In the first significant expansion since it successfully floated on the AIM market at the end of 2003, specialist container supplier Straight has formed a new materials handling division.

RMC UK Cement Division, part of the RMC Group, is taking its logistics activities back in-house from November 30, 2004 when its three-year contract with TNT ends. The Cement Division will take over the operational management of the 190-vehicle strong flee

The first two new Still MX-X very narrow aisle (VNA) trucks arriving in the UK will go into service with Midlands company Middleton Paper. Delivery of the trucks is expected by late July or early August.

European logistics property developer Gazeley is building the largest speculatively developed high-bay distribution warehouse in the South-east having obtained planning consent.

Electrical retailer Comet is buying 50 DAF LF FA45s to operate from its Chorley, Maidstone and Nottingham home delivery platforms. Fitted with Don-Bur box bodies and Ratcliff tail-lifts, the new trucks are the first DAFs to join the retailer’s

Telemetry provider RTL has developed a dedicated, low cost system of cutting fuel bills and improving drivers’ skills. The Fuel Saver system can save up to 11% of fuel costs – about £200 per vehicle per month for a truck that travels 5,000 miles

DIY chain B&Q is using demountable bodies for the distribution of kitchen units direct to customers’ homes. The retailer is using the Ray Smith Group’s system of quick transfer of short van bodies, already containing the deliveries, to compact truc

Drinks logistics provider Tradeteam has bought 22 6×2 Volvo FM12 tractor units. High on Tradeteam’s list of priorities was fuel performance and, after extensive trials with a demonstrator, it was getting 8.4mpg compared to the 8mpg average of other

Nisa-Today’s, one of one of the UK’s largest buying group for independent retailers and wholesalers, has fitted all of the 130 lorries in its temperature-controlled fleet with Tracker Communicator vehicle

Castleford-based Lambsons Chemicals Group has signed a new five-year freight contract, worth about £9M, to DHL Freight. As part of the contract, DHL has invested £1.5M in a fleet of specialist vehicles in a bespoke plan unique to Lambsons.