Logistics Manager, February 2014

DFDS Logistics has bought STEF Transport’s activities in Scotland and Newlyn, as part of a deal in which it has sold its activities in Boulogne to STEF

Nominations are now open for the Freight Transport Association’s 2014 everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards

As many as two thirds of accidents involving the loss or damage of containerised cargo are caused by poor or improper packing, according to transport and logistics insurer TT Club’s latest analysis

Logistics revenues rose 9.4 per cent to €1.95bn at Norbert Dentressangle last year, but the transport business recorded a 1.2 per cent fall to €2.01bn

SAS, the Scandinavian airline, has extended its contract with Kuehne + Nagel for a further three years

TNT Express has decided to retain its domestic operations in Brazil, after judging it impossible to complete a transaction on acceptable terms with potential bidders

International fashion brand Esprit has awarded TGW Logistics a contract, to install its new DropBox picking solution at its European distribution centre in Mönchengladbach, Germany

The Freight Transport Association has voiced concern over Transport for London’s Safer Lorry Scheme- The Way Forward, saying it is not the most effective approach to tackle the issue

Fuel costs must be prioritised in 2014, according to a survey of Pall-Ex members