DHL has increased its demand for EWS rail freight services, decreasing the stress on the roads in the busy weeks before Christmas.
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APL Logistics (APLL), a leading global supply-chain management service provider, has teamed up with logistics specialist Christian Salvesen, to provide an integrated end-to-end offering for selected customers.
PalletFORCE, one of the UK’s fastest growing palletised distribution networks, has invested in an advanced check-weighing system at its Lichfield hub.
Logistics group Brambles has announced plans to sell its waste management arm Cleanaway, which employs 8,000 people in the UK.
Dubai Ports World, the state-backed ports operator, have agreed to acquire P&O for £3.3bn.
Henley-on-Thames-based UPD (Marketing) has invented a device that indicates when a wheel nut is backing off and arrests further movement.
AirBridge Cargo, Russia’s first international scheduled cargo airline and part of the Volga-Dnepr Group has ordered two Boeing 747-400ER Freighters with a list price of £262m for delivery in October 2007 and February 2008.
Logistics service providers must prepare for further cost pressures, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s “Retail Logistics 2006” report.
Dachser, one of Europe’s leading logistics providers, has opened a new terminal in Dartford. The warehouse next to the Dartford crossing is the fourth branch location in the UK and covers 5,000 sq m, serving the London and south east.
The chief executive of Britain’s largest rail freight operator EWS, has said that the company would have to seek fresh capital, possibly through stock market flotation, to finance ambitious development plans.
