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=13329 Rail freight should not be forgotten amid all the hype about the government’s recently announced plans for high speed rail services. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13329 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13328 Hermes is trialling two commercial vehicles with Bevan21 aerodynamic bodies, which promise fuel savings of more than 15 per cent, to measure their effectiveness. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13328 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13327 Fruit and vegetable wholesaler Wealmoor has chosen Stertil Stokvis loading docks at its new factory in Atherstone on Stour, Warwickshire. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13327 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13326 German food retailer LIDL has selected SSI Schaefer’s case picking system for its logistics centre at Kirchheim/Teck in Germany. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13326 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13325 Cadbury has chosen Atchison Topeka for a three year contract to set up a dedicated nut handling facility. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13325 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13317 Morrisons last year cut its distribution costs by two per cent, and is now planning a new RDC at Bridgwater in the South West http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13317 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13324 Packer has developed Wrapman, a battery-powered mobile wrapper with the ability to wrap loads of any weight, profile, dimension or shape. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13324 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13323 UK Mail has signed an agreement with Royal Mail enabling it to extend its mail service into the packets industry. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13323 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13322 BP has signed a £75 million contract renewal with DHL Supply Chain to manage the UK warehousing and distribution of dry goods and chilled produce for its convenience retail business. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13322 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13321 Organisers of Logistics Link Live 2010, the latest in the UK’s best-attended series of regional logistics exhibitions, have confirmed that its brand new venue will be the Ricoh Arena Coventry starting with this year’s event 16-17 June. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13321 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13320 A third IL-76TD-90VD freighter is to join Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ fleet in April, taking the group’s investment in the modernized aircraft to over US$90 million. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13320 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13319 A web-based transport management system developed to span six countries on three different continents has been recognised at the annual Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Awards. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13319 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13316 The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards 2010 will be open for entries very soon. The Awards are the gold standard for supply chain operations in Europe attracting entries from the world’s leading manufacturers, retailers and supply chain specialists. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13316 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13315 Transport minister Paul Clark has reinforced his view that quiet night-time deliveries will be able to tackle urban congestion, reduce carbon emissions and encourage more reliable deliveries without impacting on the lives of local residents at the FTA’s U http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13315 http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13314 Norbert Dentressangle achieved a recurring operating profit of 87.9 million euros in 2009, an 11 per cent increase on the previous year. http://www.logisticsmanager.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=13314