What are the key factors driving growth in outsourced supply chain management? John Pattullo gives some pointers to where the sector is heading.
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Trunking vehicles have been increasing in power year by year and that seems to be continuing.
Tradeteam, an Exel company and now part of DHL, has won a four-year contract with Mitchells & Butlers, the leading operator of managed pubs and restaurants in the UK.
NYK Logistics has secured a new five-year contract to manage the parts distribution for one of Nifco UK’s major automotive customers.
Shropshire-based Pendragon Haulage has added an Iveco Stralis Executive Space to its fleet of 16 commercial vehicles.
The US president, George W Bush has said that he will veto any law blocking a deal giving an Arab company control of five US ports.
Volga-Dnepr Airlines played an important role in the successful launch of NASA’s $700m ‘New Horizons’ mission to Pluto, the one remaining planet that has never been visited by a spacecraft.
Asda has come under fire again this month from the General Workers Union (GMB), amid claims that the supermarket’s daily target pick rate of 1,400 boxes is equivalent to exercising for eight hours in a gym.
During 2005, one out of every four trucks sold in the UK was a DAF, according to end-of-year statistics from DAF Trucks NV.
The Irregular Dimension and Weight (IDW) parcel specialist, Nightfreight, is set to take delivery of 200 new vehicles from MAN ERF.
