Seabourne Express Courier has taken up NetDespatch web services to automate worldwide bookings for its international delivery services.
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Dubai Logistics City, the multi-modal integrated logistics platform in Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, has signed land lease agreements with Danzas AEI Emirates to operate warehousing and contract logistics facilities.
European competitiveness ministers have voted to repeal the Block Exemption from restrictive trading practices for container shipping lines.
Retailers are trialling a system from DHL Exel Supply Chain that uses advances in web-based CCTV and RFID technology to tackle the problems of through-the-night deliveries.
Logistics Learning Alliance in conjunction with the Fritz Institute and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has launched a unique qualification – the Fritz Certification in Humanitarian Logistics.
Christian Salvesen has warned that the business environment remains challenging “and margins in many of our markets are under pressure”.
Innovate has taken over Corby Chilled Distribution.
A key part of the tender process is modelling the distribution operations for a prospective client, which typically supplies three, six or 12 months of historical order data.
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure, which owns PD Ports, has bought 51 per cent of Water Container Transport (WCT), the second largest inland (canal based) container port in Europe by volume.
The maxim ‘The customer is king’ has always held true in retailing. The problem is ‘the king’ is now more demanding than ever.
