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Nineteen milk collection trucks have gone into service with Dairy Farmers of Britain. Supplied by GE Equipment Services, TIP Tanker Services for leading milk distributor Lloyd Fraser (Bulk Liquids), the vehicles are 32-tonne, 20,500-litre capacity units.

If there’s one subject I encounter wherever I go in Europe, it’s the question of the shortage of relevant skills in the logistics industry. Of course, this shortage varies in form from country to country but the underlying problem does not bode well for E

Unipart Solutions Practice (USP), the consultancy division of Unipart Logistics, has put together a Reverse Logistics ‘Check it Now’ package to address issues such as how efficient companies are in managing customer returns, and what the implicatio

Having set up its second warehouse, a dedicated fulfilment centre in Tebay, Cumbria, Trans Haul decided to maximise pallet space at its new Leighton Buzzard distribution centre. This was achieved through leasing two Bendi forklift trucks from

Still has bought a new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Vito compact vans for its 24/7 UK service coverage. The new vehicles are in Still’s livery, and are integral to the company’s fast callout response, helping to reduce customer downtime.

DHL says it has bought “real innovation” to the European road express market having launched Europlus, which offers new levels of service and choice to the market with door-to-door, day-definite delivery of parcels and pallets across Europe.

Sandwiches supplier The Sandwich Factory (TSFL) has been supplied with materials handling equipment by Toyota forklift distributor M&W Toyota Handling to support increased production and safety at its site in Atherstone, Warwickshire.

BP has selected third-party logistics provider Exel to manage the 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week consolidated distribution of frozen, chilled, and ambient goods to its 340-plus forecourt stores in the UK. Exel is creating a 15,163sq m ded

Construction is one of the UK’s largest industries. Contributing 10% to the UK’s GDP its output is three times that of agriculture and larger than any single manufacturing industry. It also has the largest workforce – employing more than two million peopl