Knapp is expanding its collaboration with Salt Solutions of Würzburg in Germany to offer automated logistics solutions based on SAP EWM

Avril Palmer-Baunack has become executive chairman of Stobart Group replacing Rodney Baker-Bates, the current non-executive chairman, who has decided to retire

Glenn Lindfield has been appointed chief executive officer of Great Bear, the Chester-based logistics operator. He was most recently senior vice president of Kuehne & Nagel’s North-West Europe Contract Logistics operation

PSP has been chosen as the official logistics partner for the Global Ocean Race 2014-15

Honeywell has launched the Granit 191Xi 2D area-imaging scanner, a rugged hand-held area-imaging device for industrial and commercial uses

BIFA’s Lifetime Achievement Award has gone to Jimmie James, the honorary secretary of the London Freight Club

Pyroban has launched a gas detection system designed for mobile industrial vehicles used in “enhanced safety areas”

IAG Cargo, the single business created following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has appointed two new regional commercial managers to drive growth in the markets of Latin America and the Middle East & Africa

French yoghurt manufacturer Yoplait has extended its logistics contract with NFT

Dachser has acquired the Spanish air and sea freight forwarder Transunion subject to approval by the antitrust authorities