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While Europe has seen a downshift in production, its economies have become increasingly consumption oriented, boosting distribution activity. Most goods are transported by truck, but the costs of road transport are rising due to spiralling wage costs and
Christian Salvesen and Turkish freight forwarder Ulustrans are forming a strategic alliance transporting goods between Turkey and the rest of Europe.
By January 2008, almost all vans and light trucks using an electronic accelerator will be required to carry a speed limiter.
Sun Chemical Europe has awarded a five-year contract to Kuehne and Nagel.
Despite its position on the periphery of Europe the UK is one of the largest logistics markets in Europe with some 150 million sq m of warehouse stock. Thanks to confidence by developers in the speculative building market, coupled with an appetite by reta
The British International Freight Association and HM Revenue and Customs are to hold a joint conference called Security Without Barriers to Trade.
TomTom has launched a navigation device with a built-in subscriber identity module (SIM) card specifically designed for commercial vehicles.
Cranfield School of Management is holding a seminar on “Retail returns: managing the reverse supply chain” on 4 July.
The swift advance of the US army on Baghdad was, among other things, enabled by the use of advanced RFID in the supply lines. BY Prof DR Walther Ploos Van Amstel, Daniel Uiterwijk And Flip Wubben
