Ryder is to spend £15.7 million next year on 671 rental vehicles, ranging from 3.5 tonne vans to 18 tonne trucks.

Citroën is to launch its new Dispatch range of vans early next year.

Renderplas has awarded a logistics contract to Meachers Group.

Transaid is searching for 30 individuals from the logistics industry to take part in its 2007 challenge – Cycle Kenya – which hopes to raise £90,000.

Courtenham Logistic Solutions has opened a £1m distribution facility at Courtenham, Essex, with upgraded product fulfilment capabilities.

Bibby Distribution has won a five and a half year warehousing and distribution contract with Parlane International, an importer of modern home accessories.

The PWC Logistics group, which includes Geo Logistics, TransOceanic, and Trans-Link, is rebranding as Agility.

Atlantic rate rise From the beginning of 2007, Maersk Line is to charge an extra $300 for each container travelling from Europe to North America. Hapag-Lloyd is also raising rates for the North Atlantic and the US West Coast.

Logistics legend John Harvey is back. Keswick Enterprises, Harvey’s investment vehicle, has bought DDS (Corby), the warehouse and delivery company, and renamed it Enterprise Logistics.

Wincanton, has won the distribution contract for bulk loads of aviation products and diesel fuels to various RAF stations, warships and Ministry of Defence sites in the UK.