April 2014

Fast mover for Geodis

Geodis Wilson has appointed Mark Ness as global industry director for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG). He brings 25 years' experience in the logistics industry, much of it in the FMCG sector including five years at cereal-maker Kellogg’s. He joins Geodis Wilson from DHL Supply Chain where he was vice-president development, transformational solutions from 2011. [+]

Four times a week to central Poland

Europa Worldwide Logistics and its partner Erontrans are to increase their service to and from Grabica near Lodz in Poland to four times a week. The service now operates to and from Europa's southern hub in Erith with connections to other hubs in Europa's UK network. [+]

Airfreight: could do better

The vast majority of air cargo users claim that air cargo services fail to meet the requirements and expectations of their customers, says the European Shippers’ Council (ESC). Companies feel that their voice is not being heard by the air freight industry. To address the problem, the ESC has produced a ... [+]

Update: Port of Calais open again

The Port of Calais has opened following a 24-hour strike. However, drivers are warned to expect congestion on the approaches to Dover. Bot the M20 and the M2/A2 are available to freight traffic.   [+]

FMC clears G6 extension

The Federal Maritime Commission has cleared the G6 lines' proposed extension of their operating alliance to include the US/North Europe and Far East/US West Coast trades. The Commission said that the G6 (APL, Hapag Lloyd, Hyundiai, MOL, NYK and OOCL) extension was unlikely to reduce competition or lead to increased ... [+]

Kuehne + Nagel revamps LCL services

Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its less-than-container-load (LCL) services with a new hub in Busan, South Korea, reefer services from Europe to Australia and an Eco-Cargo initiative. The new Busan hub will offer 12 new direct services, operated by Blue Anchor Line, KN's in-house NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier), with ... [+]

Another service for London Gateway

CMA CGM, CSAV and MSC are to call at London Gateway as part of the revised North Europe to East Coast South America service. The route will be operated by eight 9,800teu ships and as well as London Gateway, also calls on the north Continent and then Itaguai, Santos, Paranagua, ... [+]

Emirates ready for the big move

Emirates SkyCargo says it is on track fto move its freighter aircraft to the new Dubai World Central (DWC) airport from 1 May, following completion of the first phase of the new cargo terminal. The cargo handling system and interiors are due to be finalized shortly and are also well ... [+]

Dover worth £89 billion says report

Independent economic consultancy Oxera has calculated the 2.2 million freight vehicles a year using the Port carry goods worth an estimated £89 billion, in a new economic impact survey. Tim Waggott, Chief Executive, Port of Dover, said it showed the real, and too often unseen, value of the port and ... [+]

In-depth customs info at Multimodal

Peter MacSwiney , chairman of freight software company ASM will lead a one-hour Knowledge Lounge Tutorial at this year's Multiimodal show in Birmingham NEC on Tuesday 29April at 12:30. This tutorial will include “valuable information” to help freight forwarders navigate customs processes and procedures, and successfully comply with legislation. The tutorials ... [+]

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