Browsing: Logistics & Supply Chain

Here at Logistics Manager we were delighted to sponsor a yacht at the Kuehne + Nagel Cup in the Solent in June, especially as we won the regatta with our head of sponsorship Rhiannon Spurgeon at the helm.

The fact that the government has finally bowed to public pressure and scrapped increases in fuel duty planned for October has been widely welcomed by the industry -and only a few cynics have pointed out that it chose the run-up to a sensitive by-election

Who owns the logistics industry? On the face of it, that might seem a bizarre question, but even a superficial survey reveals changing patterns of investment around Europe.

François Bertreau, the newly appointed CEO of Norbert Dentressangle, has reaffirmed his confidence in the group, despite challenging market conditions, after the company posted a strong growth in revenue for the first half of 2008.

Woolworths is committed to strengthening its supply chain following a review of the business and after reporting a 3.1 per cent drop in group sales for the 25 weeks to 26 July 2008.

The Tehran International Book Fair has enlisted Davies Turner to handle the delivery of books and publications to the event on behalf of many British and international publishing companies for the twenty-first year in a row.

The Port of Felixstowe has taken delivery of a further two ship-to-shore gantry cranes at its Trinity Terminal, increasing the total number of quayside cranes serving the port to 31.