The UK’s largest privately owned crane maker, Street Crane Company, has announced it is on target to export 1,500 hoist units and crane kits overseas this year.

Young managers are the fuel that keeps UK PLC running, says the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT).

AirBridge Cargo has commenced operations with its third Boeing 747 freighter. Its maiden flight with the company will see it in service from Beijing to Amsterdam via the airline’s Russian hub in Krasnoyarsk.

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.