Developer Goodman has acquired 22 acres at Grange Parkin Northampton and intends to develop two logistics facilities subject to planning

All Nippon Airways, Japan’s largest airline, and Lufthansa Cargo are to launch a strategic air cargo joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe after getting anti-trust immunity for the plan

Online orders hit a mini-peak in July -14 per cent higher than last year, according to the latest IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index

AGA Rangemaster, the maker of classic cookers, has renewed its European road freight business with Hellmann Worldwide Logistics for a further two years

Gregory Distribution is planning to recruit up to 100 new staff over the coming year. Chief executive John Gregory said: “We have grown by 30 per cent over the last three years. We have now identified further areas of the business that require new recruit

The government is to set up a crime unit to police the food supply chain following last year’s horsemeat scandal. The move follows publication of the Prof Chris Elliott’s report on food integrity and assurance of food supply networks

Claudio Bozzo, president and CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), is to receive the 2014 Connie Award from the Containerization & Intermodal Institute

Mark Pettit has joined Hermes as sales and marketing director to drive the growth of business

HJ Heinz has signed a three-year contract renewal with CHEP for the use of pallet pooling services throughout Europe

Kellogg’s is implementing a voice-based system at its two Manchester depots. The system combines voice technology with cubing and volumetric data and is designed to enable staff to build optimised pallets based on customer requirements