Booming online shopping in the run up to Christmas has resulted in up to a 77 per cent increase in daily parcel traffic according to mobile computing firm Skillweb
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Weak global markets and Superstorm Sandy hit profits at FedEx Corp in the second quarter. Operating income fell eight per cent to $718m despite a five per cent rise in sales to $11.1bn
Procurement specialist Prestige Purchasing has warned catering and hospitality operators that they will need to take steps to mitigate the impact of a continued surge in food inflation, which is expected to rise further in 2013 and beyond
Ruth Waring, managing director of Labyrinth Logistics Consulting, and founder of Women in Logistics, has been appointed to the board of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK
The European Union has introduced a directive aimed at reducing sulphur emissions from marine fuels
DHL Freight opened a new office in Almaty, Kazakhstan enabling it to offer direct transport routes to the major logistic hubs of Europe, Russia and China
Tesco has taken delivery of 25 new 15.65m Gray & Adams refrigerated trailers as part of the Department for Transport-backed trial of longer trailers
Logistics connectivity is giving Northamptonshire a disproportionate growth in food and drink related employment, according to a report commissioned by Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership
Transport managers should not to over-look the importance of their relationship with maintenance contractors, West of England traffic commissioner Sarah Bell has told FTA members in a web interview
The Rail Freight Group has welcomed today the decision of the French Competition Authority to fine SNCF 60.9 million euros for an abuse of its dominant position in taking various actions preventing or delaying the entry of new operators into the market
