The Department for Transport, in conjunction with Faber Maunsell, has launched a free online benchmarking programme designed to improve operational efficiency within the freight industry in England.
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British Airways World Cargo has posted a 22 per cent increase in commercial revenue to £178 million for the first quarter of its financial year; however its fuel bill for the same period was 51.2 per cent more than the previous year.
As part of its contract with pallet pooling operator LPR, TDG has invested in two pallet maintenance facilities to meet increasing demand.
Barloworld Handling has invested £6 million in 340 Hyster forklifts for its short-term hire fleet, increasing its total investment over the last year to £10 million.
Aggregate supplier Tarmac Trupak has replaced its 26-strong trailer fleet as part of a five-year contract hire agreement with GE’s TIP Trailer Services.
Management Dynamics has developed Air Rate Manager, an on-demand application to help companies manage air freight costs more efficiently.
Building materials company Marley Eternit, part of the Etex Group, has awarded Wincanton a five-year contract to distribute roofing products from its UK sites in Glasgow and Reading.
The Ministry of Defence has renewed its contract with freight exchange service Freightex to use its software to optimise its road freight.
Kellogg’s has relocated its cereals and food warehousing to a site in Manchester’s Trafford Park, which is to be managed by TDG on a five-year contract worth around £11 million annually.
Tesco has chosen an Easilift loading system for the loading bays at its store at Wick in Scotland. It was designed, built and installed by Easilift to meet Tesco’s specific requirements for what has been described as ‘Britain’s greenest supermarket.’
