March 2012
A UK transport lawyer has warned that hauliers can lose their vehicles through ignorance of smuggling and is calling for more definitive ways for companies to defend themselves as Customs appear to be taking stricter measures against errant operators. Anton Balkitis, a partner at Rothera Dowson solicitors, told a International Road Transport Union (IRU) conference in Geneva recently that truckers can face penalties of around £30,000- £50,000 to get back ...
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Danish-owned logistics and forwarding specialist DSV Air & Sea Limited has launched a new daily air freight service from the Far East to the UK. DSV Everyday, offers daily flights from Hong Kong and South China to the UK.
Three service levels - Priority, Classic and Economy – offer, respectively, a ...
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Manchester-based frozen food sales, storage and distribution specialist Yearsley Group has launched a new global logistics and freight forwarding division. The group will take control of the logistics and import operations for products imported from overseas by UK food manufacturing customers, making full use of Yearsley Group’s logistics network.
Yearsley will ...
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Members of ‘C’ Shift has won the Port of Felixstowe's John Bubb Safety Trophy, the second year in a row it has gone to an operational shift. The shift, which includes berth operators, crane drivers, internal movement vehicle drivers, and terminal managers, reduced the number of reportable accidents on the ...
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Container logistics company Maritime Transport has promoted Simon Smart to Managing director, container transport and David Boomer to managing director, distribution. They were previously operations directors in the business. The move aims to strengthen the senior management of the company and to provide greater focus on the two key areas ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a new partnership with Rangel Express and Logistics in Portugal to operate round trip road freight services to Oporto and Lisbon. Existing twice-weekly from the UK to Portugal will increase from twice to three direct departures a week.
Hellmann UK’s commercial director, Matthew Marriott, said: “Finding ...
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UPS has agreed to buy rival carrier TNT Express for about €5.16 billion, slightly more than the initial €4.9 billion offer rejected by the Dutch-based operator earlier this month. TNT's executive and supervisory boards said they would unanimously intend to support and recommend the offer.
In a joint statement, the two ...
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Virgin Atlantic is continuing its tradition of catering to Hollywood celebrities but now the airline's Cargo department is taking a hand.
Uggie, the 10-year-old Jack Russell Terrier and star of the Oscar-winning silent movie, The Artist, climbed aboard a Virgin Atlantic plane in LA for a flying visit to London for ...
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Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas described as "ridiculous" suggestions that adjacent member states that both allow longer trucks - 'European Modular System combinations' or gigaliners - on their respective territories are not allowed to operate them between their two countries. He said he had received an opinion from the European Commission's ...
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UPS says that it is still interested in buying rival express carrier, TNT. In a statement issued on 16 March, the US-based company said it “ remains in constructive discussions with TNT Express N.V. regarding a potential transaction to acquire the entire issued share capital of TNT Express.”
It adds that ...
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