Plateformes Magazine

The land shortage, an economic time bomb in the making

The shortage of logistics land seen in most French regions is undermining the economic development of businesses in France and weakening nonprofit organizations. An explanation.

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Logistics: A Land-Use Planning Issue

Often linked to public policies on transport, intermodality, or economic development, logistics is above all a land-use planning issue. An analysis with elected officials and industry experts.

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The logistics hemisphere of Réunion Island

Réunion Island is highly dependent on imports to support its population of 860,000 and develop the local economy. Supply needs, inadequate infrastructure and a strategic location for South-South trade place logistics at the heart of regional planning and development strategies.

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The Port of Dunkirk Aims to Join the Major Leagues

At the heart of the London-Paris-Brussels triangle and a market of more than 100 million consumers, the Port of Dunkirk is not yet considered a “ major ” port. Yet the construction of new infrastructure and policies to boost competitiveness make it the perfect outsider to become, by 2030, a leading port in the Northern European range for maritime freight.

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Low-disruption urban logistics is possible

Urban logistics and last-mile management now represent major economic, environmental and urban challenges. To adapt to land scarcity in dense areas while also limiting the disruption caused by warehousing and delivery activities, innovations in architecture and urban integration are emerging. A report from the heart of Paris’s 19^th arrondissement, at the new urban distribution facility leased by Urb-it from SEGRO.

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Spend a Weekend in a Warehouse? It Is Now Possible

Visiting warehouses is no longer an unusual idea. Opening them to institutions and the public is becoming standard practice. Logistics Week opens warehouse doors to highlight their essential role in the functioning of society and their better integration into local areas.

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Logistics is changing—and so is warehouse architecture!

More efficient, more sustainable, and more aesthetically pleasing: recent logistics warehouse projects embody the challenges of our time. This break from the past is largely due to the commitment of architecture professionals determined to shatter the old cliché of the soulless gray warehouse.

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How logistics is bringing brownfield sites back to life

To contribute to the collective effort to use land more sparingly and to comply with new rules on soil sealing, logistics real estate is increasingly turning to brownfield redevelopment...

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The criteria that determine warehouse location

Addressing economic, service-quality and environmental concerns, warehouse location results from a thoughtful approach by companies and logistics real estate professionals working closely with public policy.

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In Brazil, logistics between resilience and transformation

During his visit to SITL 2022, Pedro Moreira, president of Abralog, assessed Brazil’s logistics sector as it emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic amid a tense international context.

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Wholesale Markets, or How to Connect Farm to Table

For fresh produce, fruits and vegetables, and cut flowers, national-interest markets (MINs) and wholesale markets connect agricultural production sites with our tables through shops and markets. Vital to supplying food products to France’s 67 million people and essential to the economy, this report goes inside these logistics giants to better understand how they operate and why they matter.

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Toulouse’s approach to organizing urban logistics

Inaugurated in December 2021, the Toulouse Logistique Urbaine facility foreshadows the last-mile logistics network for the Pink City and its surrounding area. It also stems from what is intended to be a win-win partnership between Toulouse Métropole and a consortium bringing together Semmaris, Poste Immo and Caisse d’Épargne Midi-Pyrénées.