Clarkson Securities has launched the Container Freight Swap Agreement, an over the counter cash-settled swap that will settle against the Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s newly created Shanghai Containerised Freight Index.
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Zetes has launched ePOD, which combines smartcard technology, RFID and barcode scanning to help optimise tracking and tracing, while reducing returns, claims and shrinkage.
The MIT Centre for Transportation & Logistics in the United States is carrying out a study of Supply Chain Risk Management and is inviting supply chain, business and financial management professionals to take part in a survey.
Foodservice operators and suppliers believe that the distribution industry has failed to take the sustainability agenda seriously, according to a study by Keystone Distribution which counts McDonald’s among its customers.
DPD and Interlink have launched a system for giving customers a one hour window for their home deliveries.
Capgemini has acquired on-demand purchasing systems provider IBX, including what it claims is the industry’s first global end-to-end procurement-as-a-service offering.
Mobexx has added a Xenon flash-equipped 2T Hydrus Luna to is range of customisable ultra-rugged hand-held computers.
The Freight Transport Association is launching a major new event “The Logistics Showcase” to coincide with the CV Operator show on 13th April.
Proton Power Systems, which is developing fuel cell technology, is to collaborate with Smith Electric on a battery-powered van, equipped with a Proton Power fuel cell system as a range extender.
Toll Group, the Australian logistics provider has taken over Summit Logistics International, the US freight forwarder in a deal worth A$80 million.
