Browsing: Logistics

Ryder has won a contract to supply and maintain 300 vehicles on behalf of Gloucestershire County Council.

Northgate has acquired the entire issued share capital of FTL, a UK fleet management company for a consideration of approximately £5.7m. Northgate says the acquisition is in line with its new strategic plan.

The proposed London Low Emission Zone (LEZ) offers poor value for money, excludes 94 per cent of the capital’s vehicle population, and will not enable air quality targets to be met according to the Freight Transport Association.

The most significant challenge facing the Logistics Services sector is that of complexity. With lengthening supply chains, brought about by the trend to ‘global sourcing’, service providers are now placed in a position where managing this complexity req

Target Express has completed the first commercial mailing through its new postal service, Target Post.

An employment tribunal at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne has found that Asda illegally offered an inducement to 340 GMB members at its Washington site, to give up a collective agreement.

Control Towers provide air traffic personnel with complete visibility of all the flights they are supervising. A new breed of Logistics Control Tower is now providing the same help to logistics service providers. By Joakim Jansch

The increase of 9.5 per cent means that rail freight has grown by 60 per cent since 1995, and that the amount of freight moved, measured by billion net tonne kilometres, is at its highest level since 1977.

We’ve never been afraid of copying good models from other businesses,’ says the vp supply chain for Rexam Beverage Can Europe