Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, has bought US-based Bax Global to expand its position as an international logistics services provider in the Asia/Pacific region, and also in China and the USA.
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DHL is making some 60 staff redundant as well as abolishing a number of temporary posts and short term contracts. In total some 120 jobs are affected. There had been speculation that the number of redundancies could be as high as 250.
Christian Salvesen has been appointed by Continental Tyre Group Limited to provide warehousing and distribution throughout the United Kingdom.
British Airways has extended its relationship with the leading logistics specialist Gist, to manage the receipt, handling and despatch of all of its in-flight retail (IFR) products.
Kent-based transport company UK Freight Masters has switched its palletised distribution network from UK Pallets to Palletforce, one of the fastest-growing networks in the UK.
UPS has today announced the launch of ‘UPS Mail LogicSM’, a new international mail service that allows customers to streamline their mail operations.
Business Post has warned that it has not achieved the expected margin improvements in its parcels business since its interim results in November.
As the new year finds this column in a title called Logistics Manager and in a section devoted to professional development, it seems appropriate to discuss management in logistics.
Woolworths processes some 6.5 million customer transactions a week and runs five main distribution centres based at Swindon, Rugby, Bedford and two operations at Castleton near Rochdale.
Born out of the old NHS Supplies organisation, NHS Logistics is tasked with supplying a huge range of products to hospitals around the country.
