The combination of a fall in trade and increased capacity at the principal deep-sea container ports, has meant that the severe congestion experienced in 2004 has been much reduced this year.
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Supply chain specialist Gist has extended its successful 35-year partnership with Marks & Spencer.
Corby is set to complete Phase III of Max Park later this month with a further two high bay warehouses each of 210,000sq ft.
TDG has renewed contracts with two aluminium suppliers, Kawneer UK, which supplies architectural aluminium systems, and Alcoa Extruded Products (UK) which makes aluminium extrusions.
Plans are afoot to introduce minimum standards for security relating to the road transport industry. It is intended that the new scheme will be similar to the system currently in place for airfreight.
Exel has announced that its shareholders had approved the firm’s takeover by Deutsche Post for an estimated £3.7bn.
Kewill Systems, the supply chain software group, has lifted its pre-tax profit from £1.01m to £1.34m in the six months to September 30th.
Northern Foods has reported a lift of 5.8 per cent in its underlying profits for the first half to £25.7m.
Speaking at the Intermodal Transport and Logistics conference in Bilbao, Geoffrey Smith, managing director of MacAndrews said that: “With a level playing field, shortsea services can be more cost-effective than truck.”
WIT Transport Solutions has acheived a massive “half as much again” extra carrying capacity, with its new Mercedes Actros drawbar rig.
