Kuehne + Nagel has increased its profit margin by 12.3 per cent during the first half of 2008 despite the economic slowdown, but anticipates a slower growth rate for the second half of the year owing to the “unfavourable economic forecast”.
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International logistics forwarder Dachser is set to takeover German chilled goods forwarding company Tank group for an undisclosed sum after acquiring 100 per cent of its shares.
Tyre distributor ATS Euromaster is taking delivery of 150 light commercial vehicles from Mercedes, Iveco and Renault as part of its £4.5 million fleet replacement programme for 2008.
The workhorse of logistics operations across Europe is the humble and all too often unloved lorry. The past few years have seen all sorts of positive discrimination ideas to encourage the use of alternative modes of transport but at the end of the
Mercedes-Benz has secured a five-year lease at £4.50 per sq ft on Yorkstream Properties’ 105,000 sq ft MK1 warehouse on Denbigh Road, Bletchley, Milton Keynes.
Parcel delivery company City Link has taken a 10 year sub-lease on a 42,125 sq ft warehouse at Silverstone Drive, Gallagher Business Park in Coventry
One third of UK businesses will focus on sustainability above all else over the next year, according to a study by Oracle.
Ceva Logistics is restructuring its business globally to integrate its contract logistics and freight management divisions.
Bedfords Transport has taken delivery of two Iveco Stralis Active Space Super tractor units, with a further nine set to enter operation on 1st September 2008.
GreenChem is now producing AdBlue from a plant in Irlam, Manchester, tripling its UK output by potentially creating 30 – 40 million litres of the urea-based fuel a year.
