International Decorative Services has extended its relationship with the Potter Group at its rail-connected centre in Ely after signing an imported timber distribution contract with the company.
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APC Overnight has opened a depot in Essex as its nationwide parcel network expands.
The FTA has appointed Ian Jones, managing director of Mercedes-Benz UK, Graham Roberts, non-executive director of PD Ports, and Ian Veitch, chief executive officer of NYK Logistics to its 2008/09 board.
The House of Commons Transport Committee has “hit the bullseye” in its Freight Transport report, says the FTA.
Industry leaders focused on the critical issues of creating and managing effective supply chain partner networks at the latest Supply Chain Standard Round Table, sponsored by Wesupply.
Aggregate Industries’ Building Materials division has signed an eight-year partnership deal with TDG worth £50 million annually in a bid to manage its transport operation more efficiently.
Kuehne + Nagel has increased its profit margin by 12.3 per cent during the first half of 2008 despite the economic slowdown, but anticipates a slower growth rate for the second half of the year owing to the “unfavourable economic forecast”.
International logistics forwarder Dachser is set to takeover German chilled goods forwarding company Tank group for an undisclosed sum after acquiring 100 per cent of its shares.
Tyre distributor ATS Euromaster is taking delivery of 150 light commercial vehicles from Mercedes, Iveco and Renault as part of its £4.5 million fleet replacement programme for 2008.
The workhorse of logistics operations across Europe is the humble and all too often unloved lorry. The past few years have seen all sorts of positive discrimination ideas to encourage the use of alternative modes of transport but at the end of the
