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The future of ‘inland’ ports like Hamburg and Antwerp, as major deepsea container hubs is up for discussion at Coastlink’s annual conference in Dunkirk on 24/25 September

Former Wates supply chain manager John Bermingham has launched a “no saving, no fee” cost reduction company which aims to cut supplier costs by up to 50 per cent

SDI Group UK has completed a storage project for book wholesaler Bertrams at the company’s Norwich –based distribution centre, increasing capacity by 40 per cent.

TDG has signed a deal to provide a complete export shipping management service to paper manufacturer James Cropper Speciality Papers.

FinnForest UK has signed a £4 million deal with Briggs Equipment to supply it with 78 machines, including 3 and 4.5 tonne Cat diesel counterbalance trucks, 27 Baumann sideloaders and 5 Combi Multi directional machines.

The Co-op is likely to face a bitter planning battle over a 500,000 sq ft warehouse at Goodman’s Andover airfield site.

Boeing and Damco, part of the AP Moller – Maersk Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to pursue the development of industrial and technological logistics tools for improving global supply chain management.