Gefco UK has appointed Charlie Weale to take over from John Stocker as sales and marketing director. Stocker has moved to take on the role of finished vehicle logistics director. Weale has more than 30 years of transport and logistics experience, having previously worked in senior operational and sales roles for companies including Geodis and…
Panalpina’s gross profit rose to CHF384.3m in the first quarter from CHF365.8m for the first quarter last year. “We had a decent start into 2014,” said CEO Peter Ulber. “In the first three months of the year, air and ocean freight showed continued growth ahead of the market, and in logistics we made progress in…
DHL Supply Chain has joined forces with training and development agency Skillspoint, to launch an apprenticeship scheme. The 12 month programme is aimed at 18 to 24 year olds and will provide apprentices with both work-based training and qualifications in warehouse & storage, and traffic office. On completion of the scheme, successful apprentices will be…
Debenhams is planning to increase the use of automation in its distribution centres to reduce the cost per unit of fulfilment. In its half year results, the department store group said the importance of continuing to build a more competitive and more economic multi-channel business was brought into sharp focus during the recent Christmas trading…
A new logistics operation, Plus Logistics, has been launched by the network of hauliers behind Palletline. It will offer a range of contract logistics services including warehousing and storage, through the night, pick and pack, consolidation services right through to click and collect. Managing director Kevin Buchanan, said: “With the combined resource of 69 member…
Serge Gregoir has been appointed country manager of DHL Freight UK. He will report directly to Amadou Diallo, CEO of DHL Freight. Gregoir started his career with DHL in the IT department of DHL Freight Belgium in 2003. Since then, he has held various positions as project and IT manager before taking over as Global…
The finalists have been revealed for the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics awards. They are: Director of the Year – sponsored by Asda Stores * Marie Boyer, managing director, France Line Transport International, from Manchester * Sarah Copley, commercial director, National Express, from Birmingham * Kate Lester, CEO and founder, Diamond Logistics, from Guildford…
Dachser has opened its new UK headquarters at Brackmills Business Park, Northampton. The 16 acre site includes 178,000 sq ft of warehousing space. The transhipment warehouse comprises 64,000 sq ft dedicated to cross-docking with 34 dock-level loading doors and 9 level-access loading doors under canopy. There is potential for a further 26,000 sq ft of…
Stobart Group has completed the sale of a 51 per cent stake in its transport and distribution business to DBay Advisors. The most obvious sign of the change has been a new Stobart Group web site which describes it as “an Infrastructure and Support Services business operating in the biomass energy, railway maintenance and aviation…
Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances has awarded a contract to Roadways Container Logistics to manage shipments directly to clients including John Lewis and Curry’s; as well as undertaking a “drop and swap” operation from UK ports to BSH’s Kettering distribution centre. Logistics operations manager Paul Shanks said: “We are delighted to be working with Roadways…
The Co-operative is to switch from using its own nestable crates for fresh produce suppliers to using IFCO’s foldable returnable plastic containers. The aim is to alleviate the issues faced with inbound products arriving in cardboard boxes, including collapse due to moisture and other box damage, inefficiency due to lack of standardisation in box sizes…
Logistics operator Simarco has completed a deal to buy Staffordshire-based operator IFB for an undisclosed sum. The move extends its operations in the Midlands and the North, and takes its annual sales to more than £35million. Simarco founder and managing director Simon Reed described the acquisition as a “statement of intent to develop business and…
Welcome to the first European Supply Chain Day It’s the first ever European Supply Chain Day – an initiative by the European Logistics Association. Activities such as school visits, tours of warehouses, opening up back offices to visitors, talks and site visits are taking place throughout Europe today – 10th April. ELA president Jos Marinus…
Gefco UK has appointed John Stocker finished vehicle logistics director responsible for overseeing all elements of the business, including developing and implementing strategy to drive commercial growth. Stocker joined Gefco as sales and marketing director in 2012, steering the development of a number of new business flows with major clients, in addition to developing the…
Iveco is set to launch the third generation of its Daily van in June, with the promise of improved capacity together with fuel savings of up to five per cent on the previous model. The new Daily will retains its ladder frame chassis structure, which offers strength and ease of configuration for chassis cab models….
Norbert Dentressangle’s freight forwarding division has relocated its Heathrow operation to larger premises. It has taken the lease on 9,000 sq ft of dedicated office and warehouse space at the Saxon Way Trading Estate in Harmondsworth, five minutes from Heathrow Airport. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has employed a new international business manager for its fashion…
DAF Trucks is to offer customers a telematics solution as an integral part of its repair and maintenance contracts at no additional cost. The system will be pre-installed on new trucks and it has been specifically tailored for DAF by industry leader and transport management specialist Microlise. The new system will be fitted on all…
Isuzu has appointed Mark Todd head of aftersales, reporting to managing director, Pete Murphy. Todd was formerly general manager parts, service & warranty – a role he has undertaken for the past two years. Source: logisticsmanager.com Portal: logistik-express.com
Large UK manufacturers lost more than £58m dealing with the fall-out from supply chain disruptions in 2013, according to a study commissioned by risk management specialist Achilles. The total average cost of all supply chain disruptions was £105,000 per manufacturer. The survey found that manufacturers were hit hardest in 2013 by suppliers failing to deliver…
Parcel volumes at UK Mail rose 15 per cent in the fourth quarter, the group said in a pre-close trading update. It said this volume growth was partly driven by an increase in home deliveries related to online shopping, “with a continuation of the mix change towards B2C that we have previously seen”. Other sectors…
The UK’s first two hour time slot “store to door” delivery service for retailers across a shopping centre, is to be put on trial, run from a shopping centre by CitySprint, in partnership with Standard Life Investments. The service will enable customers to pick a two-hour time slot for delivery of their shopping, and allow…
Materials provider Marley Eternit has awarded a four year contract for the distribution of cladding solutions to Wincanton. Building on its existing contract to distribute roof tiles, this new deal cements Wincanton’s relationship with the construction sector supplier, making it Marley Eternit’s sole distribution partner in the UK. The deal will see Wincanton distribute some…
Rico Logistics is set to grow to a value of £80 million with a fleet of over 1,400 couriers and 35 locations across the UK, since its acquisition of DHL’s same day delivery business. Rico rolled out DA Systems’ real-time courier management software, which was deployed across the entire new transport fleet by day one…
Kevin Appleton has been appointed UK managing director of Yusen Logistics, to take over from Ian Veitch who was promoted to European MD. Appleton will take up his new position with effect from 14th April 2014 and will be based at Yusen Logistics UK’s headquarters at Grange Park, Northampton. He began his career with the…
DPD is investing £75 million in 15 new depots in the UK including three new “super-depots” which will be capable of acting as mini-hubs handling 25,000 parcels a day each. The depots will replace or extend the capacity of DPD’s existing sites, with nine new facilities. CEO Dwain McDonald said: “As well as helping to…
Managing global freight costs while maintaining product quality is a challenge for any organisation, but it poses particular problems in the pharmaceuticals sector. These challenges will come under scrutiny at the Logistics Manager Summit on 5th June in a presentation by Mark Edwards, global freight manager at Actavis, the global, pharmaceutical company focused on developing,…
Geodis Wilson has appointed Mark Ness global industry director – FMCG. He is joining from DHL Supply Chain where he was vice-president development, transformational solutions from 2011. Ness has been more than 25 years in the logistics industry with a significant amount of time focused on the FMCG business, including five years with Kellogg’s. Source:…
Bernard Bot, the chief financial officer of TNT Express, is to leave the business. Bot became interim chief executive of the group in September 2012 following the resignation of Marie Christine Lombard. He reverted to the CFO role in June last year when Tex Gunning came in as the new chief executive officer. Antony Burgmans,…
The strong growth in van sales continued in March reflecting the continued growth of the home delivery market. Registrations rose to 50,064 for the month – up 14.6 per cent on last year, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. And for the year to date, registrations are now 16 per…
GlaxoSmithKline cut lead times in its R&D lab supplies operation and more than doubled OTIF through a series of initiatives – and it went on to win not one, but two European Supply Chain Excellence Awards last year. Trevor Reay, GSK’s procurement director for R&D lab supplies, explained how the company implemented its transformation project…
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