June 2014
Damco, the forwarding arm of the AP Moller Group says it has become the first company to open an international standard warehouse and Container Freight Station (CFS) facility in Myanmar. The brand-new world-class 4,000 square metre facility is C-TPAT compliant and located within 15 kilometres of Yangon ports and major industrial locations. It is suitable for import/export activities for fast moving consumer goods, consumer electronics, apparels, components, machinery and project ...
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Panalpina has appointed Karsten Breum as its new chief human resources officer and board member. He joins the Swiss-based forwarder Breum from the A.P. Møller - Maersk Group's forwarding arm, Damco where, most recently, he was regional CEO for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
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The fire at the Barnsley warehouse of online retailer, ASOS on the night of Friday 20 June highlights the risks to the modern supply chain, says the CEO of the Ti transport consultancy, John Manners-Bell.
The global retailer kept 70% of its stock at its distribution centre in Barnsley and it ...
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Freight and logistics operator Simarco says that it has has increased its staff numbers by almost one-fifth in the space of a year. The Essex-headquartered company described it a key factor in generating extra business during the same period.
In March, Simarco revealed that turnover had climbed more than 10% a ...
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Logistics provider Aramex will restate its commitment to the Egyptian market with the opening of a new 14,000sq m warehouse in the 6th of October City industrial complex near Cairo, in August 2014. It will bring Aramex Egypt’s cumulative warehousing capacity to 106,000sq m with the option to expand to ...
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The first group of Teesside youngsters set sail on the Ocean Youth Trust North/High Tide voyage on 20 June. The James Cook, a 21-metre, 54-tonne steel-hulled ketch departed from Middlehaven in Middlesbrough on Friday, taking nine9 young people between the ages of 14 and 15 from 6 local schools on ...
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Overseas online deliveries despatched from the UK could double within three years, according to industry research. The UK Delivery Index for June 2014 (reporting May figures) published by IMRG (Interactive Media in Retail Group) - the UK's industry association for e-retail – and eCommerce and multi-channel delivery technology firm, MetaPack ...
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DBL Logistics has signed a back-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Sheffield United. The United Pallet Network member has agreed a two-year deal to adorn the Blades' new home and away kits. (Pictured: From left to right: Sheffield United legend Tony Currie, DBL founder Bert Clarkson, United's head of commercial, Paul Reeves, ...
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Terrorists are planning to hijack an oil tanker and use it in a suicide attack on a major UK port, the Daily Star Sunday newspaper reported on 22 June. A Home Office source is quoted as saying that it has received specific information of serious intent of a terrorist attack.
The ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has christened its fourth Boeing 777F 'Olá Brazil' – 'Hello Brazil in Portuguese - to mark its commitment to the South American country with this greeting as well as mark an important occasion in the football calendar. The five brand new Boeing 777Fs names all follow the theme, ...
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