General Transport & Distribution News

The distribution industry needs to focus on road safety now more than ever after Government figures showed an increase in deaths and injuries among cyclists, says Bob McLarty, transport manager at Keystone Distribution UK.

Eddie Stobart's Chilled Division delivers temperature controlled logistics solutions, tailored to major Fast Moving Customer Goods (FMCG) manufacturing and retail clients.

The Anochrome Group has re-appointed Briggs Equipment, the independent distributor of materials handling products, as its materials handling supplier in a new contract worth nearly quarter of a million pounds.

Forward Trucking Services Ltd, based in St Albans, has joined Palletways, the European pallet network.

Manchester-based Landwood Group is handling the sale of one of the largestcold storage facilities in the country.

Wincanton has adopted Amethyst's Delivery Management System (DMS) to manage its operations for a UK carpet manufacturer and is reportedly delighted with the results.

Sixt leasing has extended its international mobility service offer to encompass the UK.

The current laws on bribery and anti-corruption are contained in various pieces of legislation but a new Act, known as the Bribery Act 2010, is due to come into force shortly.

Columbus McKinnon Corporation, the designer, manufacturer and marketer of material handling products, will be offering visitors the opportunity to earn discounts on future orders by sharing applications with members of the company.

Following successful trials with a number of key customers over the past 14 months, DHL Supply Chain has announced the roll out of an innovative exhaust gas management technology, to its 7.5T rigid and panel van fleets in the UK.

Teesport was temporarily transformed into a scene resembling a science fiction film earlier this month when more than 180 futuristic-looking mine arches, each weighing in excess of 27 tonnes, were loaded onto a Rickmers-Linie vessel bound for China.