Cadbury has chosen Atchison Topeka for a three year contract to set up a dedicated nut handling facility.
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Morrisons last year cut its distribution costs by two per cent, and is now planning a new RDC at Bridgwater in the South West
UK Mail has signed an agreement with Royal Mail enabling it to extend its mail service into the packets industry.
BP has signed a £75 million contract renewal with DHL Supply Chain to manage the UK warehousing and distribution of dry goods and chilled produce for its convenience retail business.
A third IL-76TD-90VD freighter is to join Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ fleet in April, taking the group’s investment in the modernized aircraft to over US$90 million.
Online retailer Tackle Discounts has upped its sales by 30 – 40 per cent and cut delivery costs by 15 per cent, since going live with a delivery management system from MetaPack.
Transport minister Paul Clark has reinforced his view that quiet night-time deliveries will be able to tackle urban congestion, reduce carbon emissions and encourage more reliable deliveries without impacting on the lives of local residents at the FTA’s U
Norbert Dentressangle achieved a recurring operating profit of 87.9 million euros in 2009, an 11 per cent increase on the previous year.
Damco has started warehousing and distribution services at a new import and export logistics hub in Thailand.
Hermes has saved £300,000 in transport costs after implementing Paragon’s routeing and scheduling software to automate planning of deliveries from 14 of its 18 depots to final mile couriers throughout the UK.
