Sir Rod Eddington has called for the introduction of a road user charging scheme in his study: Transport’s role in sustaining UK’s Productivity and Competitiveness: The Case for Action.
Browsing: Logistics
In a change from the usual value added services, Culina is fitting more than 220,000 tiny knitted hats to bottles of fruit smoothies as a part of Innocent Drink’s third annual Supergran campaign.
Renderplas has awarded a logistics contract to Meachers Group.
Rentokil Initial, which owns express operator City Link, is buying Target Express for £210 million.
WT Sea-Air has opened a new 100,000 sq ft dedicated warehouse in Nottingham.
Just Vans (South West), a Frome-based Palletways member, has won a new £5m contract to deliver 8000 pallets a year to schools within a 75 mile radius of Frome.
The Potter Group has reported a growth in sales from £17.5m to £18.3m, with a net profit of £1.193m in the year ending 30 April 2006
From the beginning of 2007, Maersk Line is to charge an extra $300 for every container travelling from Europe to North America. Maersk said that it is no longer able to sustain rate levels due to increasing cost pressures.
Circle Express has taken delivery of 17 Mercedes-Benz lorries and five Sprinter 311CDI vans from Heathrow dealer Rygor Commercials.
Ryder is to spend £15.7 million next year on 671 rental vehicles, ranging from 3.5 tonne vans to 18 tonne trucks.
