Food logistics specialist, Reed Boardall, has taken delivery of 30 Scania 500R tractor units to complement the 15 Volvo 520 tractors also acquired as part of its on-going replacement programme
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eCourier has reduced its Central London pickup and delivery times by 33 per cent, after fitting its entire fleet of vehicles with O2’s Xda II and GPS modules.
Protek-dor, the UK transport security specialist, has launched a range of Trailergard devices.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) and the Road Haulage Association (RHA) have joined forces to submit their proposals for the 2006 budget, following the cross-industry support gained from the Burns Inquiry,
Target Express has completed the first commercial mailing through its new postal service, Target Post.
The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.
The most significant challenge facing the Logistics Services sector is that of complexity. With lengthening supply chains, brought about by the trend to ‘global sourcing’, service providers are now placed in a position where managing this complexity req
The advice from the government is that operators will need to be ready to use digital tachographs in new HGVs and PSVs from May this year.
Control Towers provide air traffic personnel with complete visibility of all the flights they are supervising. A new breed of Logistics Control Tower is now providing the same help to logistics service providers. By Joakim Jansch
At the time of writing this column, we have another surge of interest in the popular press and TV on “Scourge of the White Van Man”.
