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Nordana, the transatlantic ro-ro and project cargo liner operator, is shifting its Spanish port operations from Valencia to Sagunto at the beginning of next year.

Ceva Logistics has won a new four-year agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Europe.

Toll Global Forwarding has promoted Graham Ward to the position of MD of its UK operation. He replaces Eddie Stroud, who, after 42 years in the industry, will assume the role of chairman. Lee Tebble (general manager, UK sales), Mark Kurzeja (general manager, London) and Edward Scott (UK manager, IT and quality) all become directors.

Hull-based Abnormal Load Services (ALS) helped transport 10 huge tree stumps from a tropical rainforest in Ghana to Trafalgar Square for the Ghost Forest art project.

Twenty freight forwarding companies and national forwarding association Fedespedi are being investigated by Italy's competition commission over allegations of colluding on road freight pricing.

A UK council has applied for financial support for the development of Europe's largest logistics park, close to the site of the proposed London Gateway container terminal.

Kuehne + Nagel has been awarded a contract to manage the BMW South Africa Parts and Accessories Distribution Centre in Midrand.

Dutch postal and express group TNT said it wants to accelerate growth in its European and emerging markets parcels businesses, but signaled that it will sell or seek partnerships for its mail operations outside the Netherlands, Dow Jones reported.

Irish Global Logistics and Graylaw Freight Group have formed an alliance to jointly serve the Channel Islands and Isle of Man markets from Dublin.

Yamaha Music has renewed its logistics contract with the UK division of NYK Logistics. NYK will manage Yamaha's national distribution centre, handling musical instruments and audio visual equipment.

Twenty freight forwarding companies and national forwarding association Fedespedi are being investigated by Italy's competition commission over allegations of colluding on road freight pricing.

Ceva Logistics has won a five-year contract to manage the UK distribution of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph newspapers, and three-year deals to distribute the Daily Express and Daily Sport.

Damco has opened a second office in Mozambique to help improve ocean transit times for customers as it seeks to become the region's "preferred logistics supplier".

Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr has announced it will be extending its rail services between Duisburg and Basel from 11 January 2010, targeting an increasing demand for moving semitrailers and swapbodies by rail.

Home Delivery Network (HDN) has secured a new long-term contract to deliver parcels on behalf of supermarket Asda.

Cereal maker Weetabix has awarded TDG a £60m (US$100m) five-year contract after reviewing its in-house warehousing and transport operations.

Irish Global Logistics (IGL) and Graylaw Freight group have formed an alliance to jointly serve the Channel Islands and Isle of Man markets from Dublin.

Implementation of the decade-old US$130 million Chennai-Ennore road connectivity project is expected to be delayed further, the Hindu Business Line reported.

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has launched a new shuttle service that offers a more efficient collection system for international exports.

Ceva Logistics has won a five-year contract to manage the UK distribution of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph and three-year deals to distribute the Express and Sport newspapers.