Falling air cargo demand from Hong Kong and mainland China has hit profits at Cathay Pacific leading chairman Christopher Pratt to warn: “We are still operating in a very challenging environment, particularly for our cargo business.”
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Felixstowe is starting work on the new North Rail Terminal – its third rail terminal and the first designed to handle 30 wagon freight trains
London Gateway, the new port being built by DP World on the Thames, has taken another step in its development by ordering for a terminal operating system from Navis
Kuehne + Nagel has set up a hub in Vienna for groupage overland operations to and from Eastern Europe
Unilever has extended its Cannock warehousing operation, which is managed by DHL Supply Chain, to hold its entire homecare range as well as ambient foods
DHL Express has taken a 43,000 sq ft warehouse at Newport in South Wales to replace a smaller existing unit
Temporary building supplier Spaciotempo has invested £500,000 in new stock and taken on five new staff after a rise in demand.
Poundland has gone live with a deployment of Motion F5 Tablet PCs in two warehouses in the Midlands
Wincanton has created a dedicated Olympics area on its web site
A manufacturer is looking to outsource the provision and management of a UK northern distribution centre to a third party logistics provider through a competitive tender
