Sheffield-based haulage group Motorfast has doubled its portfolio of pallet customers from 55 to more than 100 since joining Fortec a year ago, the pallet distribution network has announced.
“Our recent success is all the more encouraging when you take into account that we have moved into pallets fairly recently from the parcels sector, ” Motorfast MD John Bailey said.
Read MorePalletways has become the first company in the pallet distribution network sector to open a regional hub in London.
A network of 22 Palletways depots stretching from Colchester to Southampton will deliver pallets bound for destinations in London and the south-east of England into the 4,000sq m facility in Greenford.
Read MoreTNT Logistics has won a contract to provide key logistics activities and spare-parts distribution for Renault in Brazil. The international logistics company will handle the reception of materials, storage and internal supply to production lines.
Read MoreUS courier company Federal Express (FedEx) has decided to increase its presence in Europe. FedEx, which currently has a workforce of 8,200 in Europe, is in the process of opening new distribution centres and entering into alliances with local courier companies. It is currently finalising the opening of new distribution centres in Spain (Madrid), France (Rouen) and The Netherlands (Amersfood).
Read MoreDHL expects its Malaysian operations to register double-digit growth this year, DHL Express Malaysia Country Manager, Charles Brewer said.
In 2003, DHL Malaysia, which controlled 40 percent of Malaysia’s express cargo business, handled 3.8 million shipments. “I hope this year’s growth will be more than the 20 percent registered last year,” he told a press conference here after the unveiling of the first DHL-liveried plane operating within Asia.
Read MoreFinland Post Corporation (Suomen Posti Oyj) reportedly plans to outsource some 50 of its offices to private entrepreneurs.
The Finland Post Concern has only 300 service points it runs on its own, and by the end of 2007 this could reportedly decline to less than 100.
Read MoreThe recent tie-up between Seur and France’s La Poste has set up the Spanish delivery services group for strong international growth over the next five years.
According to Ramón Mayo, the vice president of Seur España, the alliance with La Poste will see the contribution of the Spanish group’s international operations to total turnover double within a year to 14 percent from 7 percent.
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