Kerry Logistics has acquired two freight forwarding companies in the UK; Bergen Freight Forwarding Limited ("Bergen") based in Manchester in the North West of England and Regency Forwarding Limited ("Regency") with its headquarters in Yorkshire.
General Transport & Distribution News
Getting maximum performance out of your warehouse process
Jul 27, 2011
Warehouses and distribution centres (DC) face continuous changes, such as changes in order patterns, seasonality, product range, and various peaks (peek days, peak weeks, peak months).
Davies Turner says UK shippers are missing trick in failing to gain AEO status
Jul 26, 2011
Three years after becoming one of the first multimodal forwarders in Europe to gain AEO accreditation, the British independent international freight and logistics group, Davies Turner, has issued a rallying cry for more UK companies to follow suit.
Logistics boss says SMES should look to China
Jul 26, 2011
Small and medium-sized business looking to export goods should be considering key markets in growing economies like China, according to an international trade expert.
Penske makes online truck rentals easier with new mobile website
Jul 26, 2011
Penske Truck Rental has introduced a new mobile website that enables consumers to make truck rental reservations from virtually any smartphone.
City Link delivers virtual Babies to school students
Jul 20, 2011
Premium express delivery company City Link helps Jane Gordon to make very special deliveries to schools all around the country of "virtual Babies".
Total Cost of Ownership of Extricom WLAN in the logistics environment
Jul 20, 2011
To demonstrate how operations can run more efficiently, Extricom has produced an in-depth document detailing the total cost of ownership of an Extricom WLAN deployment and a competitor WLAN deployment in a logistics environment.
Kerry Logistics acquires an NVOCC and a logistics operator in China
Jul 20, 2011
Kerry Logistics has acquired a controlling interest in two groups of companies in China; Shanghai Wisdom Group ("Wisdom") and Shanghai Huicheng Logistics ("HCL"), strengthening the company's presence in the ocean freight and 3PL sectors.
Quartix installs more than 10,000 tracking systems in first half of 2011
Jul 20, 2011
Vehicle tracking specialist Quartix reportedly more than doubled its new fleet tracking installations in the UK in the first half of 2011 compared with the same period last year.
Outgoing UKWA chairman warns of skills of shortage
Jul 20, 2011
In his last official duty as chairman of the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) Derrick Potter has called on companies operating in the logistics industry to increase their investment in training if the sector is to avoid a skills shortage in the future.
Avon Freight expands as volumes treble
Jul 13, 2011
Haulage firm Avon Freight has increased its depot space, workforce and fleet after a substantial rise in volumes.
