May 2014
DP World's London Gateway port has opened its second berth, heralding a major expansion of services at the UK's newest deepsea gateway. Effectively doubling capacity, the new berth will allow five new shipping routes to North America, South America east and west coast, the Middle East, and Europe are starting. The include the G6 (APL, HMM, MOL, Hapag Lloyd, NYK, & OOCL) alliance's PA2 transatlantic service which starts on 16 ...
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A chronic lack of readily available, large-scale warehousing could hamper the UK’s economic recovery, says managing director of Rhenus’ UK operation, according to David Williams.
With an ever-increasing Europe-wide network of own operated distribution hubs, the freight forwarder is seeking centrally located warehousing facilities over 100,000 sq ft, but has found ...
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Global supply chain services and solutions company UTi Worldwide has opened a new global hub and freight forwarding hub for the energy sector in Houston. Located in Houston, Texas, close to Bush Intercontinental Airport the new TSA compliant facility, triple the size of its predecessor, includes best-in-class security technology, and ...
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Humberside-based Neill & Brown Global Logistics has signed an exclusive agreement with northern Germany's Nellen & Quack The Green Line for the UK and Ireland.
The agreement consolidates traffic from Gronau-based The Green Line, bringing it through the Humber and diverting it from other ports including Felixstowe and Dover, significantly increasing ...
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The winners of the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards for 2014were announced at a ceremony at The Savoy Hotel in London today (13 May).
Woman of the Year
Jane Curl-Carter, site manager, DHL Tradeteam Ltd from Burton on Trent
Director of the Year
Anna Whitty, CEO, ECT Charity, from London
Driver of the ...
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DSV Road has launched a DSV Daily Flyer express road service between the UK and Scandinavia that will eventually be rolled out across Europe. The service, operated by vehicles with two drivers, will reduce transit times by between 24 and 48 hours compared to the standard service. It offers same ...
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The Welsh Government's Freight Task and Finish Group has published its report on the future of the sector; Edwina Hart, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport at Welsh Government, said that she will accept its recommendations.
These include developing intermodal freight networks, improving key trunk routes such as the A55 expressway ...
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Heathrow airport promised to double its existing cargo capacity as part of its plans to expand the UK's largest airport published on 13 May, and due to be submitted to the Government's Airports Commission on 14 May. As part of a scheme to create “a world-class global gateway to make ...
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CSAV – which recently announced a merger with Hapag Lloyd – has expanded its service from North Europe to the East Coast of North America and Gulf of Mexico with a second weekly sling, which calls in Southampton. The port rotation is Antwerp - Bremerhaven - Southampton - Charleston - Port ...
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Europa Worldwide Logistics is restructuring its road freight sales and customer services functions following its acquisition by former RH Freight owner Andrew Baxter last August.
Some 77 existing staff will move roles and nine new staff will be recruited. The new roles include 30 account managers, 10 branch managers and 46 ...
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