Logistics

Cushman & Wakefield has advised on the sale of Beaverton Industrial Center, a recently renovated 121,426-square-foot multi-tenant industrial and logistics project on approximately 6.4 acres in Beaverton (Portland), Oregon.

Prologis UK, the British arm of the San Francisco headquartered industrial REIT specialising in the logistics sector, has promoted James Straw as a director of its UK Capital Deployment and Leasing team.

AIPUT (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has let the newly completed 'Black Arrow' warehouse at its Blackthorne Point logistics campus which is part of the fund's Poyle Trading Estate development to the west of Heathrow's Terminal 5.

Sysmax, the compliance, risk and competency software platform, is hosting a free webinar on the new 'golden thread of safe

British warehouse truck manufacturer Narrow Aisle and US industrial automation and forklift specialist Sunbelt Material Handling are celebrating a quarter of a century of their successful distribution partnership.

Efficient logistics is crucial to ensuring the successful operation of facilities, with HGVs playing an important role in the UK.

Metsä Tissue business Lambi is increasing the number of delivery vehicles operating on renewable fuels across its Swedish operations as it targets greenhouse gas emission reductions of 90 per cent for each cargo load transported.

Installing outdated intralogistiics technologies will prevent micro-fulfilment centres from achieving the efficiency gains ecommerce retailers are looking for, says Xia Huiling, founder and chief executive of LiBiao Robotics.

GMB Union comments as workers at Amazon's fulfilment centres in Mansfield and Rugeley begin voting on industrial action.

Serco Inc., has been awarded a contract to provide lifecycle logistics, and broadband voice and data network installation and maintenance support for the U.S. Army's Integrated Fires Rapid Capabilities Office (IFRCO).

Third-party logistics (3PL) providers leased more big-box (200,000 sq ft. or larger) warehouse spaces in North America than any other occupier category according to a new report from CBRE.

Xia Hulling, founder and CEO of sortation system specialist LiBiao Robotics, explains why automation is allowing postal service providers to deliver better customer service.

Move Monitor, an annual report compiled using data from 40,000 customers of removals company Pickfords, has named London as the most popular destination for relocating households in the UK for a second consecutive year.

Europe's biggest automated robotic parcel sorting system has been installed in Turkey by distribution and postal services company Kuryenet which delivers payment cards for many of the country's largest banks.

abrdn's Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund has submitted a planning application at its London Heathrow Radius Park campus for an inaugural renovation project to be financed by a 350 million sustainability-linked credit facility from Wells Fargo Bank.

Last mile logistics operators need to consider charging infrastructure or risk delays to EV roll-outs according to Mer, the EV charging company backed by Europe's largest renewable energy generator, Statkraft.

Logistics UK has named James Adcroft, UK Transport Compliance Manager at Tesco, as Chair of its national Road Freight Council and elected several senior representatives from the logistics and transport sectors to its Board.

Leading Swiss supermarket chain Migros, autonomous EV startup LOXO and

Opportunities abound for those who dare, says Leigh Anderson, managing director of Bis Henderson Recruitment as the UK commemorates National Apprenticeship Week 2023.

Alex Jeffrey, Global Chief Executive, Savills IM, comments: "The macro environment in 2022 was dominated by global economic and geopolitical developments, with a prevailing risk-off sentiment among investors putting pressure on capital values and occupier performance. Against this backdrop, I am