The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported this week that its Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) dropped 1.0 percent from October to November.

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, AvantiGas, has launched a bespoke service for the forklift industry offering a tailored energy plan to increase efficiency, reduce costs and boost health and safety standards.The Complete Forklift Truck LPG Solution has been devised to deliver the safest, most cost effective and flexible solution for forklift operators and owners regardless of fleet size.

Buss Port Logistics – with its German/Turkish joint venture BussErk – has signed another contract in southeastern Turkey. Up to 2.5 million metric tons cargo is scheduled to be handled at the Gübretas Terminal, owned by Turkey’s largest fertilizer company. The first vessel was discharged at the end of February. In addition, BussErk has extended its contract at the nearby LimakPort in Iskenderun.

Российское подразделение мирового лидера в области промышленной упаковки, объявило о запуске производства в России нового ассортимента инновационных продуктов в 2016 году.
Производство упаковки будет развернуто на базе партнеров компании в Ленинградской, Владимирской и Нижегородской областях.  В течение двух лет, планируется ввести более 18 новых моделей упаковки для пищевой, легкой, автомобильной промышленности, сельского хозяйства и сетевой логистики. Сумма инвестиций превысит 480 млн. рублей. Компания продолжает поиск новых партнеров в регионах России для организации производств в непосредственной близости к потребителям упаковки.

Growth prospects for the trucking sector appear to remain on solid footing, according to the most recent edition of the Trucking Conditions Index (TCI) from freight transportation forecasting firm FTR.

Staffordshire (UK)-based returnable transit packaging (RTS) solutions company PPS have turned a £1.8 million investment in machinery and equipment to grow its turnover by 15% over the past 12 months. Its services include supply, collection, washing and repair and management of all types of returnable packaging such as plastic pallets, crates and containers.

За прошедшие девять месяцев в Москве объем сделок по аренде и покупке складской недвижимости в столичном регионе составил 245 тыс. кв. м. По подсчетам компании Cushman & Wakefield, это на 20% ниже аналогичного среднего показателя 2008-2015 годов. Средний размер сделки в 2016 году пока составляет 8,5 тыс. кв. м, что также ниже аналогичного показателя 2015 года на 40%.

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supplier, AvantiGas, has launched a bespoke service for the forklift industry offering a tailored energy plan to increase efficiency, reduce costs and boost health and safety standards.The Complete Forklift Truck LPG Solution has been devised to deliver the safest, most cost effective and flexible solution for forklift operators and owners regardless of fleet size.

IMHX 2016, the essential intralogistics event for supply chain professionals, now has over 250 exhibitors booked – over a year before it takes place.

As a result the event, which is taking place from 13-16 September 2016 at the NEC Birmingham, is predicted to be the biggest ever. Rob Fisher, Director of Informa Exhibitions’ Materials Handling Group and IMHX organiser explains: “That we have over 250 exhibitors booked for IMHX 2016 is amazing given that the event is still over a year away.

“When we compare bookings made so far versus those made at the same time prior to IMHX 2013, when the event last took place, we are around six months ahead in terms of both numbers of exhibitors, and space booked. This leads us to believe that this could be the biggest IMHX so far.”

Forklift builders Linde have hailed their second “World of Material Handling” event as a success, with a new record number of visitors. Over 7,000 guests from about 50 countries, mainly customers as well as distributors, business partners and employees, attended the German company’s showcase event, staged from 9 to 25 May at a disused factory in Offenbach, a suburb of Frankfurt. The company says this is an increase of 15% on the 2014 debut.