Features - April May 2011

Coming Clean

The ever-growing demand for ‘greener’ alternatives to workplace environmental safety has most recently been crystallised in a series of initiatives by the Department of Labour (DoL) regarding forklifts and carbon monoxide emissions. read more »

Editorial

I was up before dawn yesterday, getting my family ready to compete in the Weet-Bix Tryathlon on the North Shore. Never at my chirpiest in the early morning, I wasn’t best pleased to be up and about before the birds. However, the effort was well worth it. As the eastern sky lightened and we boarded the ferry for Devonport, we were treated to the surreal sight of an overlarge full moon setting behind the city skyline. read more »

Queenstown biodiesel – one year on

Happy operators of 66 vehicles using up to 15,000 litres of biodiesel per month and a series of national commendations demonstrate the success of New Zealand’s first community biodiesel pilot programme just one year after its establishment. read more »

Positive signs for the freight forwarding industry

By Willie van Heusden

Risk management is certainly a key issue for the customs broking and freight forwarding industry at present. I certainly cannot remember a time in my years in the industry when there have been pressures from such a range of tragic natural disasters, climatic events and economic stress – from earthquake damage, to ports, to a drop in denim freighting because up to a quarter of the global cotton crop has been affected by bad weather.
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The Laminex Group –
new buildings, new opportunities

Twelve months after pressing ‘go’ on an ambitious rebuild project, The Laminex Group is up and running in its new state-of-the-art head office and distribution centre located in the heart of Penrose, Auckland. read more »

Distribution supervisors supported with new training material

The most recent addition to the distribution suite of training materials is the National Certificate in Distribution (Level 3). This certificate is the supervisory qualification for the distribution industry. read more »

LPC keeps the trade gateways open for Christchurch

Lyttelton Port of Christchurch (LPC) was affected by both the September 2010 and February 2011 earthquakes, but managed to keep its core services operational to ensure vital supplies could reach the stricken region. read more »

Nathan McAuley at Coolpak Coolstores

FTD talks to New Zealand’s supply chain managers about their jobs.

I’m the operations manager for Coolpak Coolstores, a familyowned and operated frozen storage 3PL company. We have four sites located in Timaru with a total frozen storage capacity of 22,000 tons. We are NZFSA accredited to US and EU standards, and our sites are MAF biosecurity accredited.
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