October 2012
Supply chain logistics software company AEB has published a third whitepaper on freight cost management, ‘Freight Purchasing Success’. It explains four tools that supply chain managers can use to optimise their negotiations with transport providers, including transparent management of forwarder tariffs, analyses and key performance indicators, simulations and requests for proposals and benchmarks.
It is the third white paper in a series of four. The fourth and last white paper of ...
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New shipping minister Stephen Hammond made his first visit to the Port of Felixstowe on 17 October. Whilst at the port, Mr Hammond also viewed Evergreen’s 8,452teu Ever Leading which was on her maiden voyage to the UK.
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Denholm Logistics has acquired Irish shipping and port services company, Hamilton Shipping. The company, and its stevedoring subsidiary Scruttons, will retain its existing brand and identity in Ireland with all existing management and staff remaining in place.
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Gary Morter has joined SEKO Logistics UK’s board as executive director. He has held senior management positions with P&O Containers, P&O Nedlloyd, APL Logistics and latterly as group managing director of WT Sea-Air, which was acquired by Toll Group in 2010. He was Regional Ocean Freight Director, Europe/Middle East prior ...
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An Australian court has fined Emirates $10 million for alleged price fixing of fuel and other surcharges. The Middle East carrier reached a settlement with the Federal Court in Sydney, becoming the tenth airline to do so. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is also due to start proceedings against Air ...
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Hellman Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a new road freight partnership with Belgian groupage operator, H. Essers for a new daily shuttle system between their respective countries. The service will operate to Hellmann’s System Alliance standards and will link Belgium and the industrial regions of the UK in 48 hours ...
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DHL Supply Chain has opened an 'end of runway' logistics hub close to its main European air hub at Leipzig airport. The 14,000sq m, €14m facility is aimed at customers who want to centralise stocks of high value or urgently required parts while gaining later cut off times and earlier ...
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The RMT seafarers' union held protests in Portsmouth – as part of a worldwide series of actions by the trade union movement - over pay and conditions for workers at Channel Islands shipping firm Condor Ferries on 12 October. It claimed that the company was exploiting overseas workers. However, in ...
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Maersk Line is to temporarily suspend its AE9 service from Chinese ports to Europe – including Felixstowe - until early December. It is part of a programme of capacity reductions that also sees the AE5 service from Asia to the Mediterranean permanently withdrawn.
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Irish supply chain specialist in warehousing and logistics, Oakland International, is helping European fresh pasta producer, Giovanni Rana develop a new market in Ireland. Oakland, based in Ashbourne Co. Meath, has set up a bespoke distribution route service for unfilled, filled pasta and lasagne products.
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