Paper exporter Mark Lyndon UK expects to cut costs and reduce lorry miles by 380,000 by routeing containers through London Gateway, the new port at the mouth of the Thames, when it opens in the fourth quarter of next year
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Royal Mail’s European parcels business, GLS, has agreed a partnership deal with Chinese express company ZJS Express
Bibby Distribution has appointed Nick Graham, formerly director of transport UK and Ireland at Wincanton, to its team of divisional directors
David Scott, head of warehouse and distribution for Torque, has been appointed to the management board of UKWA
RedPrairie has acquired Toronto-based Vortex Connect, a manufacturer of mobile workforce management systems for business-to-employee communications and operations
An FLTA member dealer who had advised that a counterbalance truck was beyond economical repair, was subsequently contacted by the vehicle’s new owner who had purchased it without warranty online
A change in attitudes to parcel deliveries is set to double the volume of items which UK consumers have shipped to alternative collection points rather than their homes over the next five years, according to Global Freight Solutions’ analysis of the pre-C
Operating profit rose 50 per cent at Boughey Distribution to £3m last year, parent NWF Group revealed in its annual results
Caterpillar Logistics Services, which has just been taken over by Platinum Equity, has appointed Jos Opdeweegh as chief executive
Menzies Distribution, which distributes newspapers and magazines produced an operating profit of £14m in the first half of 2012, up from £13.7m last year, despite a 3.7 per cent fall in sales to £648.2m
