Innovate Logistics has taken first delivery of 150 brand new Volvo FH 6×2 13 litre trucks.
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Procter & Gamble’s Northern Service Centre opened on the 31st March 2006, incorporating a Swisslog automated pallet warehouse solution.
Founder and managing director of Pall-Ex, Hilary Devey, has been named as one of four finalists in the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year award 2006.
Baylis Distribution, has re-branded the company as Baylis Logistics.
Freightliner Heavy Haul (FHH) has secured a five year contract with Aggregate Industries UK (AI) to move a “millions of tonnes” of its rail borne aggregates per annum.
Voice technology has enabled food distributor, Brakes, to increase accuracy and speed of picking operations across its sixteen sites. The technology could soon be used for goods inwards, put-away, replenishment and loading. By Greg Tanner
Renault Trucks UK will launch its Euro 4 strategy at the Commercial Vehicle Show, 25-27 April 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham.
The Freight Transport Association, has welcomed publication of the Department for Transport’s report on congestion, “Journey Time Reliability on Motorway and Trunk Roads”.
Some 120 million tonnes of freight are moved in London each year and that is expected to increase by 10 per cent by 2030, according to Peter Hendy, the newly appointed transport commissioner for London.
TDG saw its headline operating profit rise from £18.6m to £19.6m last year with its margin improving slightly to 3.8 per cent.