CHEP is opening a pallet service centre facility at its existing Peterhead site in north-east Scotland, from which it operates its Fish Box business supporting the Scottish fishing industry

Jungheinrich is set to hold a series of used equipment fairs across the country throughout 2012, offering second hand materials handling equipment with next day delivery

Gleeson Group, an Irish supplier and distributor of beverages, has contracted LPR to manage its 50,000 pallet movements a year

Companies based in transport hot-spots that make or receive freight deliveries need to start planning for the Olympics now, London’s transport commissioner Peter Hendy has warned

Apple terminated business with one of its suppliers last year for repeated human right violations at its plant – and it is working with another repeat offender to correct its human rights practices

DFDS and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs are planning to start a new ferry service on the Dover – Calais route following the liquidation of SeaFrance

DB Schenker is taking over Suomen Kiitoautot one of the largest family-owned companies in the Finnish transport industry

Sony Music UK has selected arvato as its e-commerce distribution partner in the UK and Ireland.

British Airways World Cargo has taken delivery of its final two Boeing 747-8 Freighters which will service four continents under the expanded IAG Cargo global network

Hama, which specialises in accessories for multimedia, photo, consumer electronics and telecommunications, has commissioned Swisslog to redesign the picking systems and shipping area at its central logistics centre in Germany