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Warehousing Industry Updates

Jan 26, 2014 Warehousing Ireland News, News Comments Off on Warehousing Industry Updates

MERSEYSIDE MULTIMODAL SITE
Peel Ports has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle and B8 Real Estate to market its 75 acre former Bridgewater paper mill site at Ellesmere Port, Liverpool. The site has planning permission for 1 million sq ft of storage space and is being marketed for port centric purposes as a multi modal site. The site has an existing berth on the Manchester Ship Canal connecting it directly to the Port of Liverpool via Peel Ports container service which operates between Port of Liverpool and Port Salford in Manchester. It also has access to the rail network with an on-site branch line and is close to Junction 7 of the M53 motorway.

CEVA FOR VILEDA
Cleaning products manufacturer, Vileda, has renewed is multi-million euro contract with Ceva for a further five years. Ceva stores some 5,300 pallets across over 700 SKUs for Vileda at its multi-user warehouse facility in Corby. It dispatches around 350 orders per week, equating to around 2.7 million cases a year.

ARGOS BY THE TRUCK LOAD
Argos has awarded Wincantons commercial vehicle specialist business, Pullman Fleet Services, a three-year repair and maintenance contract, for its fleet of HGVs. Pullman will be responsible for repair and maintenance of some 1,500 vehicles and trailers and will operate from seven locations across the UK.

TNT EXPANDS
TNT Express has completed a £4.3 million expansion on its Park Royal depot, near Wembley, which, it says, has increased capacity by more than 50 per cent. The site previously handled some 40,000 items a week on behalf of businesses around London. Having installed 15 extra loading bays and more than 1,200 sq m of warehouse and vehicle yard space, TNT says the facility will now both operate more efficiently.

NEW CONFERENCE
UKWA has announced the launch of a new conference for 2014. The event will take place at the Hilton Hotel, Liverpool, over three days in June (June 10-12) and forms part of the Logistics week of the International Festival of Business (IFB) 2014