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Cash is king at the moment and financing the supply chain is a key issue for companies, both large and small. A vital element in that is the role of the supply chain insurers which provide cover against the risk of not getting paid for goods and services.

Truck manufacturer MAN has changed its legal status to become a European stock corporation trading under the name MAN SE.

There is no sector of supply chain activity that impinges on peoples’ lives more than Grocery and General Retail.

Short sea carrier Containerships has chosen Teesport to link its new Mediterranean services with its traditional Baltic routes following its takeover of Mediterranean short-sea line Contaz in March.

The Rail Freight Group has called on the Olympic Delivery Authority to increase rail deliveries and halve the number of road deliveries, to the Olympic construction site in Stratford, which it reckons would cut 800,000 truck movements from the area.

British Airways World Cargo has reported £673 million in sales (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) for the year beginning April 2008 – a 9.4 per cent increase against the same period last year.