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With most companies tightening their belts, it seems poor timing for pharmaceuticals shippers to introduce a new code of conduct, forcing their logistics providers to find money for more training costs, reports Isabel Lesto.

The dramatic decline in air cargo volumes appears to have eased and yields are rising slightly, but the market remains fragile

New rules governing road transport that came into force on 4 December will cut red tape, lead to fairer competition and allow a set amount of cabotage, the European Commission (EC) has claimed.

Warehouse developer Goodman has sold two distribution facilities in Northampton to property investors represented by French bank BNP Paribas for £28m (US$45m).

The US Department of Justice's (DoJ) investigation into Panalpina's alleged violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act is nearing completion, according to the Swiss forwarder.

The Goodman Group and Goodman Hong Kong Logistics Fund announced they, through their Goodman Interlink joint venture, will commence construction of Interlink, a landmark warehouse and distribution development in Hong Kong, according to Canada Newswire.

Airports of Thailand (AOT), the country's main airport operator, said it planned to spend US$2.3 billion in 2010-2016 to expand the capacity of Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport, reported Reuters.

Marseilles Fos has become the latest European port to announce plans to not put up rates next year in order to help customers.

APL's container volumes increased by 23% year-on-year from mid-October to mid-November, but this failed to materialise into an increase in revenues per 40ft container.

PD Ports' Teesport facility has handled over 100,000 containers in a year for the first time in its history.

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.