Air France-KLM is cutting air cargo capacity by 11 per cent following a sharp drop in cargo traffic in its fourth quarter – the second quarterly fall in a row.
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Short sea carrier Containerships has chosen Teesport to link its new Mediterranean services with its traditional Baltic routes following its takeover of Mediterranean short-sea line Contaz in March.
The Rail Freight Group has called on the Olympic Delivery Authority to increase rail deliveries and halve the number of road deliveries, to the Olympic construction site in Stratford, which it reckons would cut 800,000 truck movements from the area.
British Airways World Cargo has reported £673 million in sales (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) for the year beginning April 2008 – a 9.4 per cent increase against the same period last year.
PSV Transport Systems has taken delivery of two load-lugging Sprinter 311CDIs – one fitted with an Eco-Start fuel-saving system – and a pair of Vito 115CDI Dualiner Sports.
Courier network CitySprint has won a three-year contract extension with RS Components UK, distributor of electronic, electrical, electromechanical and industrial products.
Fresh produce supplier Marshalls has picked an Active Transport Management System from Isotrak to improve the tracking of its delivery fleet.
Horticultural specialist Allensmore Nurseries has chosen a map-based routeing and scheduling system from Paragon Software Systems.
The Freight Transport Association’s Essential Services Working Group is joining forces with the Utilities Transport Association to host the Utilities and Civil Engineering Conference in June.
The motor industry has been at the forefront in the development of sophisticated supply chain concepts. Just-in-time deliveries and bespoke sequencing centres have both been refined in the industry.
