General Transport & Distribution News

Back in 1971 a man in a van had a vision and launched Mobile Windscreens. That man was George Douglas and today, as the company celebrates its 40th anniversary.

IDII has announced a new valuable reference book 'How To Increase Your Warehouse Space' authored by warehouse veteran Art Liebeskind. This practical how-to-book is highly organised with numerous colour illustrations. It is a consolidation of valuable space saving ideas from 35 years of actual warehouse consulting experience.

Transline Resource Driving will supply Arla with 25 drivers a day having been awarded lead vendor status by the Yorkshire-based business.

Yearsley Group, the UK cold storage and distribution provider, has appointed Mark Haslam as new head of logistics.

Virgin Trains' Pendolino tilting train fleet, designed, built and maintainedby Alstom, recently clocked up 100 million miles since the first trainentered service in June 2002.

At the time TomTom launches its Break Free campaign, research commissioned by TomTom suggests that drivers men in particular suffer a significant and unhealthy increase in physiological stress when driving in traffic.

Fleet operators are being advised to ensure that all vehicles used on business trips - including grey fleet cars - are listed on the Motor Insurance Database (MID), which is managed by the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB).

More than half of men and women who regularly work with fork lift trucks in Britain are not sufficiently trained to do so, according to statistics released by the nation's leading authority on the use of fork lift trucks.

It's been called the box that changed the world. But the industry that transformed the face of global trade and transport in the space of just 50 years now stands on the brink of another era-defining moment: whether to continue with entrenched habits, or rediscover its desire and capacity for innovation and change.

ALD Automotive has announced its ProFleet2 GPS has won the Technology Award in the 2011 Fleet World Honours in London.

Initiatives to enhance safety and security in the worldwide supply chain has seen Davies Turner Air Cargo (DTAC) acquire and install a cutting edge, large Rapiscan pallet-sized X-ray machine which uses dual-view technology.