As predicted at the time of E.U enlargement in 2004, Davies Turner has experienced considerable growth in demand for its transportation services between the UK and Poland, and has increased the frequency of its overland trailer services to Poland in response.

United Feeder Services (UFS) will launch a container service between the Benelux, Spain and Portugal on July 4. The company is a well-known feeder firm in southern Europe and wants to expand its sphere of activity to northern Europe. With a fleet of 27 container ships from 224 to 907 TEUs, UFS is already seen everywhere in the Mediterranean. Its website lists 32 scheduled services that link all important container ports in southern Europe as well as the Maghreb, the Levant and the Black Sea area.

Ahead of the WEEE Directive’s implementation, leading supply chain solutions company Wincanton has launched an electronic waste collection service designed to provide a cost-effective disposal route for small mixed WEEE items, PCs and peripheral IT equipment, monitors and TVs. The service is designed to support any company with a requirement for managing WEEE items on a relatively small scale, and provides a particularly efficient and cost effective service to the end-user.