The number of containers being transported by rail through the Port of Felixstowe has reached an all-time high. A weekly total of 7,006-plus containers was handled for the first time ever towards the end of April 2004, breaking the previous
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Few emerging technologies have the potential to impact such a wide array of businesses within the supply chain as radio frequency identification (RFID). Consumers, retailers, suppliers, logistics companies and manufacturers will be affected by
P&O Ferrymasters has commenced a major global freight management agreement with world leading wiper blade manufacturer, Trico. With major facilities in the UK, Australia, South and North America as
Dutch B2B group Hagemeyer specialises in supplying the electrical materials, safety and Maintenance and Repair Operations (MRO) sectors throughout Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific.
For some time Government and EU policies have been aimed at promoting greater sustainability in transport and, in recent years, there has been no shortage of official advice and encouragement towards the promotion of modal shift
Kuehne & Nagel (K&N) is to transport wine sourced by British Airways (BA) from the world’s major wine growing areas into the UK as part of a new agreement with the airline. The contract ensures that customers always have guaranteed availabil
About 90% of Hagemeyer’s trade is for next-day delivery.Beaumont explains: “We needed to implement a new enterprise management system, and we chose Movex. We created a national distribution centre at Runcorn which is a 330,000sq ft automated, high-bay fac
Port Salford
Site area – 150 acres, intermodal terminal 40 acres.
Location – adjacent to MSC at Barton Locks, having road/rail/water links.
Rail-connected warehouses to main Liverpool/Manchester line.
Capability to accommodate full length 775
DIY superstore operator Homebase has awarded a warehousing and distribution contract to Unipart Logistics, the specialist supply chain management arm of Unipart. The contract, covering the warehousing and distribution of around 30% of Homeba
Eurologistics, which works all year round, except for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day, achieved a steady warehouse performance of more than 99% for the 12 months to April 2004, says Debes.