The battle between dockworkers and robots isn't overThe transition towards containerization in the 1950s drastically cut shipping costs, replacing manual labor with machines, and this trend c...
16 Oct, 2024, 09.52 AM IST
Paper beats wood in this $31 trillion trade movementEconovus’ success with paper pallets and pallet-less packaging shows that it is possible to be environmentally friendly while building a pr...
06 Oct, 2024, 10.29 AM IST
There is a growing market for recycled and upcycled pallets: Jay Wood Industry’s ShahThe pallet industry is seeing tailwinds in terms of demand as the logistics and supply chain sector grows with the rapid rise of e-commerce...
28 Sep, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Nhava Sheva Customs intercepts 189 MTs of areca nuts, one heldIndian Customs seized 189.6 MTs of Areca Nuts valued at Rs. 9.63 crores in a crackdown on smuggling. The items were mis-declared in import ...
03 Jun, 2024, 11.07 PM IST
University of California cancels classes after clashes on campus over GazaHours earlier, police burst into a building occupied by anti-war protesters at Columbia University, breaking up a demonstration that had pa...
02 May, 2024, 11.12 AM IST
A pallet company shows how to save 1 million trees without impacting $25-trillion global tradeDespite the focus on becoming environment friendly, shipping and logistics have hardly given pallets a second glance. Bengaluru company Eco...
28 Oct, 2023, 09.54 AM IST
KKR Infra fund looks to buy majority stake in supply chain firm Leap IndiaMorgan Stanley invested $25 million in the company in 2021. Also, in 2021, Leap raised $34 million in a secondary round from investors led ...
25 May, 2023, 08.49 AM IST
The forgotten shipping pallet stages a pandemic-era rallyPallets serve as the base of a so-called unit load, a standard way to ship products so they’re easy to move with forklifts and jacks. They ...
12 Apr, 2021, 08.48 AM IST
LEAP India raises $13 mln in Series B fundingThe company plans to invest the funds to strengthen its team and enhance technology to differentiate and deliver best in class services to ...
11 Jan, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
LEAP raises Rs 88 crore from multiple investorsThe returnable packaging provided by LEAP include wooden pallets for storing and foldable large containers for transfer and storage of prod...
06 Jan, 2017, 12.46 AM IST
Steel and power sector investment to take more time to pick up: MS Unnikrishnan, MD, Thermax"Power and steel sectors would certainly have to wait for some more time before we have the investment cycle picking up for them," Unnikris...
24 Aug, 2016, 02.08 PM IST
US sent $400 million to Iran as it freed 4 US prisoners: ReportThe State Department has strongly refuted any link between payment of the settlement amount and release of four American prisoners by Iran.
04 Aug, 2016, 07.33 AM IST
Qatar's Hassad Food files FIR against Delhi's Bush FoodsHassad Food, an investment fund owned by the Qatar Investment Authority, has alleged that it invested around Rs 750 cr in Bush Foods in Apr...
09 Dec, 2014, 04.24 AM IST
Hong Kong moves to clear unruly pro-democracy protest site in Mong KokThe chaotic scenes underscored the challenge Hong Kong authorities face in trying to shut down the protest site in gritty, working-class Mo...
25 Nov, 2014, 05.46 PM IST
Missing Malaysian jet: Australia locates possible plane debris, sends shipPrime Minister Tony Abbott said the objects have been located by an Australian P3 Orion aircraft about 2500km south-west of Perth on the 17...
24 Mar, 2014, 04.44 PM IST
French satellite images of possible plane debris being probedFrance today provided new satellite images of possible debris of the Malaysian airliner deep in the south Indian Ocean, even as search for ...
23 Mar, 2014, 08.43 PM IST
Brazil mistakes sea 'trash' for plane crash debrisRed-faced Brazilian officials said late Thursday debris they thought was from an Air France crash in the Atlantic was in fact sea "trash," ...
05 Jun, 2009, 09.20 AM IST