Fuel duty is set to rise in three stages, rather than in one jump, chancellor Alistair Darling announced in his budget speech
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Tea and coffee producer Clipper has signed a transport deal with C&D SouthWest, part of the Palletforce network.
Wesupply has appointed David Grosvenor UK managing director.
Eaton hybrid commercial vehicles have now completed more than 30 million miles saving, the company calculates, some 1.18 million gallons of diesel – equivalent to the emission of about 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Ian Baxter, managing director of RH Freight has called for MPs to reveal their transport policies in the run up to the general election.
DHL has launched a direct weekly LCL weekly service from Hong Kong to Guatemala in Central America.
The Co-operative Food is trialling the use of rail to carry produce between Daventry, close to its national distribution centre at Coventry, and a rail freight terminal at Mossend, near its depot at Cumbernauld, in Scotland.
Wars, earthquakes and floods can all cause major disruption to supply chains and it is all too easy to think of supply chain disruption in these terms.
AG Barr, the maker of Irn-Bru, has signed a three-year warehousing and distribution contract worth £18 million with Eddie Stobart.
International engineering group IMI has signed a three-year contract with Geodis Calberson, expanding its existing relationship.
