The European express industry could be set to grow by 4.1 per cent by 2010, according to a report from market analyst Datamonitor.

Manor Fresh has awarded NFT a two-year contract to distribute fresh produce to Marks and Spencer.

Christian Salvesen and Turkish freight forwarder Ulustrans are forming a strategic alliance transporting goods between Turkey and the rest of Europe.

TNT is piloting the use of biofuel in its delivery vehicles in India.

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

Craigard Investments has sold the 370,000sq ft former Eurospace furniture warehouse in Sherburn-in-Elmet, Yorkshire for £15m.

MFI is rumoured to have struck a deal on the 750,000 cross-docked Nimbus building in Doncaster.

Tesco has confirmed that it is taking an 850,000 sq ft distribution depot near Goole from developer Sterling St James.

AILOG and the Cattaneo LIUC University of Castellanza in Italy surveyed 35 leading companies in the beverage, pharmaceutical and home & personal care sectors, in order to gain a greater understanding of the interplay between Sales Forecasting and Demand

The Benelux region’s popularity as a central location for European Distribution operations is off-set by an increasing problem with road congestion. Many hopes are being pinned on the yet-to-open Betuwe Line, a railway for goods transport from Rotterdam