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Volvo to invest £15.7m in fuel cells
Volvo Group, in partnership with international organisations Midroc and OCAS and the Swedish Energy Agency, is investing £15.7 million in the development of fuel cell technology. ...

Norfolkline expands chilled trailer fleet
Norfolkline is expanding its refrigerated trailer fleet to support its growing chilled and frozen distribution service, with a number of new trailers from Schmitz Cargobull....

HDNL wins Ideal contract
Home Delivery Network Limited (HDNL) has won a major delivery contract with home shopping specialist Ideal Shopping Direct, which will see it transport more than a million parcels annually. ...

Strong growth at Bibby
Bibby Distribution has reported “strong growth” in its 2008 annual results, with a 3.3 per cent rise in sales and a four per cent increase in operating profit compared to 2007. ...

Features

Getting to theroute of the problem
Don't believe everything you read - an adage normally reserved for the susceptible readers of red tops and celebrity rags, but the same advice, it seems, should also be adhered to by truck drivers if they want to avoid (quite literally) being led up the...

Good times, bad times
This time last year 3PLs were struggling with the problems of growth: this year, of course, the market is very different. The motor industry has been hit hard and volumes are well down, but the big supermarkets have held up surprisingly well. The...

Case Studies

Bespoke counterbalance fleet drives savings at recycling plant
Recycling company Viridor has seen big cost savings since it switched to a fleet of specially modified counterbalance forklift trucks at its 24/7 Crayford site in Kent. ...

Audi ups site capacity with automated storage system
Car manufacturer Audi has upped productivity at its largest Nordic sales and service centre with the result that it can now service four to five more cars per day. ...

Viewpoint

Sucking cash out of logistics
Property problems have been hitting the headlines recently with the scandal of the Members of Parliament who make outrageous claims for their second homes - such as moat-cleaning and payments for non-existing loans....

Will you see the green shoots?
As the fifth largest industry sector, worth £75 billion to the economy and underpinning all other sectors, an efficient and well skilled logistics workforce can make a difference...