Manufacturing continued its “marked rate of expansion” in May, according to the Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index.
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The Khafji Joint Operations has awarded a £11.8m ($17m), five-year contract for fourth party logistics warehousing and solutions in Al-Khafji, Saudi Arabia to Agility.
A new double deck scissor lift modular dock pod designed, manufactured and installed by Easilift Loading Systems has increased loading/unloading efficiency for the TIC Retail Accessories Group
American Airlines has launched a direct service between Chicago and Beijing offering 150 tonnes of cargo capacity per week
LXE, the rugged mobile computer business, has launched four headsets designed for voice recognition applications
Cross-Channel rail operator Eurotunnel has bought GB Railfreight, the UK’s third largest rail freight operator, prompting a call from the Rail Freight Group for cuts in the cost of moving international rail freight between the UK and France.
Royal Mail has chosen DB Schenker Rail to take over its entire rail operation from today. The logistics company is taking over the multi year contract from First Group’s GBRf
The shock horror news is that retail sales fell back in April, according to the British Retail Consortium. The rather more mundane reality behind that is that Easter was early this year so sales were pushed back into March.
The only “EU 15″members with lower productivity than us are Greece, Spain and Portugal, and look where they are.
If anyone in the logistics industry can claim to be a cool guy, it’s Chris Sturman. He has been involved in temperature-controlled operations for many years and now heads the FSDF. He talks to Malory Davies.
