The Northern Irish logistics sector needs to address a critical skills shortage to remain competitive, says Skills for Logistics, the Sector Skills Council for the UK logistics industry.
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Mirror, signal, manoeuvre. The automotive sector is indicating and moving to cross into the fast lane, but it may have neglected to take a look in the mirror.
It’s a tough job but someone has to do it – deliver goods in our major cities with the traffic jams and waiting restriction at the delivery point. Malory Davies looks at the measures that can be taken to make life a bit easier in the urban jungle.
German DIY retailer Max Bahr has renewed its contract with TNT Logistics to manage its central warehouse in Hamburg.
Kwik Save has awarded the UK warehouse and distribution contract for its ambient and frozen goods to TDG in a deal worth more than £9 million a year.
Official statistics for Irish air exports for the first quarter of 2006 show IAM, Ireland’s largest GSSA, performing ahead of the market with eight per cent growth, against an overall market increase of seven per cent. IAM says it now controls 20 per cent
Northern Foods is to sell off its distribution arm, NFT Distribution, as part of a major restructuring which will see it disposing of businesses that represent 40 per cent of group revenue.
The new Dubai World Central Airport and its six runways are due for completion next year. It will be the world’s largest passenger and cargo hub, capable of handling 12 million tons of cargo each year.
Woodward Foodservice has won a three-year contract worth £12m to supply fresh, frozen, chilled and ambient food to all 230 Little Chef outlets across the UK.
Italia Marittima and Zim are to launch a new weekly trans-atlantic service in early August 2006.
