EU and UK. The platform enables a proactive approach to tachograph (tacho) compliance, helping organisations manage critical elements of driver safety...

Regulation Advice for Wooden Packaging

The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) has recognized wooden packaging as compliant. Reusable wooden packaging is no longer treated as waste—and that’s a meaningful shift. So, what does this mean in practice...

Iran War Supply Chain Shock

Retail supply chains may take 3-5 months to recover from the Iran war, meaning shoppers could face paying higher prices this Christmas, even if peace talks clear a safe passage through the Strait of...