Alliance and Leicester Commercial Finance (ALCF) and Seven Asset Management are undertaking a new joint venture within the field of contract vehicle hire and fleet management services.
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DHL has increased its demand for EWS rail freight services, decreasing the stress on the roads in the busy weeks before Christmas.
APL Logistics (APLL), a leading global supply-chain management service provider, has teamed up with logistics specialist Christian Salvesen, to provide an integrated end-to-end offering for selected customers.
PalletFORCE, one of the UK’s fastest growing palletised distribution networks, has invested in an advanced check-weighing system at its Lichfield hub.
Logistics group Brambles has announced plans to sell its waste management arm Cleanaway, which employs 8,000 people in the UK.
Dubai Ports World, the state-backed ports operator, have agreed to acquire P&O for £3.3bn.
Henley-on-Thames-based UPD (Marketing) has invented a device that indicates when a wheel nut is backing off and arrests further movement.
Toy maker Lego is centralising its European distribution centre in Prague and outsourcing its European operation to DHL. DHL will open and begin operations of its new customised logistics centre in early 2006.
P&O, the UK’s largest ports and ferries operator has received an approach from Dubai Ports World that could value the company at £3bn.
Pallet supplier Brambles says sales and profits are “well ahead of the comparative period in the prior year”. In Chep Europe, the company has experienced sales growth of around five per cent for the three months to September.
