Distribution specialist MBL is up for sale after supermarket group Morrisons terminated two contracts that make up 78 per cent of the company’s sales

The scale of last Friday’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan and the devastating impact of its tsunami on the costal region north of Tokyo will, almost certainly, cause reverberations across global supply chains.

The Crown Estate has renewed its contract with Clipper Logistics to provide a consolidated delivery service for Regent Street for a further three years

Supermarket retailer Morrisons has secured planning permission for an extra RDC in Bridwater, Somerset

DHL is targeting the wind energy sector, offering sustainable supply chain support for the construction and maintenance of wind turbines

Citroën has launched the Nemo HDi 75 EGS Stop & Start 660 LX, a more economical and lower emissions model in the van range

Australian glass producer Amcor, has taken Sheffield firm Loadhog’s Smartstak transport system as its standard method of conveying containers between its Australian and New Zealand operations

Motorola has certified top-VOX’s voice picking system topSPEECH-Lydia

Ten teams from the UK and Ireland have reach the semi-finals of Volvo Trucks’ and Volvo Buses’ worldwide competition and training programme for mechanics and service personnel

Unilever Supply Chain Company has awarded a contract for co-packing activities in Romania to Kuehne + Nagel