June 2013
Davies Turner is again seeking applicants for its National Apprenticeship programme following the high retention rate amongst candidates in the past three years of the scheme.
The new group will be based at locations up and down the UK and will undertake a 20 month long apprenticeship with the independent forwarding and logistics provider. The course includes the multimodal forwarding qualification developed and accredited by the British International Freight Association.
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is once again seeking entries for its annual Freight Service Awards competition. Now in their 25th year, they will celebrate a quarter of a century of the best in UK forwarding.
And in a notable vote of confidence in the awards, the same award category ...
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If their house caught fire, there was nothing the 100,000 inhabitants of Riberalta in Bolivia could do about it because the town did not have a single fire engine. Now though, the river settlement is the proud possessor of a gleaming US machine – thanks to Glasgow-based forwarder, KC Group ...
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The NetFreight web-based freight management and customs processing package is now available in 'the cloud, following an extension of the alliance between its developer Impatex, and freight industry hardware specialists Albacore Systems.
NetFreight – launched in 2005 and acquired by Impatex in 2007 – was designed as a browser-based system, operating ...
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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has produced what it says is the first ever major international study of health and safety in global terminals. Conducted by Cardiff University and commissioned by the ITF, it has been produced in cooperation with three of the world’s biggest terminal operators: PSAInternational, APM ...
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The Nordica Hav’s arrival in early June at Kirkcaldy Harbour with her shipment of 2,000 tonnes of high quality grain officially broke the 100,000 tonne barrier of wheat discharged at the port since its reopening to commercial shipping in 2011.
This milestone has been achieved ahead of schedule and ensures that ...
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Thanet Green Party councillor Ian Driver has referred the council to the European Commission for allowing the bankrupt ferry operator TransEuropa to run up £3.4m of debt by delaying port charges, saying that it was unauthorised state aid. The council said the debt was not state aid and did not ...
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Former North Sea RoRo sales and marketing director Peter Kleberg has joined Stena Line as head of shipping logistics. He is tasked with Stena Line's efforts to broaden the freight business is by complementing the traditional quay-to-quay operations with additional logistics solutions.
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Unite has repeated its call to DP World's new London Gateway port to recognise the trade union, warning that it would otherwise mount a campaign “to expose anti-union practices”.
Unite general secretary Len McCluskey urged the port’s owners, Dubai-based DP World to deliver “basic labour rights for workers”. Unite believes that ...
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Cargolux Airlines has flown36 valuable racehorses from Luxembourg to Calgary, Canada, on one of its advanced Boeing 747-8 freighter aircraft and using its new HMC horse stalls that offer increased safety and comfort for its four-legged VIPs. The HMC not only provides higher stability but its double layer pallet base ...
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