UPS predicts that the number of goods it handles will surge from some 15 million packages a day to more than 21 million on Wednesday 20 December, its busiest day of the year.
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WFS (Spa), a division of Worldwide Flight Services, has won a contract with Nippon Cargo Airlines to receive and handle goods at Heathrow, bound for Japan via Amsterdam and Frankfurt.
The PWC Logistics group, which includes; GeoLogistics, TransOceanic, and Trans-Link, is rebranding as Agility.
CitySprint has won a two-year contract with the National Laboratory Service, which carries out environmental testing for The Environment Agency.
Bibby Distribution has won a three-year contract with Suzuki to distribute motorcycles around the UK, along with all terrain vehicles and marine finished goods such as outboard motors.
Target Express has added a new agent to its European delivery network.
Courtenham Logistic Solutions has opened a new £1m distribution facility at Courtenham, Essex, with upgraded product fulfilment capabilities.
Commercial vehicle fleet services provider Fraikin has ordered over £12.5 million worth of new rental vehicles for the first half of 2007.
Weber-Stephen Products, a manufacturer of barbecues and gas grills, has awarded Kuehne & Nagel a contract to provide the management of inbound freight from USA and the Far East, as well as warehousing services in the UK.
The “Emma Maersk”, the world’s largest container ship, made its inaugural call at Felixstowe last Saturday.
