Browsing: Logistics

Qantas will convert four 737-300 passenger planes to freighters using a conversion kit from Israel Aircraft Industries’ Bedek Aviation Group.

The presence of low-cost economies on the eastern fringe has concentrated minds in Germany. But good infrastructure and a shift in the geographic centre for pan-European logistics creates a fine balance. By Chris Lewis

Corus’ Teesside Cast Products has entered into a 10-year productivity partnership with PD Teesport to export three million tonnes of its steel slab per year.

Lift truck makers are having to get creative with their service offerings in order to win business, but innovation in design still has a big part to play. By Nick Allen

Recruitment group Hays has merged its Purchasing and Logistics divisions to create Hays Purchasing and Supply.

Hill Hire has secured a £2m deal, to supply a new fleet of liveried vehicles to Daniels Chilled Foods. Hill Hire is supplying 24 vehicles, from 3.5t vans to tractor units and trailers.

It seems obvious to say that family-owned companies like working with other family-owned companies. But chief executive Theo de Pencier has made use of that to fuel Bibby distribution’s rapid growth over the past few years. now it is turning into a big co