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Wincanton has bought Bristol-based Lane Group in a move designed to strengthen its position within the home delivery market.

Volkswagen AG has purchased a 15 per cent stake in MAN AG for £1.01bn, making it the biggest shareholder in both Scania and MAN.

Michelin has won a “pence per kilometre” (PPK) contract to supply tyres to Pullman Fleet Services which manages around 1,100 of the 1,800-strong Tesco.com home delivery fleet in the UK.

Seabourne Express Courier has taken up NetDespatch web services to automate worldwide bookings for its international delivery services.

Dubai Logistics City, the multi-modal integrated logistics platform in Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, has signed land lease agreements with Danzas AEI Emirates to operate warehousing and contract logistics facilities.

European competitiveness ministers have voted to repeal the Block Exemption from restrictive trading practices for container shipping lines.

Briggs Equipment UK, which acquired Finning Materials Handling in September, has launched the new NR-N range of Cat Lift Trucks.

Mitsubishi has launched its RBN series reach truck perform with what it describes as the “revolutionary Visionmast”.

Retailers are trialling a system from DHL Exel Supply Chain that uses advances in web-based CCTV and RFID technology to tackle the problems of through-the-night deliveries.