Logistics providers could find themselves under increasing pressure to tighten security if freight crime continues to plague the industry, according to logistics insurance broker a&b.

The UK Warehousing Association says it is adopting sweeping changes to its constitutional rules.

Linpac Storage Systems has supplied a specialist racking system to Peugeot’s Coventry warehouse.

Bito Storage Systems has developed a new parts kitting design to save space and increase efficiency for manufacturers

Vanderlande’s operating profit increased from £7.2m in 2004/5 to £16.7m in 2005/6.

Roadways Container Logistics has opened the new Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT), with the arrival of the first train from Southampton.

Goods traffic on UK roads has fallen 1.1 per cent, according to national statistics published by the Department for Transport.

Welsh haulier TWT Logistics has bought Andover-based Switch Transport.

SSI Schaefer has won a contract with Robert Bosch, to construct bays of Regal 3000 shelving under existing bays of pallet racking.

The Freight Transport Association has welcomed the publication of the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Transport Inquiry into freight transport.