Food ingredients company ADM Classic has chosen Atchison Topeka to distribute cocoa powder and chocolate products to customers around the UK

S&J European Haulage reckons it is saving £65 per vehicle per trip by using double-deck tri-axle trailers with front and rear lift axles to its fleet

Ghanaian cocoa producer Barry Callebaut has chosen Damco to provide trucking, customs, clearance and airfreight services

The market for heavy commercial vehicles reached 2,142 in July – up eight per cent last year, according to registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders

The TIC Retail Accessories group has chosen a double deck scissor lift from Easilift to boost loading and unloading efficiency.

Fruit and vegetable wholesaler Wealmoor has rebuilt its factory at Atherstone on Stour following a major fire two years ago and chose Stertil Stokvis to install 12 new loading docks in a £120,000 project.

Universal Silencer reckons it has increased the efficiency of loading and unloading and enhanced safety at its Hinckley warehouse with a new modular loading platform system from Thorworld.

Getting the right equipment and systems in place in the loading bay is critical, not just to efficiency, but also to safe warehouse operation.

Branston, the potato buyer, packer and distributor, has installed Union Industries’ 4.5 metre high Bulldoor at the hub of a loading bay at its factory in Ilminster, Somerset.

There is lots of interest in locating to rail-connected terminals, but the rail freight services need to be more user-friendly.