Browsing: Logistics

An extile manufacturer that produces 1,000km-plus of man-made fibre every second, is using P&O Ferrymasters to help stretch its European distribution reach.

Writing in the October issue of Logistics Europe, regular columnist Peter Bartram quoted a leading international economist as saying that the days of $25 a barrel oil were probably gone forever. Perhaps that’s right. So, what does this mean for commercial

Globe Air Cargo has won a contract to become Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo general sales agent in the UK, giving freight forwarders access to the largest pan-African network of any airline.

For many landlords, a visit to the property director of a third-party logistics provider (3PL) ranks slightly lower down the list of things-I-want-to-do than a visit to the dentist.

Recruiting, retaining and motivating staff is a long-standing problem for logistics operations, made more acute, in the UK at least, by the current relatively high levels of employment. What makes a company good to work for?

As usual, a very disparate set of entries in this category makes comparisons invidious. The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) entered specifically to gain recognition for the efforts of their team co-ordinating the initial

AirBridge Cargo has commenced operations with its third Boeing 747 freighter. Its maiden flight with the company will see it in service from Beijing to Amsterdam via the airline’s Russian hub in Krasnoyarsk.