Browsing: Logistics

Kuehne + Nagel has ordered a further 205 trailers from TIP Trailer Services following the recent completion of its first order for 155 curtainsided trailers on a seven-year long-term lease.

The government’s decision to scrap rate relief on empty industrial property and phase out the Industrial Buildings Allowance is likely to be “damaging” to the logistics industry, according to UKWA chairman Derrick Potter.

Workers at four Argos distribution centres are threatening to take strike action after being offered a below inflation pay rise of four per cent, which would effectively see them taking a pay cut.

Trevor Ellis, the chief executive of transport and warehousing specialist CS Ellis Group, has been appointed chairman of the Transport Association, following a two-year stint as vice chairman.

The second phase of the London Low Emission Zone began yesterday (7th July) and affects lorries over 3.5 tonnes, buses and coaches.

Who owns the logistics industry? On the face of it, that might seem a bizarre question, but stay with me for a moment because even a superficial survey reveals changing patterns of investment around Europe.