General Transport & Distribution News

Logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group continues to focus on using new technologies to drive forward innovation across its operations. Europa’s investment in IT is evidenced by its in-house team, which is now 100 strong.

Everybody is talking about Artificial Intelligence but what are its potential applications for warehousing and supply chain?

Edward Napier-Fenning, Sales & Marketing Director of leading supply chain software company Balloon, explores five key areas that can boost performance – including route planning, picking, labour management reporting and data entry.

Trakm8 has launched the RH800, a 4-channel 4G Mobile Digital Video Recorder (MDVR) for surveillance and monitoring.

The Driver Academy Group, a consortium led by HGV training specialist HGVC, has secured a record number of women and ethnically diverse trainees for its second round of Government-funded HGV driver training courses.

An AI image generator tool has predicted what the future of food labelling might look like for consumers and manufacturers.

On 9 October, 2023, FedEx Express will donate a new emergency response unit to the Salvation Army in the UK. 

FleetCheck is introducing the first ever use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its software products with new technology designed to make driver licence checking faster, easier and more accurate.

The latest Government Business Insights report paints a gloomy picture of August’s trading. More than a quarter (27%) of all businesses revealed their turnover had decreased in August 2023 compared with the previous month – that’s 2% more businesses reporting a fall than in July.

On 25 September, China Marine Bunker, the shipping service company under COSCO SHIPPING, held the "Green Methanol Refuelling Capacity Building Conference" during the Global Sustainable Transportation Forum and the 15th International Exhibition on Transportation Technology & Equipment.

OCTO has launched the Digital Driver Try Before You Buy solution, available through an App dedicated to drivers and designed to encourage a more objective risk assessment based on driving style.

Kinaxia Logistics has acquired the trade and assets of Nelson Distribution. This will secure the jobs of all 170 staff employed in the business, and the service to Nelson’s customers will be uninterrupted.