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October 2011

Kerry’s the boss

Kerry Logistic has won a contract with Hugo Boss to manage distribution of premium fashion and luxury goods in Greater China. It will provide for logistics services through two distribution centres; one in Hong Kong for Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong markets and one in Shanghai for the mainland China market.   [+]

Emirates returns home

Emirates SkyCargo has returned to its Stansted Road base on the south side of Heathrow airport just over a year after the previous building was seriously damaged in a fire. The building, which is run by Emirates' cargo handling partner Servisair Cargo, includes a warehouse which handles freight for the ... [+]

ASM chief hurt in bike crash

ASM chief hurt in bike crash ASM executive chairman Peter MacSwiney has been injured in a collision between his motorbike and a car in Uxbridge on 30 October. He has suffered several broken bones but is expected to make a full recovery, although it will probably take around 12 weeks before ... [+]

Supply chain story

Logistics company SBS Worldwide is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair to demonstrate how publishers printing in Asia can streamline their supply chains. An event on the stand (D921, Hall five) with new partner, Indian printer Gopsons, at 3.30pm on 13 October will explain how printing in India and other locations ... [+]

BRI moves into the BRICs

Bellville Rodair International (BRI) has opened a Brazil office in Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande Do Sul state. BRI chairman Terry Walpole said the new office was evidence of the forwarder's support for its existing client base in the country. He said “It’s also an acknowledgment of Brazil’s role in ... [+]

Hauneck hub for KN

Kuehne + Nagel is to acquire Carl Drude GmbH, located in Hauneck, the geographical centre of Germany as part of its strategy to establish a European hub and spoke system. Drude Logistik specialises in hub operations for international groupage networks at a 7,200 sq m transshipment terminal with 105 loading ... [+]

Penning OKs longer truck trials

Roads Minister Mike Penning has given the green light to limited trails of longer trucks on UK roads. Following consultation on proposals to allow a two metre increase in the length of articulated lorries, the Department for Transport is allowing a ten-year trial of up to 900 trailers at an ... [+]

Longer for Tibbett

Romanian contract logistics specialist Tibbett Logistics, part of UK-based Keswick Enterprises group, has signed afive-year contract to extend operations at the Europolis Park to the west of Bucharest. Tibbett Logistics has operated from a facility at Europolis Park since 2008 and has now contracted operations there until mid-2016.  The site ... [+]

Stena appointment

Stena Line has appointed Jamie Christon as route director on its Dun Laoghaire/Holyhead and Dublin/Holyhead routes. He joins from Exeter International Airport where he was managing director and prior to this he worked for Manchester Airports Group.   [+]

TIACA calls for groundswell of opposition to new emissions taxes

The International Air Cargo Association, is calling for “a groundswell of opposition” after the European Court of Justice ruled that aviation could be included in the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). It wants other associations, businesses and international governments to intensify lobbying efforts for a review of ETS after ... [+]

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