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Transport is the key element in the logistics industry but in Europe it is at a crossroads, and no longer sustainable. Integral to the concept of a European Union (EU) is the removal of internal barriers and the creation of a single market.

The Yorkshire & Humberside Freight Council of the Freight Transport Association wants planners to consider the opportunities air freight facilities at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster, could create for the region.

Kingwinsford-based company FDB Distribution is realising an increase of more than 30% in order picking efficiency and overall productivity having replaced ageing VNA trucks with new Jungheinrich ETX Kombi man-up machines.

Go to a restaurant where there are 50 covers and 50 cooks but only one waiter and you won’t have a very good evening. That waiter could be Maurice Greene but you won’t be eating until midnight. In the same way, there are some major issues that need to be

RMC UK Cement Division, part of the RMC Group, is taking its logistics activities back in-house from November 30, 2004 when its three-year contract with TNT ends. The Cement Division will take over the operational management of the 190-vehicle strong flee

Hyster’s new range of electric three-wheel, front-wheel drive trucks – the J1.60-2.00XMT ACX series – combines the latest AC and CANbus technologies with cutting-edge ergonomics. The new truck comes with 1,000-hour service intervals on most major c

Coffee supplier Cafeology is using Cert Logistics to manage the warehousing and distribution of its portfolio of Fairtrade coffee nationwide. Cert is managing the contract from its bonded, shared-user distribution centre in Rotherham.

In the first significant expansion since it successfully floated on the AIM market at the end of 2003, specialist container supplier Straight has formed a new materials handling division.

Barlows, one of the UK’s largest commercial interior contractors, has contracted Bibby Distribution to manage its full logistics operations from inbound international movements, to storage, pick and pack, despatch and delivery.