Phones 4U has appointed David Downie as managing director to oversee the addition of 100 new stores, taking the chain’s retail presence to 453.

Globe Air Cargo has won a contract to become Ethiopian Airlines’ cargo general sales agent in the UK, giving freight forwarders access to the largest pan-African network of any airline.

Former Culina Logistics group chief executive Thomas van Mourik has joined food, beverage and grocery logistics specialist Baylis Distribution managing director.

DHL has opened a state-of-the-art terminal in Wroclaw, Poland. The new terminal cost Euro 3.3M and represents a key pillar in the group’s strategy to bolster its logistics network in Europe.

Atlet has supplied a fleet of 72 lift trucks to value retailer Instore’s new distribution centre in Huddersfield.

The rail freight network in London will be unable to cope with demand over the next ten years.

The skills shortage within the logistics industry is not something that has happened overnight. It has been getting worse every year for at least a decade.

SEMA, the Storage Equipment Manufacturer’s Association, will hold its third annual safety conference on November 3, 2005

Britain’s largest ports and ferries operator, P&O, has received an approach from Middle Eastern rival Dubai Ports World (DPW). The move was announced yesterday and could value the company at £3Bn.

The Transport and General Workers Union and BP have agreed to postpone planned industrial action.