It’s a tough job but someone has to do it – deliver goods in our major cities with the traffic jams and waiting restriction at the delivery point. Malory Davies looks at the measures that can be taken to make life a bit easier in the urban jungle.
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Stewart Oades can take credit for pushing up operating profit at Christian Salvesen by 15.5 per cent after just a year in the hot seat. Operating profit for the full year rose to £20.9m on sales up just 1.9 per cent at £820.7m.
U-Freight is rebranding its international ocean freight forwarding activities, under the U-Ocean banner.
Brixton Estates has been on a buying spree. It has bought the British Airways Regional Cargo Building at Green Lane, Hounslow, and the Circle South Industrial Estate at Wharfside Way, Trafford Park, Manchester.
The Freight Transport Association has appointed two new vice presidents to support FTA President John Russell.
S&S Distribution has invested £800,000 in expanding and re-branding its fleet.
NYK Logistics has won a further contract with Land Rover, to manage the supply of components to point of fit, on the Defender and Range Rover production lines at Solihull.
The International Container Security Organisation, a new not-for-profit organisation has been set up in Brussels to help combat terrorism and organised crime, in the international container freight industry.
The Department for Transport said that it is investigating the cost of rail rolling stock leases.
Parcelforce Worldwide is introducing a new automated customer information line, that it says will allow customers to track and change delivery arrangements directly by telephone.
