Browsing: Logistics

British Gypsum is using rail freight operator GB Railfreight to move desulphogypsum (DSG) to its plant at Robertsbridge, East Sussex, from the Drax coal-fired power station at Selby.

The management of Bradford-based shoe manufacturer Stylo Barratt Shoes’ national distribution operations is being handled by Wincanton as part of a £9M, three-year contract.

Logistics services provider Kuehne & Nagel’s (K&N) contract with FLS Aerospace has been renewed for a further three years. The deal involves KN Aviation Logistics (KNAL) providing optimised, assembled and consolidated freight management activities to FLS,

More than 39% of retailers and manufacturers across Europe are seeking a single pan-European logistics contractor while some 65.2% will look for such a provider in five years time, according to a new survey by market analysis company Analytica.

Boots the Chemist is moving towards supplying products straight to shelf, says its director of logistics, Peter Scriven. He says the high street retailer has already been trialling the scheme in three stores, although the proposed scheme is very much

Rail freight traffic through the Daventry railport on the 365-acres DIRFT Logistics Park is reaching new records, providing encouraging news for the park’s developer, Seven Trent Property, who has been given the Government go-ahead for a major expansion