Palletline introduces direct-trunking for members

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By David Badger

25/02/2014

Palletline has gone live with its innovative direct-trunking initiative, as it continues to work on evolving the decades-old pallet network model. Operating in the style of a freight exchange or noticeboard via the network’s award-winning IT system, Contrado, the initiative sees members bypass Palletline’s central hub in Birmingham moving pallets directly amongst themselves.

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