August 2011
Skyguard has launched a personal emergency service for UK-based truck and courier drivers. The new service, claimed as the first of its kind, allows them to summon help at the press of a button if they find themselves in trouble overseas – initially in 34 European countries, the Russian Federation and South Africa. A similar service is already available in the UK.
The service is activated using a device the size ...
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Con-way Inc's global logistics subsidary Menlo Worldwide Logistics has appointed Marco van Walraven as director of operations, Europe and Edwin Schouten as senior manager, transportation, Europe. Van Walveren has worked for Menlo for eight years, in various operational management positions for accounts across Europe and has played a key role ...
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Stobart Group and Prologis have submitted planning applications for the £90m Mersey Multimodal Gateway (3MG) hub in Widnes, four months after the two partners, together with Halton Council won £9m funding from the government's Regional Growth Fund. Consultation is now under way, and, subject to a successful application, the project could ...
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Sony put its business recovery plan into operation after rioters destroyed its main UK distribution centre in Enfield on 8 August. Stocks had to be replenished and a temporary warehouse operator appointed after over 1.5 million CDs were destroyed in the blaze. Independent artists were even worse hit as the ...
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Kerry Logistics has broken ground on an expansion of its Chongqing Logistics Centre in western China, the first phase of which was completed a few months ago. The Phase 2 construction, which is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2013, will comprise 62,700sq m of space for warehousing ...
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The UK's Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) and the police are issuing leaflet warning UK and foreign drivers warning of potential £5,000 fines or up to two years in jail if they use magnets to stop digital tachographs from recording time spent driving. The Road Haulage Association welcomed the ...
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There has been a steady improvement in container service on-time performance in the second quarter of 2011 according to the latest issue of Drewry’s Schedule Reliability Insight, published on 9 August. Drewry said that the percentage of ships arriving on time at selected ports rose to 56% in the second ...
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Toll Holdings has appointed its CFO Brian Kruger as its new managing director from 1 January 2012. It follows the planned retirement of Paul Little in October 2010. Mr Kruger brings two years’ service with Toll and before that more than 25 years with the world’s largest miner and Australia’s ...
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The first scheduled freight train left Chongqing bound for Duisburg in Germany, carrying 41 containers, on the evening of 30 July, according to the he Chongqing Daily. The 11,179km journey was expected to take 16 days, said a spokesman from Chongqing Transportation Holding Group, the cargo train's contracting carrier. Weekly ...
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UK exports are strengthening said a DHL/BCC Trade Confidence Index published on 8 August. However, difficult global economic conditions are still affecting their investment decisions and recruitment plans, the document added.
The survey is based on a survey of over 1,000 exporters and by analysing documentation for goods exported from the ...
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