Since September the landscape of the European third party logistics market has changed dramatically.
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When Swiss-based transport company Kuehne & Nagel acquired ACR Logistics, its obvious aim was to expand its global network further into the logistically fashionable Eastern Europe and Asia.
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.
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.
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.
The networks have achieved growth in two main ways. The first is bringing in new members which have pallet traffic that can go through the network; the second is organic growth in the market.
