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Gefco is to open its first logistics platform in Russia – a 20,000 sq m facility will be located in Podolsk, near Moscow,

Amtrak has won the contract to deliver thousands of parcels a week for Virgin Vie At Home which has a nationwide network of more than 12,000 consultants who arrange cosmetic and jewellery parties at home.

Pall-Ex has celebrated its tenth anniversary with an event at the Celtic Manor Resort, near Cardiff.

The Freight Transport Association has called for more government action to deal with unroadworthy foreign lorries.

Chancellor Gordon Brown has broken faith with the freight industry by increasing diesel duty by 1.25 pence a litre, the Freight Transport Association has warned.

TNT Express and TNT Logistics are trialling an electric 7.5 tonne truck which they reckon is the first zero emission vehicle that can compete with a diesel on urban delivery routes.

BMT Transport Solutions has been commissioned by the European Union to help develop a management structure for a European intermodal transport system.

Browns Distribution, a member of the Palletline pallet network, has bought two super-cube double deck trailers and three gas-powered forklifts, at a cost of nearly £100,000.