The Department for Transport has commissioned a new study into the possibility of increasing the length and weight allowance for UK trucks.

Parkside Warehousing & Transport has purchased twelve new Iveco Stralis AS440S43TX/P tractor units.

Bibby Distribution has bought London–based freight forwarder Archfield (Shipping) Ltd.

TNT N.V has confirmed that it is selling off its Freight Management division. In its third-quarter results TNT reported an 8.9 per cent rise in operating profit to £172 million.

Staff at JJB’s Martland distribution centre have gone on strike, following a dispute over pay and the company’s bonus scheme.

True to the spirit and objectives of the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards, the entrants this year came from a diverse range of industries and companies across Europe.

The finalists have now been selected for the 10th anniversary year of The European Supply Chain Excellence Awards.

A real innovation in the Awards this year is the Outstanding Contribution Award. Uniquely, this doesn’t involve complex metrics, exhaustive questionnaires, or teams of consultants with clipboards.

All supply chian work is necessarily team work. The judges were looking for teamworking and effective collaboration both within the organisation and externally with partners, suppliers and customers and many of our finalists demonstrated these qualities.

This category might be regarded as almost the entry level for the Awards – after all, if you can’t ship the right goods to the right place at the right time, it would be hard to make any claim to excellence.