February 2012

Torque Appointment

Logistics company Torque, is delighted to announce the appointment of Vanessa Hope as Head of Sales and Marketing. Building on the recently launched Torque brand, Vanessa will direct the sales and marketing team to deliver ambitious growth plans offering the Torque total supply chain solution, with the  “no one size fits all approach”. Vanessa has more than 20 years of experience, with a strong background in retail, brand management and third party ... [+]

Pakistan trade aid plan approved

The World Trade Organisation has approved an European Union request to temporarily lift EU duties 75 products from Pakistan to help the country recover from floods in 2010 – a plan originally formulated in November of that year. The waiver applies to 75 products from Pakistan including 20 on which ... [+]

FTA Ireland signs safety charter

The Freight Transport Association Ireland has signed up to the European Road Safety Charter to promote safer driving practices among commercial vehicle operators in the Republic. The European Road Safety Charter comprises enterprises, associations, research institutions and public authorities. FTAI’s general manager business services, Aidan Flynn, said: “We are delighted ... [+]

New Tilbury Gothenburg link

CMA CGM's short-sea MacAndrews subsiary has introduced a new weekly service from between Gothenburg and Tilbury. The service calls at the APM terminal in Gothenburg every Friday. Traffic from Scandinavia can also be transhipped to the Bilbao service in Tilbury.   [+]

You only get an ‘oo’ with Liverpool

The Port of Liverpool has signed a supply chain partnership with Typhoo aimed at reducing the British tea brand's UK road miles and carbon emissions. Typhoo has routed around 30% of the tea it imports to the UK via the Port of Liverpool since summer 2011 compared with just 10% in ... [+]

Lobby calls for emissions plan by year end

The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) has called on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to produce firm plans for airline emissions by the end of 2012. GACAG has been highly critical of the EU’s controversial Emissions Trading Scheme and has campaigned for multilateral efforts to develop international Co2 emissions ... [+]

Green pharma solution for Greece

Pharmaceutical Group Roche has awarded logistics contracts for Greece to Kuehne + Nagel to jointly develop an environment-friendly logistics solution to reduce CO2 emissions. Kuehne + Nagel transports temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products for Roche which have to be kept within clearly defined temperature ranges, usually by air. For its business in Greece, ... [+]

Hackney for the North

SBS Worldwide has appointed Lee Hackney as general manager of its northern UK business. Mr Hackney, who will be based in Manchester, will previously worked for Kuehne & Nagel, holding various UK management positions and for deepsea carrier CMA CGM.   [+]

Virgin promotion

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has promoted Marie Epstein to the position of regional vice president sales – Americas. Based in New York, she was formerly the airline’s regional sales manager, Americas having joined Virgin Atlantic Cargo in 2010 from Delta Air Lines/Northwest Airlines Cargo.   [+]

Scandinavian renaming

The Björk.Eklund Group has been renamed Greencarrier AB. The majority of Group companies not currently branded Greencarrier will also change their names to reflect their membership of the Greencarrier Group.   [+]

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