http://www.logisticsmanager.com The online home of Logistics Manager magazine: news, jobs, and features for supply chain professionals http://www.logisticsmanager.com/images/logistics_logo.gif http://www.logisticsmanager.com http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11848 Retailer Timberband has consolidated home deliveries across its retail operation by signing a £750,000 contract with Nightfreight. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11848 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11850 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. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11850 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11849 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. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11849 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11847 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. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11847 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11846 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. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11846 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11845 TruScene has launched the next generation of its Vehicle Camera System Limited (VCSL) for commercial vehicles, which is designed to help prove liability in the event of an accident. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11845 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11844 Pall-Ex is set to expand further into mainland Europe with plans to trade in Benelux. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11844 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11843 Pickfords Business Moving has signed a deal with PHS Teacrate to become its dedicated crate supply partner, which will involve the movement of more than half a million crates a year. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11843 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11842 The United Kingdom Warehousing Association unveiled its new look at its annual lunch and awards, which took place at The Dorchester in London. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11842 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11840 Welsh Brewer SA Brain and Co has signed an eight-year contract with Tradeteam, worth an estimated £12 million. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11840 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11841 Ceva Logistics has appointed Matthew Ryan to the newly created role of chief operating officer, http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11841 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11839 The Freight Transport Association has warned that cutting spend on major transport projects will “not only damage the UK’s road and rail infrastructure, but severely jeopardise Britain’s economic future”. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11839 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11836 Central Auto Supplies, a supplier of branded automotive components to the motor trade, has deployed Aeromark’s next level telematics software Optimatics to help it accurately monitor and effectively manage its fleet of delivery vehicles. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11836 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11837 DHL Freight has added a new service from Malta to France to its Coldchain business, which delivers temperature-controlled goods for the life sciences industry. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11837 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11835 Mercedes-Benz has awarded a two-phase contract to MLOG Logistics at the company’s Kassel manufacturing plant in central Germany, boosting its presence within the automotive sector. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=11835