TNT has completed the purchase of Haou, a freight and parcels delivery company in China, for an undisclosed sum.

Silverjet has picked Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to handle its UK cargo.

Agility is set to buy LEP International Pty, an Australian freight forwarder and LEP International (NZ) in New Zealand.

The government has approved plans for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company’s proposed Seaforth River Terminal near Liverpool.

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Intermec has launched the latest version of its vehicle mounted RFID reader, the IV7C, which is designed to read RFID tags anywhere within reach of a forklift.

Weightron Bilanciai has launched a PTE on-board weighing system for fork lift trucks.

DSGi Retail, which owns Currys and PC World, has installed a Dematic integrated order picking system at its new small products warehouse at Newark.

Toyota Material Handling Europe is integrating its Toyota and BT Rolatruc operations to enable it to offer both Toyota and BT products and services to customers through a single marketing and sales company.

A new standard, EPCIS (Electronic Product Code Information Services), has been agreed that allows the seamless, secure exchange of data at every point in the lifecycle of goods and services.