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Lifting Equipment Store, the UK materials handling equipment supplier, has appointed Charmaine Jennings into a newly-created position of Export Manager.

By Will Dunn, CEO of Lifting Equipment Store, and President of Lifting Equipment Store USA.

The challenging circumstances created by COVID-19 have brought extreme pressure on offshore and onshore production and storage facilities to maintain top levels of safety and resilience.

By James Murphy, freelance writer

Starting a logistics company or managing an existing one requires a lot of planning especially about vehicles and structures to be used. In addition to the warehouse where the goods are held or stored, you also need loading bays, which have numerous benefits.

Responding to the news that the EU and the UK had reached an outline agreement on a future post Brexit deal, the British Ports Association has welcomed the continued tariff free trade but suggested that there will still be major impacts at the end of the transition.

TRL (Trailer Resources Ltd) the Hertfordshire-based contract hire and rental specialist, has supplied 10 Krone Dry Liner box vans to Europa Worldwide Group for its fast-expanding click and collect operation.

PD Ports has continued to demonstrate its commitment to the local community, donating £50,000 to various charities and initiatives across the UK throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Port of Tyne, one of the UK’s leading deep-sea ports and a major employer in the region, has announced a £1 million investment in its wood pellet-handling operations.

The investment sees state-of-the-art equipment installed and a range of measures put in place to help combat dust emissions from the dry wood pellets it handles into the UK.

With a Hyster Empty Container Handler, port operations can benefit from time and cost savings by handling two empty containers simultaneously. This double-handling capability provides advantages as organisations scale to handle growing demand, while controlling efficiency and costs.

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) has launched the Think Lifting School Lesson. The ready to use ‘lesson in a bag’ includes films, content, experiments and leave behind hand-outs that will allow LEEA member companies to engage remotely with their local schools in order to help raise awareness of the Lifting Industry.

Crown, one of the world’s largest material-handling companies, has expanded its product offering to provide customers with an extensive range of warehouse solutions, helping them improve throughput, enhance efficiency and reduce costs.