The number of lorries using the Eurotunnel shuttle service in 2009 was down 39 per cent on 2008 and 20 per cent down on 2007, according to Eurotunnel’s annual results.
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Dow Agro Sciences, part of the DOW Chemical Company, has extended its contract with Geodis Calberson UK logistics division for a further three years.
Samsung has chosen Ceva Logistics to manage the supply chain for its air conditioners in Italy in a three-year deal worth £5.9 million (€6.5 million).
The Cumbria Logistics Employer Forum (CLEF), a partnership between local authorities and logistics businesses, has been set up to increase and strengthen the logistics skills pool in the region.
The government has renewed the licence to operate for Skills for Logistics, the sector skills council for the freight logistics industry, following a review carried out by the National Audit Office on behalf of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
When Elvis sang “A little less conversation, a little more action please” back in 1968, it’s a fair bet that he wasn’t referring to collaboration in the supply chain.
Demand for new vans rose by 8.81 per cent to 8,978 in February.
The Kühne School of Logistics and Management is founding a private independent university: The Kühne Logistics University (KLU), which will become part of the Hamburg cluster for logistics research institutes.
Some 45 per cent of logistics professionals feel more stressed at work than this time last year, according to a survey by Inform.
Pub operator Mitchells & Butlers has extened its contract with Tradeteam for a further five years covering distribution of drinks to some 2,000 pubs, restaurants and bars.
