Worldwide corporate PC spending is falling dramatically with new data revealing a 11.2 percent decline in shipments from quarter one in 2012.

The food supply chain has been a hot topic recently, with the horsemeat scandal creating a whirlwind of interest in an area which before had ticked along without very much attention at all.

Experts warn that provision of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services to the aerospace and defense industries will be severely impacted.

DHL Supply Chain is constructing a state-of-the-art logistics center for the Tom Tailor Group in Hamburg. The two companies have been working together successfully since 2008 and are now looking to consolidate the partnership in the longer term.

Southwest Airlines is now moving freight on AirTran Airways, under the Southwest Airlines Cargo brand.

Two major safety campaigns have just been launched, one from an international body representing freight forwarders and the other from a major container shipping line.

Almost two thirds of businesses have experienced disruption to their value chains as a result of events beyond their control, according to an Oracle survey of large organizations in the Europe-Middle East-Africa (EMEA) region.

UPS has announced its intention to acquire Cemelog Zrt, a pharmaceutical logistics company based in Hungary.