Author: Christopher Walton

Peel Ports Group is investing £5.5m to speed up and streamline facilities and processes at Port of Liverpool Container Terminal, with part of the money going towards an automated gate system

Proposals for three new lorry parks in Kent, which will be discussed by Kent county council on Wednesday (17 September), have received strong support from the Road Haulage Association, with a spokesperson calling for “decisive action” on the issue

DHL Global Forwarding has officially opened a logistics centre measuring more than 9,000 sq ft for the pharmaceutical industry at Leipzig/Halle Airport to expand its temperature-controlled business

Partner Logistics has signed a two-year contract with bakery supplier Dawn Foods to manage storage of frozen confectionary products at its frozen food warehouse in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

Midlands based Surfair Logistics has joined the UK Pallets network to cover businesses in Derbyshire

DB Schenker Rail has launched a service for WH Malcolm between Daventry and Grangemouth with the first 50 ft containers to travel by rail in the UK

Unilever has come top in Gartner’s annual European supply chain rankings. In fact, the top three, Unilever, Inditex and H&M are unchanged on last year

Slovak diplomat Maroš Šefčovič is to take on the transport portfolio in the new European Commission. He takes over a revamped space and transport portfolio from Siim Kallas

Erik Buell Racing, the manufacturer of US sports motorcycles, has chosen Gefco to handle transport for crated motorcycles from its European distribution centre in the Netherlands to the UK

Snap-on Tools UK has awarded Ceva a £4.95 million ($8m), three year contract to provide a dedicated collection and delivery service for its franchise network