Transport secretary Ruth Kelly has promised more than £200 million to start work on a strategic freight network in the Department for Transport’s rail White Paper.
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has moved into larger offices at Prestwick Airport, 30 miles from Glasgow.
Haulier Eddie Stobart is to become the core of a new multi-modal logistics organisation set up by the Westbury Property Fund.
Palletways has opened a hub in Spain to serve its growing Iberian business.
GLS, Royal Mail’s European parcels business, has opened a subsidiary in Romania.
Unilever has announced plans for a major supply chain restructuring. Patrick Cescau, group chief executive, said the business would be reorganised into a series of multi-country organisations.
Barloworld has invested £1 million in a five year contract with Masternaut, to provide web-based vehicle tracking for 550 service vehicles.
Christian Johansson has been appointed senior vice president and CFO of Volvo Trucks.
The President of Iceland is to open a new office building for Innovate Logistics in Leeds on 11 September.
Logistics operator can find out about the opportunities created by the 2012 Olympics at a one day event hosted by Skills for Logistics, in partnership with Train to Gain.
