General Transport & Distribution News

Hungarian energy drink brand, Hell Energy, has appointed Norbert Dentressangle Logistics UK to provide warehousing and distribution services in support of its launch into the UK market.

Palletised freight firm Pall-Ex will be sponsoring Tech 2 Racing/MAP Centurion Triumph team for the British Superbike season 2010.

SKF has signed a five year contract with Metso Lindemann to operate their global wear and spare parts warehouse and distribution.

Briggs Equipment, the UKs national Cat Lift Truck distributor and service provider, has launched a new safe 4 - 5.5 tonne lift truck.

Treasury coffers missed out on 215 million of revenue last year, thanks to a bring your own fuel policy for overseas trucks.

UK transport giant Eddie Stobart has launched a national truck spotting competition where, for the first time ever, members of the public can get the chance to name their very own Eddie Stobart truck.

Pall-Ex, the UK network for the distribution of palletised freight, has launched a new billing structure.

Field service companies are wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds a year because of costly manual work order administration, according to mobile computing specialist Mobexx.

Barloworld Handling has launched a new fleet management system for materials handling equipment which captures live performance data from trucks for analysis via a dedicated web portal.

As part of an ongoing programme of investment in its vehicle fleet, Cranleigh Freight Services (CFS) has ordered nine new curtainsider trailers from Schmitz Cargobull.

iForce has gone live with a multichannel fulfilment service for Digital Village, the UK's largest music equipment retailer.