General Transport & Distribution News

Howard Tenens was delighted to host a recent visit by the local MP for Barking & Dagenham, the Right Honourable Margaret Hodge MP to the Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) Ltd. sustainable warehouse at Voltaic in Dagenham, which will service the Olympic Park during 2012.

The latest figures from NFU Mutual confirm that plant theft has reached an all time high, increasing pressure on businesses operating plant fleets.

After months in the planning stages, logistics operator Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has launched a trailer planning tool.

DHL Express will be teaming up with Manchester United this month (February) to deliver the Reds' Champ19ns Trophy Tour.

Pan-European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters has signed a new three-year contract with longstanding customer Tate & Lyle.

Reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, materials handling manufacturer George Utz Ltd is now generating its own energy to help run operations at Alfreton in Derbyshire, with the installation of solar energy panels.

Solutions provider Dematic is pledging its support for the Fraunhofer IML "Cloud Computing for Logistics" innovation cluster.

Are operational accuracy, flexibility, and productivity important to you? They are for international medical device vendor, DJO, Inc. who needed a better way to pick, pack and ship customer orders. Then, their order processing throughput improved by 40% the day they started using Kiva.View the case study DJO Kaizen and Kiva.

The winners of the British International Freight Association's (BIFA) freight forwarding and logistics awards were announced at a recent ceremony hosted by Christine Hamilton, media personality and after-dinner speaker.

Vehicle tracking, telematics and systems integration company, Isotrak, is inviting valued customers, prospects and press to its fast expanding Milton Keynes head office to take part in an event geared towards LGV fleet operators.

Palletforce member Katem Logistics has turned one of its trucks bright pink as part of a campaign to raise 5,000 for charity.