Nissan has launched a range of compact, low emission engine lift trucks designed for the multi-purpose role of inside working in restricted areas and outside yard operations.

Peter Quantrill is the new director general of the British International Freight Association to succeed Colin Beaumont.

Asda has opened a national distribution centre at Redhouse Business Park, Doncaster.

Unilever has announced plans for a major supply chain restructuring. Patrick Cescau, group chief executive, said the business would be reorganised into a series of multi-country organisations.

Haulier Eddie Stobart is to become the core of a new multi-modal logistics organisation set up by the Westbury Property Fund.

The nature and scope of third party logistics contracts reveals a lot about the state of the market. Our exclusive survey looks at some of the major deals signed in the past year and looks at industry confidence for the coming year.

NetDespatch has produced a “virtual warehouse” for Simply Sleep, the memory foam mattress supplier, by using web technology to eliminate the need for stock holding on site.

Wincanton, the leading European logistics supply chain management company, has worked with Civica over a number of years to develop an integrated system for the management and control of the Woolworths fleet of tractor and trailor units.

Goldstar Transport installed the Truckcom fleet & job management system for its fleet following a trial.

Integration is the name of the game for fleet management software. Enabling systems to talk to each other is not only giving manager visibility of distribution operations – it is enabling them to make changes in real time. Malory Davies reports.