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Faiveley Transport has chosen three Aisle-Master AC electric powered articulated trucks for its depot at Birkenhead, which specialises in the overhaul of train parts such as brake and coupling equipment.

M-Motion has developed an open interface, track and trace system for temperature-sensitive medicines and chilled products, which can be integrated into existing on-board vehicle telematics systems or used as a stand-alone system.

Paragon and Isotrak have completed the “transport efficiency jigsaw” in a project for Sainsbury’s by combining the capabilities of the former’s routeing, scheduling and resource optimisation software with the latter’s real-time transport execution and

There is a lack of appreciation about just how influential the logistics sector is to the UK economy – a damning statement, but when it comes from someone as high-ranking and industry-renowned as NYK Logistics’ UK chief executive Ian Veitch

Instead of stand-alone programs, software is accessed over the internet often by a web browser and the data is held on a remote server. It sounds absurdly simple, but not only is the number of applications growing, the sophistication of the applications i

This time last year 3PLs were struggling with the problems of growth: this year, of course, the market is very different. The motor industry has been hit hard and volumes are well down, but the big supermarkets have held up surprisingly well. The challeng

Don’t believe everything you read – an adage normally reserved for the susceptible readers of red tops and celebrity rags, but the same advice, it seems, should also be adhered to by truck drivers if they want to avoid (quite literally) being led up the g

RFID can play a big role in working the assests harder. Still, it remains the most talked about and least implemented of all auto-IDtechnologies. But new developments suggest that the RFID’s full potential is yet to be seen. Jessica Davies explains why