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This French logistics giant is going to start using drones in warehouses - Business Insider

Business Insider

This French logistics giant is going to start using drones in warehouses
Business Insider
This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Transportation and Logistics Briefing subscribers hours before it appeared on Business Insider. To be the first to know, please click here. Geodis, the logistics arm of France's state-owned railroad company ...

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Amazon's Typical Worker Is in a Warehouse Making $28446 a Year - Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Amazon's Typical Worker Is in a Warehouse Making $28446 a Year
Wall Street Journal
The company's “enormous market advantage” doesn't appear to be translating into more pay for the median warehouse worker, said Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C.. Brian Devine ...

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The Robots are Coming to the Warehouse Dock - Logistics Management

Logistics Management

The Robots are Coming to the Warehouse Dock
Logistics Management
When designing its new 24/7 cold warehouse, for example, Preferred Freezer Services (PFS) installed an automatic truck loading and unloading system that includes a chain conveyor system that can handle 50,000-pound loads in minutes. In fact, from ...

LaSalle Sells Korean Warehouse to Deutsche Bank's DWS for $57M - Mingtiandi

Mingtiandi

LaSalle Sells Korean Warehouse to Deutsche Bank's DWS for $57M
Mingtiandi
Deutsche Bank's asset management arm has bought a recently completed logistics warehouse in Icheon City, south of Seoul for 61.2 billion won ($57.4 million), as global real estate investors pile into Korea's modernising logistics sector. DWS (formerly ...

Fetch is building robots for the warehouses of the future - TechCrunch

TechCrunch

Fetch is building robots for the warehouses of the future
TechCrunch
In its earliest days, the company helped fund its work with the Fetch Mobile Manipulator and Freight Mobile Robots, low-cost research robots sold to universities, designed to carry on the work of Willow Garage's once-ubiquitous PR2. But warehouse ...

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Old US Warehouses Not Meeting Current Needs - Material Handling & Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Old US Warehouses Not Meeting Current Needs
Material Handling & Logistics
The U.S. has an aging warehouse inventory that does not meet the needs of today's logistics tenants, according to a new survey by CBRE. Although 1 billion sq. ft. of modern warehouse space was built over the past 10 years, it accounts for only 11% of ...
New Warehouses Needed to Meet E-Commerce Demands, CBRE Study ShowsTransport Topics Online

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For Iran Warehouse, 'Unglamorous' Logistics Real Estate Offers Resilience and Returns - Bourse & Bazaar

For Iran Warehouse, 'Unglamorous' Logistics Real Estate Offers Resilience and Returns
Bourse & Bazaar
Coco Ferguson first saw the potential in logistics real estate in East Africa, where as a co-founder of Nairobi-based Maris Limited, she raised USD 60 million to fund the development of Kenya's first “Grade A” warehouses. Now she wants to replicate ...

IAM Robotics launches a flexible warehouse AS/RS with bin handling - Logistics Management

Logistics Management

IAM Robotics launches a flexible warehouse AS/RS with bin handling
Logistics Management
With the rising demands of e-Commerce and a tightening labor market, logistics operators need cost-effective, flexible material handling solutions for order fulfillment. Today's solutions are limited in that they are either very expensive or only ...

MODEX 2018 – Warehouse Technology Adoption and Acceleration - Logistics Viewpoints (blog)

Logistics Viewpoints (blog)

MODEX 2018 – Warehouse Technology Adoption and Acceleration
Logistics Viewpoints (blog)
But most notably, the warehouse robotics companies that were early-stage start-ups just two years ago are now presenting referenceable customers that are scaling up their deployment of these solutions. At the same time, this same set of companies is ...

Fraport and Swissport Sign Lease Agreement for New Cargo Warehouse at FRA's CargoCity South - AviationPros.com

AviationPros.com

Fraport and Swissport Sign Lease Agreement for New Cargo Warehouse at FRA's CargoCity South
AviationPros.com
Frankfurt Airport's CargoCity South is an internationally renowned freight location and is recognized as a world-class example of how to develop a successful logistics hub. The cargo and logistics industry, including the leading global players, have ...

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