Logistics consultants can help you navigate the Olympic Route Network
Posted Tuesday 15th May 2012
This summer could make logistics consultants particularly useful for road freight operators, as the Olympic Route Network (ORN) puts certain conditions in place for those working in the London area. A May 2012 Road Freight Bulletin from Transport for London offers some guidance to companies working on and around the ORN, but it could leave some firms keen to avoid the route altogether. For insta...Read More
3pl can keep you in the loop
Posted Tuesday 8th May 2012
Third-party logistics, or 3pl, is an excellent way to stay in the loop on changes in freight operating issues throughout Europe, at a time when many non-core headcounts are under pressure in businesses of all kinds. Feedback from hauliers at ground-level is essential to keeping up to date with everything from the likely duration of a ferry crossing, to prices on European toll roads. But as your ...Read More
3t Europe can keep logistics efficiency on the up
Posted Monday 30th April 2012
3t Europe and other logistics consultants have helped the industry to raise its efficiency levels over the past year. A report from the Freight Transport Association shows how operators and support companies such as 3t Europe have worked to improve efficiency, even during the turbulent times witnessed in 2011 and the years that led up to it. "During the worst economic conditions for generations,...Read More
Logistics consultants could have helped to avoid Wigan traffic jam
Posted Friday 27th April 2012
Logistics consultants could have kept traffic flowing a little more smoothly in the Wigan area today, as one lorry driver found himself falling foul of a low bridge close to Gathurst train station. Along with humpback bridges and narrow roads, low bridges are a perennial problem for haulage vehicles, and logistics consultants can help you to negotiate a route around them - without having to make ...Read More
Third-party logistics can help hauliers counteract 'predatory pricing' on fuel
Posted Monday 23rd April 2012
Third-party logistics can help you to overcome what has been termed "predatory pricing" by diesel retailers. According to the Road Haulage Association, the profit margin on a litre of diesel now stands at around 7.4p, having doubled in recent weeks. Per-litre prices were driven higher in part by the panic-buying in early April, but it seems many retailers have kept their prices up despite fallin...Read More