The British International Freight Association has chosen Lord Fowler to be its new president.
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British Airways has renewed its contract with Kuehne + Nagel for the transport of wine for its in-flight catering services.
East London-based scaffolding specialist Trad is gearing up for what it hopes will be an Olympic construction bonanza by moving to larger premises and investing in a fleet of Euro 5 tractor units.
Hans-Christer Holgersson has been appointed managing director for Scania (Great Britain)
Northampton-based Mainland Group, a member of the Pall-Ex network, has taken delivery of its first Euro 4 vehicle
Pharmaceutical manufacturer AstraZeneca has awarded NYK Logistics a £6m two and a half year contract for the centralised planning and primary distribution of pharmaceuticals
Ceva is to acquire forwarding group EGL for about £1 billion ($2bn).
Unipart Logistics is launching a fully integrated RFID and GPS-enabled vehicle telematics system that enables logistics managers to track loads, assets, vehicles and trailers throughout the entire supply chain in real time.
Making operators absolutely liable for all offences committed by their drivers is unacceptable and unworkable, the Freight Transport Association has told the Department for Transport which is consulting on amended EU drivers’ hours rules from 11 April.
With Wincanton’s emergence last year as the UK’s largest publicly-quoted third party logistics provider, its chief executive is under more intense scrutiny than ever. He talks to Malory Davies.
