The Amtrak express parcels business has new owners, including Alan Jones pictured.
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Stelios has launched easyVan – a van rental scheme run in partnership with Northgate.
Amtrak has won a contract to deliver thousands of parcels a week for Virgin Vie At Home which has a network of more than 12,000 consultants.
TNT Logistics [now renamed Ceva] has re-ground its floors at its Hams Hall distribution centre bringing it into line with the TR34 DM2 flatness standard.
Wincanton, has won the distribution contract for bulk loads of aviation products and diesel fuels to various RAF stations, warships and Ministry of Defence sites in the UK.
The Freight Transport Association has called for more government action to deal with unroadworthy foreign lorries. It wants the government to commit itself to a database scheme for supporting the effective roadworthiness enforcement of foreign trucks.
The market for mezzanine floors has been fuelled by a recent boom in property prices.
Logistics legend John Harvey is back. Keswick Enterprises, Harvey’s investment vehicle, has bought DDS (Corby), the warehouse and delivery company, and renamed it Enterprise Logistics.
CI Logistics is to distribute FKI Logistex conveyor equipment in England and Wales. CI says the contract will allow it access to a wider portfolio of products and will significantly benefit its existing customers.
Included in the Appendix C TR34 2003 specification is a truck simulator which has been developed to help gauge the correct flatness of floors. The simulator method has been used in the US for nearly thirty years and was also used in the UK in the early 19
