Shimano was finding it increasingly hard to find warehouse staff in the Netherlands so turned to Savoye to automate its distribution centre.

Bibby Distribution’s chief executive is a man on a mission and he reckons the time is right to push for growth. He explains the strategy to Johanna Parsons.

When someone promises to demonstrate the “future for city centre deliveries” even the most cynical of us has to take notice.

Following its TV series Eddie Stobart: Trucks & Trailers Channel Five will be broadcasting an hour-long Christmas special at 8pm on Monday 10 January 2011

Growth in internet sales is likely to underpin the logistics property market this year, according to King Sturge’s Property Predictions 2011

Retailers have been counting the cost of the snow in the run-up to Christmas which not only disrupted supply chains but also kept shoppers at home

Cathay Pacific Airways has completed the switch to electronic air waybills in Hong Kong as it moves towards a paperless environment in the airfreight industry

Widdowson has won UK logistics contracts for two companies, SwissPrimePack and Asia UK Trading

Ocean World Lines has opened a 10,000 sq ft office and warehouse facility near Heathrow airport to support its air freight routes between the Far East, USA, Australia, Middle East and Europe

UPS is expanding its healthcare distribution network with new facilities in Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States bringing the total network to 30 sites around the world