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Pulp Paper & Logistics
Outlining the skills gap in the UK logistics and transport industry
so that more young people are attracted to join the profession, said Beverley Bell, the new president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) at its annual president’s inauguration lunch. There’s also a need, she said, to challenge the stereotypes placed on our industry, with particular reference to the ‘typical lorry driver image’, and that more should be
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here is a need to improve and raise the profile of the logistics and transport industry
done to champion the great work being done by them every day. At the lunch attended by almost 90 members, Bell, Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain, highlighted what the supply chain, transport and logistics industry contributes to the UK economy – £92 billion a year. Addressing the three challenges
that both the industry and Institute must address Bell outlined the themes of her presidency: ● Skills gap – She highlighted that by 2020 the logistics and transport industry will need
another 1.2 million workers and we must work harder in order to recruit such a significant increase in workforce
● Training – She demanded that we ‘must invest in our employees’ and told guests that the industry’s record of training people was low and that this needs to be addressed
● Revenue – the Institute must increase membership as well as increase training services. Beverley expressed that CILT is a ‘fantastic organisation’ and should do more to sell itself.
APP’s five-year solar panel plan to offer efficiency savings
The global pulp and paper industry’s largest solar power project is being planned by Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) with the installation of panels on the roofs of eight of its mills in China.
APP has already installed panels with capacity to generate more than 70MW. Now it says it will over the next three to five years install an additional 129.5MW. The total when completed will have capacity of more than 200MW, enough to power 500,000 homes. The solar project will result in
the installation of about 4m sqm of solar panels, the equivalent of 560 football pitches. The panels will be installed at APP operations at Gold East, Gold Hongye, Gold Huasheng, Hainan Jinhai, Yalong,
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capacity. Power generated by the project will be fed into the national power grid to benefit local users. APP in turn will receive discounted electricity from the national grid. “This project means APP will
A 20MW rooftop solar project was recently completed at APP’s Gold HongYe Mill in Suzhou, China
Ningbo Zhonghua, Ningbo Asia and Guangxi Jingui mills in China. The project is being developed by a consortium of Chinese solar
manufacturers in a project led by APP. It forms part of a wider Chinese government strategy to increase distributed solar power
benefit from efficiency savings, while also making an important contribution to the local communities around our mills through the generation of clean and renewable power. It is a great example of how sustainability can have a positive effect on planet and people as well as profit. It also supports the Chinese Government’s commitment to increase the proportion of renewable energy in China to 20 per cent by 2030,” said APP- China’s communications chief Bingjian Sun.
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