Browsing: Logistics

Lincolnshire County Council has submitted outline plans for a major 45-acre storage and distribution park at Kirton near Boston.

Lloyd Fraser has taken delivery of a fleet of specially designed vehicles for its Wickes home delivery operation to meet the needs of health and safety directives and tightening vehicle restrictions in urban areas.

Pall-Ex has been highly commended in The Badenoch & Clark Business of the Year Award, and Hilary Devey won The Credit Suisse Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

DHL has taken on the challenge of chaperoning the Special Olymic flame as it journeys around the world. Chris Muntwyler describes some of the challenges involved.

The nature and scope of third party logistics contracts reveals a lot about the state of the market. Our exclusive survey looks at some of the major deals signed in the past year and looks at industry confidence for the coming year.

Transport secretary Ruth Kelly has promised more than £200 million to start work on a strategic freight network in the Department for Transport’s rail White Paper.