Healthcare products manufacturer SSL is using European logistics firm Christian Salvesen to handle its inbound and outbound distribution in the UK as part of a £5M contract.
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OCS Transport Services Division has bought a new fleet of Hi-Lift vehicles so that customer British Airways (BA) can keep its passengers supplied with creature comforts.
Shipping company DFDS Tor Line’s relationship with Volvo Logistics has been extended to the end of 2005. The renewed contract, which uses DFDS Tor Line’s EuroBridge and Anglobridge services, is expected to increase volumes of finished products and compone
Sainsbury’s has ordered more than 280 Volvo trucks, a deal that is claimed to be one of the largest in the UK over the past year. The order comprises 165 4×2 FM12 tractor units; 82 6×2 FM12s; 28 6×2 rigids; and six FL 4×2 rigids.
Third-party logistics provider Exel is helping retailer Selfridges to get its new store in Birmingham running successfully by providing in-store logistics services so that the shop floor space is dedicated to sales activities only.
Some of the UK’s largest non-food retail transport fleets are running at barely 50% of weight capacity and return legs average 21% use. Improvements in efficiency could save the retail supply chain millions of pounds a year, according to Rick Ballard of s
Transport operators dealing with perishable goods must adopt more disciplined loss prevention strategies, says David Heather, perishable trade expert and consultant to the TT Club.
How things can change from one of optimism to one of pessimism and uncertainty in such a short space of time.
British Gypsum is using rail freight operator GB Railfreight to move desulphogypsum (DSG) to its plant at Robertsbridge, East Sussex, from the Drax coal-fired power station at Selby.
DIY retailer Focus Wickes has recruited European logistics specialist Christian Salvesen to handle its home deliveries as part of a multimillion, three-year contract.
