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DHL takes the biscuit

    DHL takes the biscuit

Burton’s Biscuit Company has entered into a five year partnership with DHL Supply Chain, as part of the biscuit company’s ongoing £12.5m investment in production, warehousing and logistics DHL will

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Empirica WMS supports key growth at Via Coldstores

    Empirica WMS supports key growth at Via Coldstores

Since its initial implementation in 2011 the Empirica warehouse management system provided by Chess Logistics Technology has supported rapid growth at Scunthorpe-based Via Coldstores. Operating from a 140,000ft2 (13,000m2) site

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Ella’s Kitchen chooses Wincanton for supply chain management

    Ella’s Kitchen chooses Wincanton for supply chain management

Fast-growing premium baby and toddler food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen has chosen Wincanton to manage its supply chain as it seeks to fulfil its ambition of becoming a global brand. Wincanton,

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Greencore signs contract worth £3.2 million with Potter Group Logistics

    Greencore signs contract worth £3.2 million with Potter Group Logistics

Potter Group Logistics is proud to announce that long term customer Greencore Grocery has renewed its ambient finished food products storage and distribution contract for a further two years. The

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H.J. Heinz Co. and CEVA announce transformational Oceanfreight agreement

H. J. Heinz Company and CEVA Logistics, the non-asset based supply chain management company, have announced a five-year Oceanfreight contract. In a strategy led by Heinz’s global procurement organisation, the

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Briggs to buy Barloworld

    Briggs to buy Barloworld

NACCO Materials Group (NMHG) has announced the proposed acquisition of assets and facilities of Barloworld Handling UK by Briggs Equipment UK Ltd for a figure in the region of £36

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Potter Group Logistics is awarded BRC Global Standard

    Potter Group Logistics is awarded BRC Global Standard

Potter Group Logistics, one of the UK’s leading logistics service providers for specialist goods, has just received its BRC Global Standard accreditation for the storage and distribution of ambient foods

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PREMIER FOODS EXTENDS JIGSAW CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN DRIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DISTRIBUTION OF KEY BRANDS

Premier Foods, the UK’s largest food producer, has extended its existing contract with Jigsaw, the specialist provider of large-scale managed transport solutions, to include transport management and lead logistics provider

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GLANBIA CONSUMER FOODS CHOOSES CULINA

Major food and dairy producer Glanbia Consumer Foods has appointed Culina to manage the distribution of its chilled portfolio into the UK market. The first products to be introduced are

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Kuehne + Nagel launches LCL services for the drinks industry

Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new LCL service specifically tailored for drinks imports to the UK. The new service offers weekly sea freight departures from major wine-producing regions around

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Bute Island Foods Extends Market With Distribution Contract

 Bute Island Foods has awarded a new distribution contract for its Sheese brand vegan, dairy free cheese products to Culina Logistics, the market leading provider of logistics services for food

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New operator for Telford International Railfreight Park

Telford & Wrekin Council’s cabinet has approved the appointment of Europe’s largest rail freight company as the new operator of the town’s International Railfreight Park DB Schenker Rail has been

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SDC orders increase due to trade shows and innovation

SDC Trailers is bucking the economic trend after attendance at recent trade shows and its innovation around longer semi trailers has helped to boost sales and increase orders by more

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Forth Ports confirms major Multimodal presence – again

Forth Ports provides high levels of handling and logistics-related services to customers who are looking for solutions to move goods cost effectively and efficiently. We operate eight ports – Dundee

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SDC Trailers rebooks for Multimodal

Established in Toomebridge, Northern Ireland in 1978, SDC has grown into one of the leading trailer manufacturers in Europe. SDC now manufacture the widest selection of trailers available, designed to

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NYK plans to boost logistics operations

NYK President Yasumi Kudo said the company plans to double sales from logistics operations in future as global vessel overcapacity depresses freight rates in its container and other sea-borne cargo

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DFDS signs new agreement with Volvo

DFDS and Volvo have signed a new agreement for the transport of cargo on three DFDS routes: Gothenburg – Ghent (including a weekly call at Brevik), Gothenburg – Immingham and

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Torque launches freight offering at north west England DC

UK logistics company Torque has announced plans to unveil a fully comprehensive freight forwarding solution at its North West Distribution Centre in Wigan Since the third party logistics provider moved

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Green light from the Competition Authority

The German competition authority, Bundeskartellamt, has approved the deal between Stena Line and Scandlines Deutschland GmbH, which was presented on 30 May, for the acquisition of five ferry routes between

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Bullet Express turns to Smart Telematics to enhance driver performance

Promoting effcient and safe driver behaviour across its fleet Bullet Express, one of the UK’s leading logistics specialists, has invested in Smart Telematics from Navman Wireless to help promote efficient

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Logistics industry crowns top female and female-friendly business

Women in Logistics has unveiled its first two annual award winners at a glittering ceremony which also raised £8,000 for charity Transaid Adele Waite, general manager of a $1.25bn global

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Rhys Davies Freight Logistics opens South Yorkshire depot

Rhys Davies Freight Logistics has announced the opening of its new 5,100 m2, 7 acre depot in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The new facility replaces a smaller 930 m2 unit in

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SWIP’S AIPUT signs landmark pre-let agreement with dnata at Heathrow

SWIP (Scottish Widows Investment Partnership) today announces that its Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) – a specialist owner and

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Francisco Partners completes acquisition of Kewill

Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity firm, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Kewill. This deal

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Yusen Logistics launches Automotive Centre at Tamworth

Yusen Logistics announces the launch of a specialist automotive operation at its Tamworth facility. Adjacent to the M42, the 81,000

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Malcolm Logistics confirms major presence at Multimodal

Malcolm Logistics Services is ideally equipped to satisfy supply, warehousing and distribution needs throughout the UK – and increasingly into

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Multi-million pound European funding for freight improvements

Three projects to improve vital freight and passenger links on the railway network are to receive €14m (£11m) from the

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Forwarder Woodland listed in inaugural league table of top 200 UK exporters

Leading independent freight forwarder The Woodland Group has been listed in The Sunday Times International Track 200 league table, placed

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ADM Londis signs €20M deal with Norbert Dentressangle to deliver centralised chill distribution to retailers

ADM Londis, the Irish grocery retail group owned by retailers for retailers, has signed a €20m contract with Norbert Dentressangle

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GM and PSA Peugeot Citroen announce logistics agreement to improve operational efficiency and save costs

As a first result of its global alliance, GM and PSA Peugeot Citroen have reached a long-term, exclusive agreement to

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Kiddicare chooses Wincanton to provide multi-channel logistics

The UK’s leading baby specialist, Kiddicare, has chosen supply chain specialist Wincanton to provide logistics services as it grows from

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Maersk Line and APL land big wins for US military

Maersk Line and APL, the containership subsidiary of Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines, have won lucrative contracts for international shipping of

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Egemin Sets Foot on Mexican Soil With AGVs

  Egemin Sets Foot on Mexican Soil With AGVs

Egemin has signed a contract with La Costena, a Mexican producer of canned foods. Egemin is to install a new

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Thermo King Receives Ninth Consecutive AFSCA for Best Reefer Cargo Equipment Provider – Sea Freight

  Thermo King Receives Ninth Consecutive AFSCA for Best Reefer Cargo Equipment Provider – Sea Freight

Thermo King, a manufacturer of temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll Rand,

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Glenstal Foods spreads its distribution with Oakland International

  Glenstal Foods spreads its distribution with Oakland International

Based in Ashbourne County Meath, multi temperature supply chain specialist, Oakland International, has been selected to work in partnership with

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Urgent Logistics Tender Notification

One of our FMCG clients is looking to outsource their established UK Transport Network for the distribution of products to

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Readers Recognise Thermo King as Best Brand for Record-Breaking Eighth Consecutive Year

  Readers Recognise Thermo King as Best Brand for Record-Breaking Eighth Consecutive Year

Readers at three German trade magazines have recognised Thermo King as the top brand in the refrigeration units category for

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Top brands sign up for TCS&D show

Stand sales for the Temperature Controlled Storage & Distribution (TCS&D) exhibition in September next year have been swift since bookings

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Yearsley Group to start £20m expansion at Heywood

Logistics specialist to create new ‘super hub’ in North West Yearsley Group is to start work on the expansion of

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McArdle Skeath acquisition significant for Irish Exports

  McArdle Skeath acquisition significant for Irish Exports

May 29, 2012 Irish family-run company McArdle Transport Ltd has officially announced that it has acquired Skeath Refrigerated Transport Ltd

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Euroway clinches major 2 year exclusivity for contract hire requirements with Domino’s

  Euroway clinches major 2 year exclusivity for contract hire requirements with Domino’s

Leading commercial vehicle company Euroway have just clinched a major two-year exclusivity for contract hire requirements with Domino’s Pizza Group

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Ambient, chilled and FMCG supply chain specialist, Fowler Welch, now UK’s sole transport provider of Jersey Royals

  Ambient, chilled and FMCG supply chain specialist, Fowler Welch, now UK’s sole transport provider of Jersey Royals

Ambient, chilled and FMCG supply-chain specialist, Fowler Welch, is now in ‘peak-time’ operation as the UK’s sole transport provider of

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Thermo King Offers Industry’s First Innovative Microchannel Coils on Segment Leading T-Series Units

Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport temperature control systems for a variety of mobile applications and a brand of Ingersoll

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Rotherham Bonding’s DeltaWMS Bond Warehouse Performance System boosts productivity and keeps down staff costs

We are growing fast and the Delta system’s productivity boost has allowed us to keep pace without having to recruit

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TomTom delivers sweet success for Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme has improved delivery times to its stores and retail outlets across the UK by 20 per cent thanks

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ACS&T Logistics announce 14% growth for 2011

Temperature controlled logistics specialists ACS&T have announced their latest figures and demonstrated the success of their management strategies with significant

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Thermo King Launches SLX Ferry for Growing Mid- and Long-Haul Ferry Market

Thermo King is introducing an additional version of the model SLX 300 refrigeration unit to provide increased refrigeration capacity, optimum

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Culina acquires Cert Octavian

  Culina acquires Cert Octavian

Culina Group Limited, a market-leading provider of shared-user logistics services for food and drink companies, has announced an agreement to

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New Distribution Partner For Dairy Partners

  New Distribution Partner For Dairy Partners

Dairy Partners, a UK manufacturer of cheese ingredients and sales and marketing partner for EU produced consumer branded dairy products,

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CULINA FRESH OPENS NEW FACILITIES IN SPALDING AND HEATHROW Dedicated fresh produce and horticultural service offers wider choice for customers

Culina Fresh, the door-to-door freight management and multi-modal supply chain service for fresh and horticultural producers, has opened its first

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204 million road miles cut from grocery supply chain

204 million heavy goods vehicle miles have been taken off UK roads by food and grocery companies, according research by

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Thermo King Undermount Truck Solutions for Straight Trucks and Drawbar Trailers Save Fuel and Increase Refrigeration Capacity and Sustainability

  Lighter and more compact units offer best-in-class efficiency and performance     Brussels, Belgium, March 5, 2012 — The

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Palletways secures contract with Beauchamp Foods

Pallet network Palletways has struck a deal with continental breads maker Beauchamp Foods to handle its warehousing and distribution Palletways

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Oakland International total supply chain solution on show at Foodex 2012

Multi temperature UK and Ireland supply chain and logistics specialist, Oakland International, is gearing up to showcase its inclusive UK

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