Browsing: Logistics

TDG has upgraded its warehouse management system to an AIX Marc, which it is running on an IBM ISeries I570 Processor, at its Pocklington site in Yorkshire.

As a Sector Skills Council (1 of 25), Skills for Logistics is charged with producing a Sector Skills Agreement which, put in language we understand, is effectively a service level agreement between employers in the logistics sector and the funders/policy.

Kent transport company Alan Firmin has joined the Palletforce network. Operations manager Paul Denyer said: “Joining a distribution network allows us to become a one-stop shop.”

The government is now formulating its plans for future port development following a consultation period. But, asks Malory Davies, will it bottle the big challenges?

Cert FMCG, part of the Cert group, has won a new contract to provide storage and distribution services for D&D Wines International. Cert FMCG will manage the warehousing and delivery of D&D’s portfolio of wines throughout the UK.

Lafarge Cement has renewed its £22m distribution contract with Turners. The new three-year contract was signed after an 18 month tender and has an option to renew for a further three years.

German truck maker MAN is pressing ahead with its £6.4 billion takeover bid for Swedish rival Scania despite the Scania board rejecting the takeover offer.

Staff at five NHS Logistics depots launched a series of 24 hour strikes on 21 September in protest over the government’s decision to hand the business over to DHL Logistics.

Hapag-Lloyd is set to begin a new weekly service from Europe to South Africa in October 2006. The South Africa Express service (SAX) will link Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre with Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.

The Haulage Exchange has reached 1,000 live loads a month posted onto the web site. The exchange was launched six months ago building on the success of the Courier Exchange site.