Parkside Warehousing & Transport has purchased twelve new Iveco Stralis AS440S43TX/P tractor units.
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Bibby Distribution has bought London–based freight forwarder Archfield (Shipping) Ltd.
TNT N.V has confirmed that it is selling off its Freight Management division. In its third-quarter results TNT reported an 8.9 per cent rise in operating profit to £172 million.
Staff at JJB’s Martland distribution centre have gone on strike, following a dispute over pay and the company’s bonus scheme.
Trilogy Logistics has won a new distribution contract with video game publisher Square Enix.
Small and medium-sized transport companies are not protecting themselves from bad debt and 45 per cent of those polled, have no plans for unexpected debt, according to research from Bibby Financial Services.
Freight volumes in UK ports rose two per cent to 586 million tonnes in 2005.
The UK economy could be hit by new ‘green taxes’, brought in to tackle the growing threat of climate change.
The Health and Safety Executive has withdrawn its advice booklet on the transport of paper, because it conflicts with the Departtment for Transport’s Code of Practice.
United Biscuits, owner of the McVitie’s, go-ahead and Jacob’s brands, has been sold for over £1.6bn to private equity firms, The Blackstone Group and PAI partners.
