July 2012
Heavylift shipping line Rickmers-Linie has promoted Ulrich Ulrichs to managing director. Mr Ulrichs joined Rickmers-Linie in 2005 and has been deputy managing director since August 2011. He will work alongside Rüdiger Gerhardt, who has held the title of managing director since 1 July 2011 as well as head of logistics services for the Rickmers Group.
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Pall-Ex Iberia is to extend its service to the Canary Islands, the operator announced on the first anniversary of its operations in Spain and Portugal. Launched in June 2011, Pall-Ex Iberia has a central hub in Madrid and serves mainland Spain and Portugal, as well as the Balearic Islands, where ...
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Retail logistics specialist Clipper has secured a new e-fulfilment contract with women’s lifestyle and exercise designer brand, Vevie. It will handle all inbound receipts from vendors and suppliers, fulfil the orders and ship the goods directly to customers’ homes in the UK, Europe and beyond with its courier partners. Clipper ...
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Business Minister Mark Prisk has unveiled plans for an aerospace enterprise zone at Newquay Airport in Cornwall. The 'Aerohub' scheme, announced at the Farnborough International Airshow on 10 July would offer companies tax breaks and could create up to 2,500 jobs. It would be base at Newquay airport, which has ...
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FBJ readers may remember a few months ago when we ran a story about Woodland Group general manager Kinga Garner who bravely signed up for the 2012 Transaid Cycle Madagascar event in June. Kinga, pictured second from right, originally set herself a target to raise £3,300 for the Professional Driver ...
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Airfreight trucker Cranleigh Freight Services (CFS) has gained Regulated Agent Status with the Department for Transport, one of only a few British hauliers operating within Europe to have acquired this accreditation. CFS operates a fleet of roller-bed vehicles, with trained drivers - all tracked by GPS. The accreditation was gained ...
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There has been a 10% growth in people working in the logistics and transport industry in the Midlands' 'Golden Triangle' region, says a new report commissioned by Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership (NEP). It said that 27,000 (8%) of the county’s workforce is employed within this sector, double the national average and ...
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Yusen Logistics has gone live with an enhanced version of the its Global Operations System in the UK, as part of a phased roll-out. The system links up Yusen Logistics' global ocean infrastructure, speeding up the movement of data to enable more rapid shipment updates to customers. Information is exchanged ...
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Businesses need specialised freight management solutions to negotiate the tangled web of freight service costs, according to a new white paper by software developer AEB. Carrier terms and conditions have varying price calculation models with all sorts of cost factors and service types that few can comprehend. The lack of ...
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Norbert Dentressangle driver trainer Jason Thornton has visited Zambia for a second time to help deliver new and refresher training to Zambian and Tanzanian instructors as part of transport charity, Transaid’s Professional Driver Training Project. A shift leader at Norbert Dentressangle’s site in Rugby and registered Association of Industrial Truck ...
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