October 2012
Priority Freight is investing in a Polish business entity based in the Lower Silesia region near Wroclaw. Although the urgent delivery specialist has been active in the country for three years, it aims to strengthen its service offering , particularly automotive, aerospace, energy and pharmaceuticals.
Group managing director, Neal Williams said: “Wroclaw’s location means that it is well situated to serve the growing Polish automotive supply sector. Poland is now one of ...
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SSI UK has exported its millionth tonne of steel slab through PD Ports-owned Teesport since it reopened a local plant mothballed in 2010. The cargo was loaded on to the Yasa Eagle on 5 October as part of a 64,000 tonne shipment, destined for Thailand, SSI's home country.
David Robinson, PD ...
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FedEx Express has texpanded its Priority Alert and Priority Alert Plus services in over 70 international markets, including the UK.
FedEx Priority Alert is aimed at customers in the financial, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing and healthcare industries, where timing and visibility is of the essence. Customers also receive 24/7 support from a ...
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Ceva Logistics chief executive officer John Pattullo is to retire. He will be replaced by current chairman of the board, Marvin Schlanger. Pattullo, who will continue to serve on CEVA’s board of directors for five years, oversaw the the integration of TNT Logistics and EGL into Ceva Logistics, under the ...
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Maersk Line is to extend its daily Maersk concept to two more Far East origins from 21 November - Jakarta in Indonesia and Laem Chabang in Thailand to Felixstowe, along with Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. The line commits to delivering cargo in 31 days.
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Maersk Line's parent company AP Moller-Maersk said on 9 October that it was shifting investment away from container shipping to concentrate other core businesses including its Oil, APM Terminals and Drilling businesses. The latter would in future account for 50% of invested capital compared with 34% currently. Maersk said that ...
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Maersk Line has ceased port calls in Iran due to sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, Reuters reported. Latterly, the Danish-owned line had reduced its service to calls at the small northern port of Bushehr, following the earlier blacklisting by the US of the country's main port operator, Tidewater. However, ...
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South Coast-based shipping, logistics & supply chain industry specialist SDW Recruitment has celebrated its 1000th permanent placement by moving into a new office in Freemantle Business Centre in Southampton.
SDW Recruitment, now in its tenth year of trading, works with a number of leading freight forwarding & logistics companies in the ...
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Schenker Limited, the UK arm of DB Schenker Logistics, formally opened its new headquarters building at London Heathrow on 8 October. The 9,900sq m building, which which will also be the main airfreight hub for the country, is close to Schenker's previous Heathrow base at the Unitair centre, a building ...
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Ognyan Stefanov from Bulgaria took the first prize in a photo competition organised by Volga Dnepr Group with a picture of one of an An124-100 taking off from Sofia Airport.rize categories were organised by aircraft type, including the An-124, B747 and the IL-76. The best works submitted to the competition ...
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