From the beginning of 2007, Maersk Line is to charge an extra $300 for every container travelling from Europe to North America. Maersk said that it is no longer able to sustain rate levels due to increasing cost pressures.
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Circle Express has taken delivery of 17 Mercedes-Benz lorries and five Sprinter 311CDI vans from Heathrow dealer Rygor Commercials.
Ryder is to spend £15.7 million next year on 671 rental vehicles, ranging from 3.5 tonne vans to 18 tonne trucks.
Clipper Secure Logistics has won a warehousing and distribution contract with soft furnishing manufacturer Cope & Timmins.
Parcel carrier Amtrak has won back its delivery contract with Dabs.com, the BT-owned internet retailer.
Ulster haulier Reid Transport has joined the Pall-Ex distribution network.
BPB Iberplaco, the Spanish and Portuguese subsidiary of BPB, the supplier of plasterboard and gypsum plasters, has awarded DHL Exel Supply Chain a five-year warehouse management contract.
Christian Salvesen has issued a profits warning ahead of the release of its interim results on 5 December.
Coen van der Maarel is to join Christian Salvesen as the managing director of its Food and Consumer Mainland Europe division in February 2007.
Citroën is to launch a new range of vans in the UK early next year.
