IN CAMBRIDGE

Congratulations to the team at Welch’s Transport who are set to open the first Net Zero Urban Consolidation Centre (UCC) to be built in Cambridge. The new venture support’s the city’s sustainability goals by delivering clean, emissions-free lastmile deliveries and is at the heart of the company’s new net-zero logistics fulfilment operation which also includes one of the first fully electric HGVs in the country.

Road To Net Zero

We are proud to be supporting Welch’s Transport at their ‘Road to Net Zero festival’ this month. We’ll be providing a full report in the next issue.

WE DO LIKE TO BE ON THE E-SIDE

In the Spring issue of FORS’ Standard magazine, a headline caught our eye - “We do like to be on the e-side”-and we were delighted to read that FORS Gold Accredited Operator Fox Brothers of Blackpool has made history by putting the UK’s first battery-electric tipper trucks into service. The two Volvo FE Electric 6x2s, which were delivered in 2022, are the first such vehicles of their kind in the UK and have cemented Fox Brothers’ status as a pioneer on the UK’s route to a net zero transport industry. Fox Brothers also runs some battery-electric plant items, including diggers and rollers, as the UK’s construction industry is also faced with a net zero target.

On Board With Sustainability

As a supply chain specialist, the Woodland Group is committed to doing its bit in reducing single use plastic in the supply chain, and with pallet-wrap and packaging essential to everyday global logistics operations, they have invested in sustainable solutions to cut down on the reliability of singleuse plastic across its locations around the world. Reading their sustainability strategy, they have also implemented a range of brilliant measures to lower energy consumption, switched to zero tailpipe emission forklifts, and is proud to say that 75% of their equipment is electric battery powered.