Two major humanitarian disasters – the Burmese cyclone and the Chinese earthquake – provided a sombre backdrop to ”Supply Chain Standard”s Roundtable discussion on supply chain risk. But as Dave Food, business development director from the meeting’s
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For an older generation, ”collaboration” has a sinister sound. But in the modern, dispersed and globalised supply chain, collaboration, up and down the chain, or even with apparent competitors, may be desirable or even essential
Zoom Airlines has appointed British Airways World Cargo to provide full cargo ground handling services for its 42 Gatwick flights a week, in a three-year contract.
Total freight traffic through UK ports was 581.1 million tonnes last year, according to figures from the Department for Transport – little changed from 2006.
Linde Material Handling has set out plans to boost its environmental credentials by continuing to carry out research to help develop hybrid vehicles and trucks with hydrogen engines and fuel-cells.
The government could be set to rethink its decision to raise fuel duty and road tax this autumn, following Tuesday’s protest by hauliers.
Culina Logistics is to bring its transport operations in-house, adding an extra 200 employees to its workforce.
Wincanton is buying Product Support Holdings Ltd (PSHL), which offers logistics services to defence and aerospace markets, in a deal worth up to £30m.
Deutsche Post World Net is to restructure its US Express business by working with UPS for airlift capacity and reducing costs in its ground infrastructure.
UPS is set to move its intra-Asia air hub from the Philippines to Shenzhen Airport in southern China, in a bid to improve customer service by reducing transit times across the region.
