Envirotainer now launches a new service – an Availability Guarantee that ensures availability of RKN e1 containers at all European locations for all shippers. This unique offering in the market will support the pharmaceutical industry in supplying life saving drugs to patients, who cannot accept any delays. It is also …
Read More »Global logistics firm’s web-based customer service portal now offers industry-specific dashboards
BDP International (BDP) has added BDPSmart Chemical and BDPSmart Life Sciences to its Smart Suite shipment and order process management / reporting platform, effective today. “All users will experience the new look and feel of BDPSmart that includes a streamlined design with updated logos, icons, and reports to maximize appeal …
Read More »Doosan & Bobcat equipment excels in Suez expansion
Doosan and Bobcat equipment supplied by Otrac Heavy Equipment, the Heliopolis-based Authorised Dealer for the Doosan and Bobcat ranges in Egypt, has played an important role in the intensive construction works that have been undertaken for the major extension of the Suez Canal, opened in August 2015 by Egyptian President, …
Read More »NOCC looks to proven Optimarin BWT technology for PCTC newbuildings
Ballast water treatment (BWT) specialist Optimarin has been chosen by Norwegian Car Carriers AS (NOCC) as the supplier of choice for its two newbuild vessels currently under construction at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea. Optimarin will provide 667m³/h capacity systems for the state-of-the-art 6500 car capacity Pure Car …
Read More »Konecranes puts its own faith in Agilon
Ahead of Konecranes’ official launch of its latest service innovation, Agilon next month, the world’s leading lifting equipment manufacturer has announced that is has installed and commissioned the system solution within its own parts operation here in the UK. In addition to accommodating some 70% of Konecranes’ existing parts inventory, …
Read More »Eddie Stobart has announced a new container transport base at DP World London Gateway Port and Park
Eddie Stobart believes the location will allow the business to be in the best possible place to provide new and existing customers with competitive container transport solutions from the south of the UK for which they are renowned in the north. The DP World site will provide Eddie Stobart with …
Read More »United Biscuits signs three-year contract renewal with CHEP in Europe
CHEP, the world’s leading provider of pallet and container pooling solutions, announced today that leading international biscuit manufacturer United Biscuits (UB) has signed a three-year contract renewal for managed pallets in the UK, France and Benelux for more than three million pallet movements annually. United Biscuits’ baking heritage goes back …
Read More »Mobile Mini invests in industry leading fleet of Scania Trucks
Mobile Mini, a leading hirer of portable accommodation and secure storage solutions, has taken delivery of the first of a series of 15 new delivery vehicles, part of a £2.7m investment into its growing fleet of trucks, as part of a drive to increase operational efficiency and customer service. The …
Read More »NetDespatch builds bridge between online orders and despatch for Selco
Selco Builders Warehouse has selected NetDespatch’s popular cloud-based shipping and data management platform to streamline the order fulfilment process for its new online offer called Selco Direct. The NetDespatch platform seamlessly connects the company’s online order management system – MS Navision – with the local depot of the APC Overnight …
Read More »Pyroban makes sense of handling chemical waste
Fire and explosion is an ever present danger in the highly regulated chemical waste management industry. With new systems of chemical classification in the industry, safety company, Pyroban, is advising businesses to check that forklifts handling chemical waste are legal and specified correctly. "An explosion can happen in an instance," …
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