June 2014
FedEx TechConnect has opened a new package laboratory. The 30,000sq ft facility in Memphis will provide customers with free package testing and design services. The carrier handles about 10 million packages per day and commerce on this scale requires a scientific focus on proper packaging. The new laboratory uses the latest technology and testing protocols, including equipment that drops, squeezes and shakes various forms of packaging to test their strength ...
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Kerry Logistics has signed a contract with Carhartt Work In Progress to help streamline the streetwear brand's Asia distribution network. Kerry Logistics will receive Carhartt Work In Progress garments from the brand's Asian manufacturers at its warehouse facilities in Hong Kong, and will distribute products around the Asia-Pacific region.
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The Port of Tyne says it has handled record cargo volumes and turnover for the fifth successive year in 2013. Cargo volumes increased by 25% to 8.1m tonnes, and turnover rose 16% to £73 million compared to 2012. Port of Tyne chief executive officer, Andrew Moffat, said that with 640,000 ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a new partnership with Cretschmar Cargo in Germany to improve its service to the Central Rhine-Ruhr area of the country. Hellmann can now service the region centrally with services to Dusseldorf. Hellmann UK’s commercial director, Matthew Marriott, said: “Cretschmar Cargo is perfectly located for ...
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Peel Ports revealed that Taiwanese-owned Evergreen is to begin a new service into Liverpool from the beginning of July, during a Prime Ministerial visit on 11 June. David Cameron also announced a £150m partnership between Peel Ports and Culina Logistics to create the first canal-linked logistics park in the UK, ...
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A team of 17 Peel Ports apprentices from Group will take part in the inaugural Apprentice Ship Cup challenge, sailing from Liverpool to Whitehaven and back again this June.
Organised by the Merseyside Adventure Sailing Trust (MAST) the event will see 173 apprentices, aged between 16 and 25, put their sailing ...
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DBL Logistics has become the first warehousing and distribution company to become a Member of the Logistics Hub UK, a private-public partnership that aims to establish the Sheffield City Region as the North of England's leading multimodal logistics location.
DBL Logistics managing director, David Clarkson, said: “As a leading warehousing and ...
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Emirates Group Security has become the first aviation organisation in the region Middle East to be awarded TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) Air Cargo Security Standard (TACSS) certifications for its cargo facilities. TACSS is a new TAPA certification program which consolidates security solutions for air cargo, including best known methods ...
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Henderson Insurance Brokers has set up a new marine division and has won new insurance work for ports movement of goods, and storage of high value items. It can cover most types of marine cargo, plus vessels, ports and harbours.
Steve Gordon, associate director, marine, said: “We identified an opportunity in ...
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Japanese Nishitetsu Group's NNR Global Logistics subsidiary has opened a new DC in Northampton. The multi user facility at the Crow Lane Industrial Estate offers 63,000sq ft with six loading bay doors and can store over 7,000 pallets. NNR Global Logistics offers international transportation management combined with value-added warehousing and ...
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