The Logistics College North West has launched a new initiative to encourage women living in the North West to consider a career in the logistics industry.
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Lafarge Cement has renewed its £22m distribution contract with Turners.
DHL Global Mail, part of the Deutsche Post World Net, has chosen Four Soft’s 4S iLogistics software to help manage its operations.
Primark’s new Lutterworth distribution centre will shortly become fully operational after it was devasted by a fire last year, costing £100m in damages.
TDG won more new business than in the first half of 2005 and also secured the bulk of its contracts scheduled for renewal. Net business wins of £34m were up by more than 60 per cent.
Wincanton has appointed Mark Ness development director Continental Europe to help develop its pan-European business.
Freightliner has signed a new five-year deal with Maersk Line. Freightliner reckons it’s the biggest intermodal rail contract in the UK to date.
Beleaguered logistics managers across Europe are putting radio frequency identification (RFID) projects on the back burner and concentrating on data capture systems with a more immediate payback such as voice technology. By John Lamb
Isuzu Truck (UK) is expanding it’s Scottish network with two more agents. Isuzu Truck Edinburgh and Isuzu Truck Perth, will handle sales, service and parts, bringing the number of UK dealers to sixty-six.
Famous Pacific Shipping has extended its network coverage in Central Europe, with the appointment of a new general agent for Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.