Latest Supply Chain News
Logistics operators gear up for greener deliveries
Posted: 24 May 2019
Logistics operators are making further pushes into electrification, with Dachser announcing tests of newly acquired electric trucks and DHL experimenting with hydrogen fuels.
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Morrisons going plastic free
Posted: 21 May 2019
The UK Supermarket Chain Morrisons has announced that for the first time customers will be able to purchase fruit and veg loose from 'bag-less shelves', in order to save an estimated three tonnes of plastic a week. While customers will still have the option to buy their produce in plastic bags if they wish, now they will have the option to use paper bags.
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Ford to cut 550 jobs in UK
Posted: 21 May 2019
US car maker Ford has announced it will cut its Global workforce by 10% by the end of August in order to reduce costs, with 550 jobs expected to be lost in the UK.
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Colgate-Palmolive tops supply chain table
Posted: 21 May 2019
Colgate-Palmolive has topped to the Gartner Top 25 supply chains for the first time ahead of Inditex, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Cisco.
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DHL launches automated urban delivery drone
Posted: 21 May 2019
Did no one learn from Jurassic Park and, to a lesser extent, Westworld? Dinosaurs and robots always go wrong. Many are very nervous at the thought of drones over densely populated towns and cities, especially those with regular flight paths.
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How logistics is proving that Amazon needs to be regulated
Posted: 15 May 2019
Interesting op-ed from Freightos chief executive Zvi Schreiber, who has responded to senator Elizabeth Warren’s call for e-commerce behemoth Amazon to be subject to greater regulatory oversight.
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Kuehne + Nagel gère Lecasud de E. Leclerc
Posted: 14 May 2019
E. Leclerc a choisi Kuehne + Nagel pour gérer sa plateforme de 15 000 m² à Cabannes dans les Bouches-du-Rhône, développant ainsi ses part de marché dans le retail en France.
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Des droïdes autonomes de livraison à Montpellier
Posted: 14 May 2019
Elisabeth Borne, ministre des transports, a dévoilé un programme d’expérimentation autour des véhicules autonomes, avec notamment deux droïdes chargés de livrer les commerces du centre-ville de Montpellier.
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'Forcing ships to steam even slower could have 'unintended consequences'
Posted: 13 May 2019
With the IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meeting in London this week to further debate cutting shipping’s greenhouse gas emissions, Drewry has cautioned on the “unintended consequences” of “super slow-steaming”.
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Le camion connecté selon Mercedes Benz
Posted: 10 May 2019
Fiable et disponible, le camion idéal roulerait sans jamais tomber en panne, voire sans presque s’arrêter. Les constructeurs mettent aujourd’hui sur le marchés des véhicules utilisant les nouvelles technologies qui en font désormais des machines connectées à l’ensemble de la supply-chain. Merdes Benz vient de présenter à Paris sa propre solution : Uptime.
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Spain arrests five in Guatemala corruption investigation
Posted: 10 May 2019
Allegations that hundreds of millions of euros in bribes were paid by Barcelona box terminal operating company TCB to the ex-president of Guatemala in return for a concession to build a new box port at Puerto Quetzal have been circulating for a few years now, unfortunately emerging shortly after TCB was bought by Maersk’s port arm, APM Terminals. Spanish police have now begun making arrests, including one involving an alleged payment made in Spain in a bid to cover up the investigation.
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G7 environnement, un sommet "inclusif"
Posted: 09 May 2019
Réunis à Metz en mai avant les chef d’états en août à Biarritz, les ministres de l’Environnement du G7 et quelques autres ont précisé leur stratégie à l’horizon 2030 : la lutte contre les inégalités par la protection de la biodiversité et du climat. La démarche sera "inclusive" pour atteindre de objectifs sociaux mais elle sera aussi menée en "stimulant la croissance économique et l’innovation".
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