Freightliner has signed a new five-year deal with Maersk Line. Freightliner reckons it’s the biggest intermodal rail contract in the UK to date.
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As Britain’s manufacturing base continues to diminish, the UK economy is becoming increasingly services centric. A boom in retailing keeps supply chains active, but with congested infrastructure and labour shortages, what makes the UK attractive to invest
Isuzu Truck (UK) is expanding it’s Scottish network with two more agents. Isuzu Truck Edinburgh and Isuzu Truck Perth, will handle sales, service and parts, bringing the number of UK dealers to sixty-six.
Famous Pacific Shipping has extended its network coverage in Central Europe, with the appointment of a new general agent for Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
The International Container Security Organisation, a new not-for-profit body has been set up in Brussels to help combat terrorism and organised crime in the international container freight industry.
Beleaguered logistics managers across Europe are putting radio frequency identification (RFID) projects on the back burner and concentrating on data capture systems with a more immediate payback such as voice technology. By John Lamb
There can be few things that say more about the state of the logistics market than the nature and scope of the contracts being signed.
Hatsu Marine has added more post-Panamax container vessels to its fleet.
The Port of Felixstowe has welcomed the inaugural call of the world’s largest container ship, the CSCL Xin Los Angeles, operated by China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) of Shanghai.
The supply chain could benefit from some manufacturing discipline, says the group logistics director of Oxford University Press
