Express operator City Link made an operating loss of £16.9m in the first quarter of 2008 compared with a profit of £9.3m for the same period last year

Tesco is to build a 1.2 million square foot import centre at Teesport ready for operations in the autumn of next year

DHL Express has appointed Ken McCall chief executive of its UK and Ireland operations.

Toyota Material Handling Europe (TMHE) is launching two ranges of pedestrian-powered pallet and stacker trucks – the BT Levio and BT Staxio.

Boeing’s first 777 Freighter has been towed out of its factory in Everett, Washington

Paragon has launched version 5.0 of its routeing and scheduling software

London City Bond, the wine and spirits logistics provider, has opened a bonded warehousing operation at Hillington, near Glasgow airport

Anthony Quinn has joined Kuehne + Nagel’s North West Europe Regional Management Board as director of sales and marketing

In June last year, I criticised the government for failing to deal with the growing number of foreign vehicles in a dangerous condition or in which the driver had exceeded the hours regulations.

Elettric 80 has completed phase two of an end-of-line automation solution for J Garcia Carrión, the producer of the Don Simon range of products which includes fruit juices, wines, soft drinks and soups.