Alison Jackman has become head of automotive for the UK at DB Schenker Logistics.
“Alison has extensive supply-chain experience within the automotive industry and before joining us has held a number of senior roles in major organisations,” said Francesco Fabbroni, sales director at Schenker.
“Furthermore, her wealth of knowledge of the end-to-end automotive supply chain will bring a lot of value to our customers and prospective clients.”
The port of Trieste and the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) signed an agreement on 23 March in Rome that will facilitate the development of infrastructure in central Europe and will improve the ability of products made by Italian small and medium enterprises to access Chinese markets. With the Italian and Chinese heads of state…
Not for the first time in 2011, interested parties in the liner shipping industry have met to seek resolution of safety issues. This time, the subject matter was the problem with reefer containers arising from contaminated refrigerant. This has caused explosion and fire in refrigeration machinery of some containers during the course of 2011. While…
AV Dawson is investing £6 million in a steel warehouse in Middlesbrough to support growth of the motor industry in the North East. Tata Steel, provides steel for Sunderland-based car maker Nissan, and has been using three of Dawson’s sheds at its Riverside Park base in Middlesbrough – one on the quayside and two at…
Eddie Stobart Logistics has got the go-ahead to build a £75 million national distribution centre next to its head office at Appleton Thorn in Warrington. Speaking after the planning application was approved by Warrington Borough Council’s Development Management Committee, Alex Laffey, chief executive of Eddie Stobart said: “I would like to thank councillors for supporting…
TotalEnergies is the latest H2Accelerate partner to have been welcomed to the group as a key future supplier of green hydrogen and owner of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure for trucking. The participants of H2Accelerate comprise both hydrogen producers and infrastructure operators, and vehicle manufacturers and TotalEnergies is the latest member of the team to join the H2…
Online furniture and homeware retailer Made.com has awarded a three year contract to Eddie Stobart’s iForce division. iForce is to provide an online fulfilment and warehouse management service using its SMART software capability. This will take place at its 226,000 square feet warehouse in Redditch. “iForce’s capability to adapt its world-class solutions to fit the…
