Lafarge Cement has renewed its £22m distribution contract with Turners. The new three-year contract was signed after an 18 month tender and has an option to renew for a further three years.
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DHL Global Mail, part of the Deutsche Post World Net, has chosen Four Soft’s 4S iLogistics software to help manage its operations.
NYK Logistics Europe has expanded its logistics services network through the purchase of Lorang France by its subsidiary NYK Logistics (France).
Paul Carvell, has become chief executive of Business Direct. Carvell has been the non-executive chairman since June 2006. He is replacing Tim Houstoun, who will remain on the board as an executive director.
US group Sammons Enterprises has bought the materials handling division of Finning (UK), which distributes Caterpillar equipment. Dallas-based Sammons is one of the world’s largest privately owned companies with assets in excess of US$30 billion.
Thales Properties has let its 35,230 sq ft light industrial warehouse known as Silver Key in Erith, Kent, to electrical equipment manufacturer WT Henleyon an 11 year lease at a rent of £245,000 a year.
British Airways Regional Cargo is using a sophisticated web based vehicle tracking service to record the minute by minute movement of air cargo.
Are sale and leasebacks a sign of trouble or good financial planning? Liza Helps investigates.
Hapag-Lloyd is set to begin a new weekly service from Europe to South Africa in October 2006. The South Africa Express service (SAX) will link Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre with Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.
Schmitz Cargobull has completed an extensive refurbishment programme at the Maldon, facility of A1 Schmitz Cargobull, the trailer manufacturer’s used trailer centre.
