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Crack down on fines for delivery vehicles
New regulations for delivery vehicles in central London are to be trialled by Westminster City Council in a bid to cut the amount of parking tickets issued by up to 25 per cent for this type of offence....

Arla orders 193 Scanias
Arla Foods has ordered 193 EGR, euro 4 trucks from Scania, including both tractor units and distribution trucks, for its operations in Sweden, Denmark and the UK. ...

Swisslog wins €130m design & build contract
Swisslog has won a 130 million Euro contract to design and implement a 50,000 sq m (538sq ft) distribution centre for retail chemist dm-drogerie markt, near Cologne, Germany....

Features

Top supply chain show set for Sandown
More than 100 leading suppliers to the logistics industry will be exhibiting at Logistics Link South on 5-6 February 2008 at Sandown Park in Surrey. ...

No trace of hesitation
If you thought track and trace technology was too expensive, perhaps it is time to take another look. You can be pretty confident that your competitors are. Malory Davies reports. ...

Case Studies

How to build a better trailer
Don-Bur's revolutionary Teardrop semi-trailer has produced remarkable results for Marks & Spencer. But, asks Malory Davies, does it herald a new era in trailer design?...

Truck switch brings big savings for wholesaler
Improved battery handling and management are key considerations for Kingfield Heath....

Viewpoint

Time to focus on what's really important
It's almost a cliché to say that transport ministers are the Cinderellas of the British government....

You're Fired Hired!: Mick Jackson
When writing this column I have been known once or twice to draw attention to the relatively low levels of public funding attracted by the logistics industry (eight per cent of the workforce, 3.5 per cent public funding share) when compared with...