The customer pressure on airlines to provide express services is summed up by Andre Mulder,
senior vice president special care for KLM Cargo.
“Customer requirements show that speed is more and more of essence,” he confirmed recently when explaining that organisation’s current product range.
BARBOUR AND SONS, makers of the famous waxed jacket, has signed a year-long distribution contract with Securicor Omega Express.
Under the deal Barbour products delivered via the carrier’ s European service – Euro
Express – on a two-three day, door-to-door service to retail outlets throughout France.
Under the deal Omega Express collects the goods from Barbour’s head office and manufacturing site in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, and delivers them to sister company, Ducros Euro Express in Paris. Ducros then completes the delivery by distributing the parcels, estimated at around 7,000 a year, to retail outlets, all within 48 to 72 hours.
A post-modern dispatch company Royal Mail’s roots are apparent in its very name
Read MoreUK-based Antrak Freight is an international air freight forwarding specialist, providing priority scheduled and economy consolidated services to African airports, as well as door-to-door deliveries.
Antrak Freight’s main office at London Heathrow airport serves as the international administration and development centre for global scheduled air freight services on time-sensitive consignments with consolidated services for economies of scale.
Consignia, the new holding company for Royal Mail, Parcelforce Worldwide and Post Office branches, has announced a total review of its countrywide road, rail and air transport links as part of plans to reshape the entire network to meet demands for faster, cost-effective services in the future.
Read MoreTNT Logistics has won a Euro34 million contract in Latin America. The company has signed an exclusive three-year contract with CNH Group (incorporating Case, Fiat Allis and New Holland) to design and manage an integrated logistics operation within Latin America. The Euro34 million contract covers the outsourcing of CNH’s entire Logistics activities to TNT, ranging from the import of spare parts and materials, to the warehousing and distribution of finished products and spare parts for the dealer network throughout Latin America.
CNH was established in 1999, through Fiat SpA’s Euro7.6 billion acquisition of Case Corporation, representing one of the biggest acquisitions ever made by Fiat. Last year, worldwide revenues of CNH exceeded Eurol 1.7 billion. The CNH Group is now the largest company of its kind in Brazil, incorporating Fiat Allis and Case brands for construction machinery, and New Holland and Case IH for agricultural machinery. CNH estimates
that 2001 growth in Brazil will be 10 to 15 per cent over the Euro8S2 million registered in 2000.
Meachers Transport has won a contract to manage the flow of goods and services throughout the supplychain for toy producer and distributor Olop Leisure.
Read MoreMillward Brown, Leamington Spa-based global market research agency, has awarded MPC Logistics a contract valued at £400,000 to provide same-day courier services to support its operations.
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