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Retailers are trialling a system from DHL Exel Supply Chain that uses advances in web-based CCTV and RFID technology to tackle the problems of through-the-night deliveries.

Logistics Learning Alliance in conjunction with the Fritz Institute and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has launched a unique qualification – the Fritz Certification in Humanitarian Logistics.

Christian Salvesen has warned that the business environment remains challenging “and margins in many of our markets are under pressure”.

Warehouse efficiency and safety depend on having a floor that meets the necessary flatness requirements. We look at some of the issues involved.

Space Property and Legal & General have started work on a 178,140 sq ft scheme at Charles Park, the joint venture’s £30 million speculative industrial/ business development at Crossways Business Park, Dartford, Kent.

Chartered surveyor Sanderson Weatherall has increased its presence in the industrial property market with the appointment of Jonathan Simpson to its office on Teesside and Andrew Carphin to its Newcastle office.

US group Sammons Enterprises has bought the materials handling division of Finning (UK), which distributes Caterpillar equipment. Dallas-based Sammons is one of the world’s largest privately owned companies with assets in excess of US$30 billion.

Peri, which produces formwork systems for the construction industry, has brought in a new fleet of lift trucks to handle increased levels of business and the need to lift heavier products.