Symbol Technologies, has launched the VC5090 vehicle/fixed-mount mobile computer, which it says combines a rugged construction and high performance processing with wireless networking to enable real-time data access on forklifts used in the harshest envir
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The FTA and RHA are calling on the government to introduce a system of collecting information from visiting hauliers, which it says would protect the integrity of UK road safety and which could be used to form a formal European database exchange.
Palletways London, which was created to provide a hub facility for depots in the capital and the South East, is expanding its operations on the back of significant growth in the business.
Top football clubs Liverpool and Arsenal have both chosen Prologic’s CIMS to help manage their increasing merchandising operations.
Professor Alan McKinnon, director of Logistics Research at Heriot –Watt University, said that at any given time, there is £460m worth of freight in transit on UK roads.
Argos Direct, the home shopping arm of the high street retailer, has selected Paragon’s Multi Depot routeing and scheduling software as part of a drive to improve its transport planning capability.
Iveco has launched a new version of its Daily van. The Daily is aimed at transport professionals and, like a truck, is built on a steel chassis enabling it to come in some 3,000 different configurations from vans to chassis-cabs and mini-buses.
Hutchison Ports (HPUK) has signed a new contract with LDH (La Doria), extending the current contract until at least the end of February 2009.
Evergreen Marine Corp, Hapag-Lloyd Container Line and Wan Hai Lines are to launch a new weekly service linking India with Hong Kong, Shekou and Kaohsiung at the end of April.
Thinking on a global scale is becoming more and more important for companies, with an increasing amount of manufacturing coming out of China. But the challenge is for companies to retain a high level of visibility over extended supply chains.
