Marks and Spencer is following in the steps of TNT and Ceva and testing the Smith Newton, a zero emission, 7.5 tonne battery powered truck, designed for city centre deliveries.
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TDG has completed the first run of its rail service from Purfleet to Grangemouth in Scotland, from where goods are shipped to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge.
Trilogy Logistics has won a contract with children’s entertainment producers and rights-owner Hit Entertainment.
Tesco has bought 15 electric vans from Modec for its online food delivery service.
Plumbing supplier Wolseley has taken delivery of more than 50 Luton-bodied Mercedes Benz Sprinter 311CDI chassis cabs.
The road infrastructure may still be poor, but low labour rates, along with its close proximity to western markets, makes the countries of Eastern Europe an attractive market, says Chris Lewis
The ELA has a packed agenda for 2007. More than ever, there is a need for education, the sharing of best practice, networking and innovative thinking.
Welcome to the first edition of Supply Chain Standard, the new name for Logistics Europe.
The reshaping of the European Union will affect distribution in some profound ways. Romania, regarded by many as a wild frontier, could soon become a significant transit hub.
What are the key challenges facing the logistics sector in 2007? Claude Boisselet examines five of this year’s major preoccupations.
