Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ CEO Arild Iversen is to join the judging panel for the 2010 Sustainable Shipping Awards which celebrate the efforts being made to reduce shipping's environmental footprint. Announcing his intention to join the panel Arild B. Iversen said: “Concern for the environment is not only good for our planet; it is good...[more]

Cargotec has been awarded an order for four Kalmar ESC350W straddle carriers from Ports America. The new Edrive® units will help the customer handle increasing cargo volumes at its Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT) facility. Delivery of the machines will commence in second quarter 2010. The new, all-electric 3-high units with a lifting capac...[more]

Jungheinrich is primed to launch a field test for an innovative electric counterbalanced forklift. The type EFG 216k truck is equipped with a lithium-ion battery which will be "put to the acid test". The field test will be performed at a large German automotive manufacturer beginning in March. The test involves a Jungheinrich electric counterbal...[more]

An innovative vehicle tracking and job management system for utilities companies has been introduced to the UK by Mobexx. The Mentor Streets Enterprise mobile resource management solution has already made its mark in the demanding US market. American Electric Power - one of the largest US power companies that has a fleet of 4,500 service vehicles -...[more]

A new website has been launched which aims to help users of hand applied pallet stretchwrap operate in a greener, more business efficient way. www.wrapsmart.co.uk was created by bpi.films, the UK's leading manufacturer of pallet stretchwrap, shrink and converter films, as part of an on-going drive to raise awareness of its Wrapsmart range. Sign...[more]

Transport minister Paul Clark will be the keynote speaker at the Freight Transport Association's annual Urban Logistics Conference, which takes place in London on 10 March. Mr Clark will discuss the launch of the quiet deliveries demonstration scheme, a joint project between FTA, the Noise Abatement Society and the Department for Transport which a...[more]

Construction companies in the East Midlands have a new ally, following the latest appointment by the Sustainable Construction Innovation Network (iNet). The iNet has strengthened its team for 2010 with the appointment of Gillian Ward-Stokes as its Innovation Adviser with a specific remit to support companies linked to the construction sector. ...[more]

Leading European logistics specialist P&O Ferrymasters has been accepted as a cooperation partner of Logistics World Alliance (LWA). LWA, established in 2006, is an international supply chain alliance of major European partners who provide international companies with outsourced logistics and added value solutions via a single, central contact p...[more]

Savoye, one of the world's leading logistics software and warehouse equipment solution providers, has announced the appointment of Frédéric Mancion to the position of chairman. Mancion's appointment marks Savoye's continued commitment to developing its market share and further builds on the company's international expansion. Frédéric Mancion joi...[more]

Norbert Dentressangle, the leading European logistics and transport company, has announced that it has secured a new contract with camping specialists, Sunnflair. As a market leader in its field, Sunnflair designs and manufactures camping and outdoor equipment including tents, sleeping bags, electrical supplies, cooking apparatus and gas stoves,...[more]

Having successfully secured a joint bid to become the jetting, sewage collection and tankering services provider for South West Water, Cornwall-based specialist liquid waste haulier and disposal contractor, Clear-Flow Limited, has bolstered the strength of its vacuum tanker fleet with the addition of four new vehicles supplied by Whale Tankers - th...[more]

On the face of it, Roosters Brewery at Knaresborough in Yorkshire is just another one of hundreds of small brewers that have sprung up in Britain over the past ten years. On closer inspection, however, anyone can see the commitment that the business owner, Sean Franklin, brings to creating world-class beers. Sean started the brewery in 1993 f...[more]

Carrier Transicold has secured a breakthrough order from Ginsters to supply 34 Xarios® 350 temperature controlled systems for its new fleet of Mercedes-Benz Sprinter light commercials. Prior to this order, Ginsters had not been a Carrier customer. Carrier Transicold is part of Carrier Corp., a business unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX)....[more]

Syncron has been recognized again in Deloitte's annual Technology Fast 500 EMEA awards, ranking as the fastest growing supply chain software vendor for the third consecutive year. "I am delighted that we have been ranked for the third successive year" says Anders Grudén, CEO of Syncron International who achieved an impressive growth rate of 400%...[more]

The introduction of the new VFG 316s-320s marks a further addition to the Jungheinrich family of hydrostats. The prototype of this extremely quiet high-tech truck was unveiled to the public in September 2009. Now the truck has been taken into mass production at the Jungheinrich plant in Moosburg, Germany. The "mini" IC engine forklift from Jungh...[more]

A leading UK firm in the field of material handling is celebrating a successful start to 2010 by continuing to provide practical and bespoke solutions to clients across the UK and Europe. Contact Attachments, based in Newtown, Mid Wales, recently designed and supplied one of its specialist products to Cargotec in Ireland, to be supplied with a...[more]

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK (CILT) is restructuring its organisation in order to improve its services and ensure that members receive information and support on the particular sector of the profession most relevant to their needs. Individually, eight Professional Sectors will provide specialist activity within th...[more]

DSV Road has won a two year contract to transport all Marks & Spencers beer, wine and spirits from its UK suppliers to the M&S Distribution Centre in Daventry. Using a combination of dedicated and network vehicles, DSV Road will collect the beer, wine and spirits from suppliers throughout the UK and deliver into the Daventry DC in one-hour time ...[more]

Barloworld Handling has teamed up with JLG Industries Inc. to provide an efficient solution for employees working at height in the industrial, commercial, institutional and construction sectors. The company will supply a complete range of JLG equipment including more than 50 models of boom lifts, scissor lifts, mast booms and vertical mast lifts w...[more]

RCS Logistics, a third party logistics (3PL) provider based in Corby, Northamptonshire, is pleased to announce that the company has obtained dry bonded status for its warehouse facility in Corby. Fully approved and subject to regular audits by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), RCS' bonded warehouse took 14 months to gain dry bonded status. The site i...[more]