Logistics group Brambles has announced plans to sell its waste management arm Cleanaway, which employs 8,000 people in the UK.
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Dubai Ports World, the state-backed ports operator, have agreed to acquire P&O for £3.3bn.
Henley-on-Thames-based UPD (Marketing) has invented a device that indicates when a wheel nut is backing off and arrests further movement.
Dachser, one of Europe’s leading logistics providers, has opened a new terminal in Dartford. The warehouse next to the Dartford crossing is the fourth branch location in the UK and covers 5,000 sq m, serving the London and south east.
Logistics service providers must prepare for further cost pressures, according to the Institute of Grocery Distribution’s “Retail Logistics 2006” report.
The flexibility provided by the Working Time Directive’s “Periods of Availability” is key to the way that many companies have organised their lorry operations,
The chief executive of Britain’s largest rail freight operator EWS, has said that the company would have to seek fresh capital, possibly through stock market flotation, to finance ambitious development plans.
In-cab technology has moved along consistently with hauliers having more and more choice over how they keep track of their fleet and what goes into their cabs; touch-screen computers, GPS, GPRS and Mobile Network Terminals.
Exel, has extended its existing contract with Verlagsunion, one of the largest magazine distributors in Germany.
First half pre-tax profit at Business Post fell to £3m from £8.6m last year as a result of difficult economic conditions. Sales were up 21 per cent to £133m.
