November 2012
The world’s largest containership, the 16,000teu CMA CGM , began its maiden voyage on 7 November. The Korean-built, British-flagged giant has gone into service on CMA CGM’s FAL 1 service from Ningbo in China and is due to arrive in Southampton on 10 December.
The ship is the first of a series of three similar vessels; delivery of the other two is expected in 2013.
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Parcels firm DPD is investing £175m in new capacity to meet growing demand from online retailers Its plans include a new, purpose-built £100m parcel sorting hub – most likely around Leicester or Rugby = that will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe. It will also be ...
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Peel Ports Mersey has signed partnership agreements with two local colleges; Liverpool Community College and Mersey Maritime Group. The aim is to increase investment in skills and create more specialist jobs in the region as the port gears up for the opening of its Liverpool2 container terminal. Peel's managing director ...
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The Kühne Foundation - an educational organisation set up by the Kuehne family of Kühne & Nagel fame - and the National University of Singapore's Logistics Institute are to set up a joint education centre on Humanitarian Logistics. It will help to spread knowledge of the needs of this sector ...
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A quarter of the companies that have reached the finalists’ shortlists in the British International Freight Association (BIFA) 2012 Freight Services Awards have either entered or made those shortlists for the first time in the 23 years that the awards have been run.
The finalists in the nine award categories are ...
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Air France KLM Cargo has helped return a rare sea turtle to its home. The creature, which most likely originated from the Gulf of Mexico, was washed ashore in Monster, the Netherlands in December 2011 and was taken into care by Sea Life in Scheveningen. But on 1 November, the ...
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IAG Cargo - British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo’s single business unit – has signed a deal with Global Logistics Network (GLN), IAG hopes the agreement with the 421 company-strong, 125 country network will help it increase market share among small- to medium-sized agents. IAG also promises “highly attractive ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) chief executive Peter Jones is to retire at the end of March 2013 and will be succeeded by James Cooper. The port operator's new chief is currently a Director of Infracapital, the European infrastructure fund of M&G Investments, one of the four investors in the Admiral ...
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Supply chain software companies RedPrairie and JDA Software are to merge. The combined entity will offer a broad portfolio of solutions and services for global supply chains. Hamish Brewer is expected to lead the combined company as its CEO; RedPrairie's CEO, Michael Mayoras will remain on the board of the ...
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DSV has unveiled plans to construct a €60 million logistics facility in Krefeld-Fichtenhain, Germany. The 80,000m2 facility will consolidate a number of DSV facilities of the Road, Air & Sea and Solutions divisions in North Rhine-Westphalia and should be ready for the logistics operator to move into during 2014.
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