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Strengthening European rail freight transport throughout the logistics and supply chain and improving the competitive position of rail freight will be the focus of rail freight forum sessions on Wednesday 9 October during Intermodal Europe 2013 at the Hamburg Messe, Germany. Director of European Rail Freight Association and Chairman of …

B&B Attachments is the partner of choice for the UK forklift truck industry. The company exhibited their products at the Industrial Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX) 2013 in March of this year. Whilst there, one of their on-stand visitors was Sea Sands Shipping, a Dubai-based company, running a private container terminal …

China’s leading container association, the CCIA (China Container Industry Association), and Informa Exhibitions have formed a cooperation partnership on the launch of Intermodal Asia 2014, in April. The event will also benefit from the full support of the world’s largest container manufacturer, CIMC (China International Marine Containers), who is the …

Euro containers have been flying out of the warehouse at Goplasticboxes.com, and Managing Director, Jim Hardisty, believes that the company’s competitive pricing, increased stock, and top quality customer service are the reasons why sales are going from strength to strength. Jim said: "We have achieved some great successes in the …

Temperatures may have soared in the UK over the summer but with the economy still showing signs of a lukewarm recovery from the chill of recession, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need to count every penny, if they are to survive and thrive when the business climate does improve. To …

An increasing trend by UK retailers to place more frequent and smaller orders with suppliers based closer to home, is giving a major boost to Davies Turner’s overland services from North Africa, the southern Mediterranean and the Balkans, but above all with Turkey. "Volumes on our inbound trailer services from …

The Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG) will present its complete portfolio of rigid, attractively-labelled cardboard and plastic consumer packaging at FachPack 2013 on 24-26 September (Hall 5, Stand 345). The company’s trade show presence focuses on custom-designed convenience packaging that optimally protects food and other consumer goods from external influences, and …

The Global Shippers’ Forum has taken special notice of proposals from the European Commission to establish a system to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) from the maritime sector. In the absence of a much-needed global agreement to curb emissions from the sector, the Commission will legislate for a monitoring, reporting and …

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said he was impressed by the ‘brilliant businesses’ he’d seen on Teesside yesterday as he undertook a tour of a North East logistics specialist. Mr Alexander was visiting family-run firm AV Dawson at its Riverside Park site, in Middlesbrough, having earlier visited …

With many UK retailers, not least in the fashion industry looking to export markets for expansion, a leading British logistics company says it has developed a complete support package which meets all their supply chain requirements. Davies Turner’s head of retail development, Dave O’Brien says that the company has recently …