Browsing: Logistics & Supply Chain

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TDG won more new business than in the first half of 2005 and also secured the bulk of its contracts scheduled for renewal. Net business wins of £34m were up by more than 60 per cent.

Kuehne + Nagel UK and Scottish & Newcastle UK have completed the deal that sees the creation of KN Drinks Logistics, which is now fully operational.

TNT Home, the home delivery arm of TNT Logistics UK, has expanded its operations with furniture marketing and design specialist, Scan -Thors (UK).

Isuzu Truck (UK) is expanding it’s Scottish network with two more agents. Isuzu Truck Edinburgh and Isuzu Truck Perth, will handle sales, service and parts, bringing the number of UK dealers to sixty-six.

Roadways Container Logistics has opened the new Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT), with the arrival of the first train from Southampton.

NYK Logistics has won a further contract with Land Rover, to manage supply of components to point of fit, on the Defender and Range Rover production lines at Solihull.

There can be few things that say more about the state of the logistics market than the nature and scope of the contracts being signed.