Exporta Global has expanded its rackable plastic pallet range with the launch of seven new products. The new heavy duty rackable pallets add to Exporta’s impressive product line-up. All of the new pallets are suitable for automated systems and four way rack/forklift entry.

Babcock International Group has automated control of a complex materials handling operation in Plymouth, UK, using Hyster Tracker. The fleet management system helps manage 80 forklifts and other trucks, including a newly introduced VNA machine, deployed in various roles across the Devonport Royal Dockyard and Naval Base site in Plymouth.

Historic materials handling equipment at the unique National Fork Truck Heritage Centre is mobile again thanks to a new portable power pack built by Albright International using batteries from stored energy specialist EnerSys® and a battery tray from Strongs Plastic Products.

Cabka-IPS, specialist for product solutions made from recycled plastics, will be presenting the new Heilbronner half pallet (HHP) for the first time at the International Trade Fair for Distribution, Materials Handling, and Information Flow LogiMAT (March 14-16 2017). The Heilbronner is a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to the wooden Düsseldorf pallet. It was developed to be the future standard for production facilities with a high degree of automation.

Dematic, the automated intralogistics solutions company, has published a white paper, ‘The Great Grocery Retailing Fulfilment Challenge’, highlighting the dramatic changes taking place in the grocery market and examining their impact on retailers’ cost-to-serve and the challenges facing their logistics processes.

A manufacturer of materials handling equipment has secured a £1 million finance package from HSBC to renovate and install new equipment at its new premises in Cinderford, Gloucestershire (UK).

Speed remains the top issue in logistics, global trade, and supply chain management: Three out of four industry experts consider shorter lead times and time to delivery their top priorities for 2017. That is one of the findings of a study conducted by software company AEB and the University DHBW in Stuttgart (Germany) which surveyed 330 logistics and global trade experts. Titled “Global Trade Management Agenda 2017”, the study can be downloaded free of charge at www.aeb.com/gtm-study.

SCA is a leading global hygiene and forest products company that develops and produces sustainable personal care, tissue and forest products. Sales are conducted in around 100 countries under many strong brands, including leading global brands TENA and Tork. The Group has about 44,000 employees worldwide and global sales in 2014 amounted to approximately EUR 11.4bn.

Объем отгрузки нефти через морской терминал «Каспийского трубопроводного консорциума» (КТК) в порту Новороссийск в январе-ноябре 2016 года увеличился на 2,7% в сравнении с показателем аналогичного периода 2015 года - до 39,76 млн тонн. Об этом сообщается в материалах КТК.

Глава Дагестана Рамазан Абдулатипов считает, что необходимо приступить к реализации проекта Каспийского транспортно-логистического комплекса и для этого нужно создать конкретный график реализации данного проекта. Об этом он заявил в интервью ТАСС.