Browsing: Logistics & Supply Chain

The UK government has set out plans to save £3 billion on procurement. And that is on top of the £1bn which it reckons it saved last year.

The Global Shippers’ Forum is opposing plans put forward by the International Chamber of Shipping to impose a bunker levy in order to fund an environmental compensation scheme to meet shippers’ climate change responsibilities

The number of reportable accidents in chemicals logistics rose to 30 last year from 22 in 2009, according to the latest Logistics Index from the Chemical Business Association

It’s an understatement to describe the events that logisticians have faced recently as “turbulence” – what with volcanoes, earthquakes and economic uncertainty. But is this going to be the new “normal” and how do you structure supply chains to deal with c