June 2014
Dover has submitted a Harbour Revision Order to Government for its port development and regeneration plan. Harbour Board chief executive Tim Waggott said he hoped that it would be quickly granted “so that the momentum to transform the port and town will allow us all to experience the great future in which we all wish to share just as soon as possible.”
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VTG Rail UK has signed hire agreements for its Ecofret container wagons with Freightliner and GB Railfreight.
Freightliner has ordered 21 sets of twin-platform Ecofret wagons to add to its existing fleet of 43 twins, whilst GBRf has placed orders for 17 triple-platform sets which will join the existing triple with ...
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Drinks logistics specialist JF Hillebrand has been named Logistics Company of the Year for the seventh time in ten years at the annual Drinks Business Awards held at the London Wine Fair. The judges praised JF Hillebrand for its customer-centric approach, especially in the way it has anticipated customer needs ...
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Confusion reigns over the Chinese Ministry of Transport's NVOCC registration requirements, reports BIFA in its latest newsletter.
Over the last few weeks BIFA has received several enquiries from members after a shipping line said that it would not be able to accept bookings directly from UK based freight forwarders unless they ...
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IAG Cargo will open new routes from its Madrid hub to Montevideo (Uruguay) and Santa Domingo (Dominican Republic) from 1 September, offering between 6.5 and 12.7 tonnes of capacity per flight.
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Yusen Logistics has opened a new warehouse in Jababeka, in the suburbs of Jakarta. It will offer customs clearance, transportation, delivery and other local logistics services. It brings the Group’s warehousing capacity in Indonesia to over 170,000sq m, including those of its partners.
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Scottish Widows Investment Partnership’s Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust has let a 1,400 sq m (15,000 sq ft) refurbished warehouse to Nippon Express at the Air Cargo Centre at Glasgow International Airport. The Japanese forwarder said it planned to consolidate its Scottish operations at Glasgow Airport, and grow its logistics ...
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Lighting, furniture and accessories design brand Tom Dixon has teamed up with Kerry Logistics to help support its global expansion.
Tom Dixon is using Kerry Logistics to provide global integrated logistics services for its growing portfolio of design products, now sold across 65 countries.
Paul Dawson, Operations Director, Tom Dixon, said: "In ...
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The P3 Network alliance between CMA CGM, MSC and Maersk Line has passed an important hurdle – approval by the European Commission. In the European Union (EU), the P3 Network – which had already got the green light from the Federal Maritime Commission in the US in March - was ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has appointed Dmitry Cheltsov as general delegate to lead its permanent representation to Eurasia in Moscow, and to help strengthen its team team to meet the challenge posed by the dismemberment of the TIR transit system Highly experienced in transport and customs issues in ...
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