Author: Christopher Walton

Jaguar Land Rover has chosen specially adapted cargo trains to move parts around its new £500m Engine Manufacturing Centre, in Wolverhampton which has been officially opened by the Queen

Cargo tonne kilometres at IAG Cargo are up 12 per cent year-on-year for the third quarter, with volumes of 1.3bn cargo tonne kilometres

Goplastics.com has launched Pallet Evolution, a campaign to provide the UK plastic pallet industry a public voice to inform pallet users as to the advantages of using plastic pallets

Sorry Guy Fawkes, there’s a new reason to remember the 5th of November this year as the winners of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards will be unveiled at an event to be held, in association with PwC, at the Park Lane Hilton, London

Royal Mail has set out plans to open ten temporary parcel sorting centres to cater for the expected Christmas rush. It also plans to invest £130m in hand held technology over the next five years to improve its delivery service

German fashion brand s.Oliver has appointed Clipper Logistics to manage its European wholesale retail returns management service, in so doing becoming Clipper’s first Boomerang contract in mainland Europe

Eddie Stobart is to take a 420,000 sq ft rail-connected distribution centre at Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) after reaching a lease agreement with property developer Prologis

CEVA Logistics has appointed Tom Jones as its new senior vice president for automotive operations in North America

Pallet-Track is to increase its member-to-member rates for delivery tariffs on all pallet sizes the first time in its ten-year history as driver recruitment hits all-time low

The Freight Transport Association has backed calls from the Campaign for Better Transport for safer and cleaner lorry designs to be allowed on European roads