When the government – perhaps influenced by the gremlin-plagued German automated “Maut” system for truck road user charging – decided to put LRUC in the too-difficult basket, at least for the foreseeable future,
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Logistics service providers must prepare for further cost pressures, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s “Retail Logistics 2006” report.
Dachser, one of Europe’s leading logistics providers, has opened a new terminal in Dartford. The warehouse next to the Dartford crossing is the fourth branch location in the UK and covers 5,000 sq m, serving the London and south east.
Pallet supplier Brambles says sales and profits are “well ahead of the comparative period in the prior year”. In Chep Europe, the company has experienced sales growth of around five per cent for the three months to September.
The company has been in the UK market for many years supporting the operations of its parent Peugeot group and has been expanding its operations with third party customers so that its sales are now in the region of £200m.
The chief executive of Britain’s largest rail freight operator EWS, has said that the company would have to seek fresh capital, possibly through stock market flotation, to finance ambitious development plans.
Printronix has launched its first Gen 2 RFID printers with its SmartLine product families and introduces a six-inch RFID printer as well.
Everton Football Club has increased the space in its relocated warehouse with the installation of double deep racking and an Atlet XTF extending forks reach truck.
A new warehouse complex for Sharp Interpack’s site at Aylesham in Kent has been fitted-out by Designed Storage with Hi-Lo’s Premierack storage.
The ‘fork lift tick’ logo of the Consolidated Fork Truck Services (CFTS) Thorough Examination scheme now includes the words “Certification Mark showing that it has met the requirements of the Trade Marks Registry.
