Haulier Jordon Freight has called on businesses to firm up their delivery plans to minimise disruption during the Olympics
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Optrak has launched a hosted Olympics app tto helps companies plan for the impact of the changes to local traffic regulations before and during the 2012 games
It’s not just the competitors that need to be prepared for the London 2012 Olympics – road congestion and closed lanes will throw up a host of challenges for logisticians.
The Freight Transport Association has released its guidance to making deliveries in London and other Olympic games venues during the summer, including maps and details of restrictions
Express operator DPD plans to double man some of its delivery vans during the Olympics so that assistants can complete deliveries on foot to get around restrictions on the Olympic route network
Menzies Distribution is to make changes to its time critical delivery service to avoid disruption in London during the Olympics.
Businesses that will need to transport goods in and out of London during the 120 day period of the the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, Festival 2012, and the 2012 Olympics are making contingency plans, such as Yodel’s “Olympic Village HQ” – in Vauxhall
London Councils and Transport for London have confirmed they will be sympathetic to out-of-hours delivery operations during the Olympics in areas affected by Games-related restrictions
UPS is to roll out telematics systems in its vehicles across the UK to monitor and reduce emissions, after a trial on its fleet supporting the London 2012 Olympic games
The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport has chosen as its next president Graham Inglis, chief executive EMEA of DHL Supply Chain
