What are the key challenges facing the logistics sector in 2007? Claude Boisselet examines five of this year’s major preoccupations.
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Committing to a warehouse automation project requires complete confidence in the forward strategy of the company, a full understanding of present and future supply chain requirements, a detailed knowledge of the product profiles being handled and importan
Wincanton is proposing to close two of the distribution centres it handles on behalf of Somerfield, following the retailer’s decision to streamline its operations.
LPR is launching a campaign to reduce the number of FMCG pallets that go missing each year.
Lufthansa Cargo has set up a freight handling company and is looking to break into the German freight forwarding market.
Entertainment UK has won a three-year contract to supply Virgin Retail with CDs, DVDs, games and books.
The great, great grandson of Schmitz Cargobull founder Melchior Schmitz has become managing director of the UK business at Harelaw near Sunderland.
The Trumac group is celebrating its platinum anniversary and is planning a £500,000 investment in new facilities at its site in Westbury, Wiltshire.
DHL Global Forwarding has obtained a licence to operate a domestic air freight service in China.
The operation to salvage cargo from the MSC Napoli will begin tomorrow (27th January), but could take five months to complete, according to The Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
