Bibby Distribution has gained a new warehousing and distribution customer site at its site in Avonmouth. The company is initially storing and distributing 1,000 pallets a year for health drink manufacturer Optio, but with Sainsbury’s soon to become a customer for the product, fast growth is expected.
Read MoreParcelforce claims to have dramatically improved its efficiency after adopting a £1.5m (€2.3m) parcel scanning and tracking system.
In the six months since the introduction of the Symbol finger-mounted ring scanners and wrist-worn computers, linked to a local area network, the company saw a 10% increase in the use of scanners. Damage to scanning equipment is down 40% and Parcelforce has also made savings in back-end IT infrastructure.
Target Worldwide Express is putting some of its same-day parcels on the national coach network after entering into an alliance with National Express.
The partnership allows Target to offer a cost-effective door-to-door same-day service between major locations. National Express makes 1,500 journeys a day and will cover the inter-city portion of the journey, with Target vehicles making the collection from the customer and the final delivery.
Parcelforce Worldwide, the lossmaking express package arm of the British Royal Mail Group, is to relaunch an experimental evening home delivery service in the New Year, writes Roger Hailey.
Managing director Vanessa Leeson confirmed that Parcelforce was talking to customers about restarting 1800 hrs until 2100 hrs home deliveries following the suspension of a previous trial earlier this year.
Read MoreA senior British logistics executive has warned that acquisitive European post offices risk repeating the mistakes of leading shipping lines and freight forwarders.
Edward Roderick, group chief executive of Christian Salvesen, said that forwarders and the lines “expanded into areas which they perceived as similar to their own core competencies.
“But then they quickly had to retract, losing their shareholders significant value in the process.”
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