A booming mail business offset the loss of a big Federal Express contract for Business Post enabling it to report operating profit up 43 per cent to £5m for the first half.

Once again the Hi-tech and Electronics sector provided the Overall Winner for this year’s European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Infineon Technologies deservedly took the top trophy having returned to the competition this year with renewed vigour to com

Deutsche Post World Net has set out a “Roadmap to Value” aimed at making it the most attractive investment in the logistics industry

The UK fork lift truck market rose to 31,700 annual unit orders in the second quarter of 2007

DHL has taken RREEF’s 305,000 sq ft warehouse in Harworth, South Doncaster.

A Profileograph is a motorised level sensing instrument used for surveying defined movement areas such as very narrow aisles.

Christian Salvesen shareholders have backed the takeover bid by Norbert Dentressangle.

The UK comes in ninth in study of logistics performance by the World Bank.

Wrenbridge is redeveloping the 170,000 sq ft former Swish curtain rail factory on the Lichfield Road Industrial Estate in Tamworth.

Imports from the Far East are going to be surcharged because of congestion at UK ports. The Far Eastern Freight Conference is imposing the surcharge of £68.64 ($145) per teu, sparking an angry reaction from shipper’s groups.