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Forklift donation to help Samaritans charity
Supplier of leaf chain to the forklift Materials handling supplier, Barloworld Handling, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, said:
truck (FLT) replacement market, has supplied a forklift truck to help international “Wrexham is where Operation Christmas Child
Chaintec, is further expanding its development and relief charity, Samaritans Purse, started 19 years ago and the campaign has grown in
footprint in the UK with the move of with its Operation Christmas Child campaign. that time. This year, we are expecting more than
its Midlands business to larger, pur- Last year, through Operation Christmas Child, over 50,000 shoeboxes to pass through the depot.
pose-built premises at Bentley 1.2 million shoeboxes packed full of gifts and goodies “After the shoeboxes arrive, they are checked,
Bridge Business Park, Wednesfield, were wrapped, packed and sent to children in disad- placed in cartons and then palletised. It is an impres-
West Midlands. The move will vantaged situations across the world. The shoeboxes sive logistics operation that relies so heavily on the
ensure Chaintec customers across are donated by the general public at over 1,700 outlets time given by volunteers and the added generosity of
the Midlands benefit from easier across the UK, which are then collected, checked and the local Barloworld team in Wrexham.”
access to the trade counter, sorted at 70 processing centres. The Wrexham operation uses the 2,000kg capacity
increased warehousing capacity The charity has one of its largest operations in Hyster forklift to help manage the storage and loading
and more efficient logistics opera- Wrexham where materials handling supplier of the pallets onto lorries and containers. Over 300
tions. Chaintec’s larger warehouse Barloworld provided a forklift truck from its local volunteers help process the boxes at the depot which
in Bentley Bridge will stock a wider short-term hire fleet. For the last three years a Hyster are then exported to children in Africa, Eastern
range of chain while the new H2.0FTS diesel forklift truck has been used for four Europe and Central Asia.
premises will be linked to its UK weeks during the operation’s busiest period before For further information about the Operation
wide depots and workshops to Christmas, free of charge. Christmas Child charity appeal, visit the website at
deliver real-time information about Ian Macleod, head of operations and logistics for www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk.
Chaintec stock held anywhere in Samaritan’s Purse, who is also a member of the www.barloworld.co.uk
the country. The new warehouse
will offer instant access to all
Chaintec stock, combined with
Domestic shuttle is a one-stop collection service
same day collection and next day
delivery on off-the-shelf chain. Global logistics firm Hellmann
www.chaintec.co.uk Worldwide Logistics UK has
launched its domestic shuttle
A health and safety expert is service for the UK. The transport
backing calls from the Royal neutral distribution system will
Society for the Prevention of allow all goods shipped through
Accidents (RoSPA) to look again at Hellmann’s international prod-
how people view health and safety. ucts to be collected or delivered
Paul Darby from training company on the same vehicle.
Pivotal Performance says the Several UK forwarders utilise
wrong belief that health and safety different domestic services
spoils everything diverts attention depending on the transport
away from more important issues. requirements and Hellmann
He said: “RoSPA’s figures show wants to change this restriction, groupage and Systemplus con- Matthew Marriott, commercial
the number of UK deaths registered especially in airfreight. For this signments on the same truck at director of Hellmann Worldwide
as an accident have risen and reason, Hellmann will introduce the same time from this month. Logistics UK said: “Our customers
remain the most likely cause of what is described as a practical This domestic shuttle system will have the advantage of a
death for people under 35. and efficient collection system will link same night consign- Hellmann domestic truck collect-
“We need to change the way peo- for any international freight con- ments from all Hellmann distribu- ing all consignments for different
ple perceive health and safety. They signment, collecting all air- tion locations to any other services at the same time.”
must see it as vital, not something freight, seafreight LCL, European location within around six hours. www.hellmann.net
they reluctantly have to do.”
He says business owners should
visit the Health and Safety Pall-Ex has 40 new fork trucks working day and night
Executive's website on sensible risk
management at www.hse.gov.uk/ Pall-Ex has taken delivery of a new fleet of 40 CNG
risk/principles.htm. powered forklifts from Barloworld at its state-of-the-
www.pivotal-performance.com art Leicestershire hub. It is now operating its third
generation of Hyster fork trucks which work
The UK materials handling supplier intensely day and night.
and national service provider, Pall-ex operates a 48-bay facility near Leicester,
Briggs Equipment has appointed where members of its pallet network deliver and
Ben Wilson to head up its national collect full and part pallet loads for UK and interna-
accounts business. tional destinations.
Formerly sales manager at “Night-time is when most of the activity takes
Cummins UK, Ben brings a wealth place to receive and re-distribute the 8,000 pallets
of senior sales experience to Briggs processed daily, most of which are guaranteed next-
Equipment. Based in Cannock, day delivery,” explained Fraser McNeill, director of All pallet movements in between are handled by 40
Staffordshire, Wilson will be operations at the 200,000sq ft hub. Hyster Fortens forklift trucks in the pedestrian-free
responsible for driving growth in the Pall-Ex’s process is said to be simple and a highly zone. “We operate the only cross-docking hub in
national account team including efficient method of freight transportation. Members this sector and rely completely on the performance
strengthening those business rela- (transport companies throughout the UK), unload of the forklift fleet in a tough, intense and time sen-
tionships and their performance. on one side of the hub and then drive to the oppo- sitive operation”, continues Fraser.
www.briggsequipment.co.uk site side to be re-loaded in postcode dedicated bays. www.barloworld.co.uk
6 JANUARY 2010 Materials Handling & Logistics
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