Ingersoll-Rand has appointed Hays Logistics to manage the UK distribution of its static and mobile compressor units. Hays will manage the operation from Ingersoll-Rand’s air solutions site in Wigan, where it will base five of its drivers and two managers.
Read MoreKimberly-Clark Europe has chosen Schneider Logistics as its provider of supply chain management technology. The companies have been working together in the US for more than 15 years.
Read MoreAmerican Tool Companies, which makes hand tools, cutting tools and power tool accessories, has appointed Exel to provide inbound intercontinental sea freight, warehouse handling and distribution services to customers in 17 European countries from its shared-user warehouse in Mechelen, Belgium.
Read MoreVandemoortele’s bakery product division has appointed Frigoscandia Distribution, part of the ProLogis group, to handle its temperature-controlled storage and transport requirements in the UK.
Read MoreA new US-based ocean freight forwarder network, Globalink, expects to approve its first members this week.
The network will be managed from Phoenix, Arizona, but founder Bill Siemens said the first 10 applicants were all from outside the US.
Read MoreCourier firm Sokuhai Co has abandoned plans to launch an express mail service due to tight rules put in place by the government under its plan to open the sector to private firms, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported.
The firm’s decision will likely prompt questions about the effectiveness of the effort to open the market to the private sector, the newspaper said. Reform of the Post Office is a key policy of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
Read MoreFedEx Express announced Monday that it is buying eight regional aircraft from Continental Airlines for use in its domestic network.
FedEx will take delivery of the French-built ATR 42-320s between Jan. 27 and the end of February for an undisclosed purchase price.
The aircraft will have a maximum payload of 12,000 pounds after they are converted to all-cargo configuration. FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp., did not say when or where the small passenger jets will be converted to freighters or how long that process will take.
Read MoreUnited Parcel Service has signed an agreement with a new Chinese all-cargo carrier to handle packages for UPS within China.
The first route, expected to begin service on Thursday, will connect Shanghai with Xiamen and Guangzhou. The aircraft, a 737-300 aircraft formerly owned by Lufthansa, will then return to Shanghai.
“It’s going to let us improve delivery times by up to a day for exports out of China,” UPS spokesman John Flick said Monday.
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