TDG won more new business than in the first half of 2005 and also secured the bulk of its contracts scheduled for renewal. Net business wins of £34m were up by more than 60 per cent.

Amtrak Express Parcels has opened a new hub to handle increasing volumes of overnight parcels.

Sales of Volvo Trucks decreased by 3 per cent between January and July 2006, from 62,141 to 60,068 in 2005.

Schmitz Cargobull has completed major refurbishment programme at its used trailer centre in Maldon, Essex.

W H Malcolm is fitting its entire fleet of vehicles with Tiss “Standard” anti-siphon device.

Wincanton has been awarded a three-year extension to its contract with BP Lubricants, which will see Wincanton managing the warehousing and distribution of both bulk and packaged lubricants throughout the UK.

TDG has upgraded its warehouse management system to an AIX MARC, which it is running on an IBM ISeries I570 Processor, at its Pocklington site in Yorkshire.

Arlington Packaging and Roke Manor Research have begun a new joint venture combining RFID and returnable transit containers.

Cybit, a telematics provider, has launched Fleetstar-MRM, which it says includes major new enhancements to its Fleetstar-Online fleet and asset management solution.

Hapag-Lloyd is set to begin a new weekly service from Europe to South Africa in October 2006.