Day: 23 April 2020

Hiab is resuming operations at its four installation sites in the UK next week after services were temporarily suspended as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.

From Monday 27 April centres in Ellesmere, Dudley, North Allerton and Cumbernauld, Scotland will been carrying out installation jobs under revised health and safety protocols.

Ian Mitchell, managing director for Hiab UK and Ireland said that the decision to re-open the four sites after a month had been carefully considered. “We are really pleased to be starting up installation operations again at our four key sites from Monday 27 April,” he said. “This means that we can commence installation activities as normal, under revised health and safety protocols. At Hiab we continue to take the situation very seriously and keeping our customers and our staff safe at work still remains our top priority.

“As a result, we have implemented additional health and safety protocols across all our centres which include a pre-booking system for all external visitors, additional cleaning and sanitising of workspaces and equipment, our staff all have PPE and a strict 2m distancing policy is in place at all times.
“Task teams at all Hiab sites ensure we follow government guidelines and uphold the enhanced health and safety protocols to manage infection control.”

There is no change to the Service Centres which have always remained open as normal and the Service Vans and field service engineers who continue to work.

Please contact your nearest intsallation centre before visiting so Hiab can arrange a dedicated arrival time as part of our health and safety measures https://www.hiab.com/en-GB/HIAB/dealers-and-contact/find-service-point/

Freight forwarder Damco says its ongoing investment in its Business Resilience Program is helping it to keep cargo moving through Covid-19 supply chain disruption.

The Program, developed over the last 18 months, prepares all staff for over 47 different scenarios, which could disrupt the supply chain, including a pandemic.

Damco local and global teams communicate in real time using a Business Resilience App developed for the program, which also stores information on procedure, as well as providing incident reporting, management functions, and links to relevant contacts.

A new Instant Messaging feature for the App now allows the freight forwarder’s Business Resilience Team to contact specific users or groups of users to speed up information flow between local and global offices.

“The Program means we can be agile and find flexible solutions to keep freight moving, it also means we can put established procedures in place to keep our staff safe,” said Zera Zheng (above), Head of Damco Business Resilience and Security.

“In early January 2020, our Business Resilience Team responded to reports about the impact of Covid-19 from Damco offices in China and were able to give global updates and advice using the App so that we were well prepared.

“Business Resilience is about procedure, but it is also about culture, and that means having clear communication channels with customers, and making sure the people on the front line are able to both share information and have easy access to the information that they need.”

Last year, Damco’s Business Resilience Team, working with front line staff, successfully managed 94 disruptive events globally, ranging from supply chain disruption in the wake of Typhoon Tisoy in the Philippines, to hold ups due to new Air Cargo Screening Regulations in Hong Kong.

Office operations were resumed within 24 hours, where needed, with warehouse operations up and running again within two to five days.

“A key aspect of the Program is to take care of our team members and ensure that they have the resources to look after our customers, regardless of the situation,” said Saskia Groen In’t Woud, Damco Chief Executive Officer.

Damco offices worldwide take part in surprise scenario exercises, including civil unrest, strikes, protests, adverse weather, unplanned IT systems outage and new regulatory changes, as well as a pandemic scenario.

 

Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) is to extend its service network with a direct connection between container terminals Bremerhaven-Nordhafen and inland terminal DUSS (Deutsche Umschlag-gesellschaft Schiene–Straße) in Frankfurt/Main.

The Hamburg-based provider of combined transport by rail and road will start its new service on 3 May 2020, directly connecting the Eurogate terminals CT 2, MSC Gate and the North Sea Terminal (NTB) with the DUSS terminal in Frankfurt-East twice a week. Import departures leave Bremerhaven-Nordhafen on Sundays and Wednesdays. Northbound export trains leave Frankfurt-East on Mondays and Thursdays.

The service has a capacity of 96 TEU per departure and direction. The company boxXpress.de GmbH operates as traction provider for this service as well as other EGIM connections.

The new product complements EGIM’s existing range of services between Bremerhaven and Kornwestheim, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg and Ulm. EGIM also connects the seaports of Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven and Rotterdam with other inland terminals in southern Germany and Hungary.

Storage and racking specialist BITO has launched a new online BITO Direct catalogue to coincide with the two special anniversaries: 175-years for the BITO Group and 20 years for the Nuneaton-based UK subsidiary.

The interactive online page-turn catalogue features a broad range of handling, storage and order picking solutions across 164 pages. These include the most popular products manufactured by BITO – the majority of which are held in stock in Nuneaton. Customers can easily flick through the pages to browse products and, when hovering over a product image, a highlighted link will take them to the product located in BITO’s online web store (shop.bito.com) for further details and the opportunity to place an order for delivery.

Recent introductions in the BITO Direct catalogue include storage and picking bays formed from galvanised shelving, with various combinations of XL and RK containers for bulk and small parts to suit the different purposes a company may have; translucent MB containers with coloured attached lids to help organise stock; quick-to-assemble galvanised perforated shelving bays for sprinklers and cold stores; lockable cupboards designed to take SK or RK containers; and the company’s low-cost, light-duty carton live flow racking, which is designed for euro containers, but can accommodate other sizes, and is delivered for self assembly.

In addition, the catalogue includes new ranges of non-BITO products that are complementary to the company’s in-house storage and handling solutions. These include: pull out storage units for pallet racking, standalone pull-out storage units and a modular work platform system. The catalogue also features BITO’s extensive design capabilities.

The BITO Direct Catalogue, which also features BITO’s design capabilities, is online now HERE. All products are also available in the BITO online shop at shop.bito.com.

Storage and racking specialist BITO has launched a new online BITO Direct catalogue to coincide with the two special anniversaries: 175-years for the BITO Group and 20 years for the Nuneaton-based UK subsidiary.

The interactive online page-turn catalogue features a broad range of handling, storage and order picking solutions across 164 pages. These include the most popular products manufactured by BITO – the majority of which are held in stock in Nuneaton. Customers can easily flick through the pages to browse products and, when hovering over a product image, a highlighted link will take them to the product located in BITO’s online web store (shop.bito.com) for further details and the opportunity to place an order for delivery.

Recent introductions in the BITO Direct catalogue include storage and picking bays formed from galvanised shelving, with various combinations of XL and RK containers for bulk and small parts to suit the different purposes a company may have; translucent MB containers with coloured attached lids to help organise stock; quick-to-assemble galvanised perforated shelving bays for sprinklers and cold stores; lockable cupboards designed to take SK or RK containers; and the company’s low-cost, light-duty carton live flow racking, which is designed for euro containers, but can accommodate other sizes, and is delivered for self assembly.

In addition, the catalogue includes new ranges of non-BITO products that are complementary to the company’s in-house storage and handling solutions. These include: pull out storage units for pallet racking, standalone pull-out storage units and a modular work platform system. The catalogue also features BITO’s extensive design capabilities.

The BITO Direct Catalogue, which also features BITO’s design capabilities, is online now HERE. All products are also available in the BITO online shop at shop.bito.com.