3663 First for Foodservice has opened a new multi-temperature depot at Kingswood Lakeside Business Park, Cannock. The depot has retained 100 per cent of its staff with the opportunity for further local recruitment.

Some 135 jobs have been saved at a haulage business after the firm was bought by its management. Administrators confirmed the milk haulage business and more than 1,500 cattle at DW Weaver in Endon, had been bought and will now trade under the name of Weav

Eurotunnel has appointed Francois Coart as director for rail freight development.

Paul Carvell has left Business Post and Guy Buswell has taken over as chief executive.

The Freight Transport Association has told the Eddington study that the most severe threat to efficient freight transport in the UK over the next 30 years will be congestion. This will add cost through the need for additional vehicles, longer lead times,

DHL is making some 60 staff redundant as well as abolishing a number of temporary posts and short term contracts. In total some 120 jobs are affected. There had been speculation that the number of redundancies could be as high as 250.

Deutsche Bahn, the German rail operator, has bought US-based Bax Global to expand its position as an international logistics services provider in the Asia/Pacific region, and also in China and the USA.

Christian Salvesen has been appointed by Continental Tyre Group Limited to provide warehousing and distribution throughout the United Kingdom.

British Airways has extended its relationship with the leading logistics specialist Gist, to manage the receipt, handling and despatch of all of its in-flight retail (IFR) products.

Palletforce has completed a major investment in a new state-of-the-art IT system, that provides comprehensive real-time ‘track and trace’ for all of the Network’s depots and its customers.