August 2014
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has been awarded the contract to provide global logistical services to FCO Services, the trading fund of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hellmann will be responsible for the secure and timely delivery of official mail to and from British diplomatic missions around the world.
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UK-based forwarder and NVOCC FS Mackenzie has been sold to Singapore Post freight subsidiary Famous Holdings. The Singapore company has purchased the entire issued and paid-up share capital.
Originally established in 1951, FS Mackenzie focuses on sea, air and road freight forwarding, together with customs clearance. Headquartered in Basildon, east of ...
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UPS is to offer inbound and outbound air and ocean freight services in Myanmar for the first time. Available services will initially include Air Freight Direct, Air Freight Consolidated, Full Container Load and Less-than Container Load services.
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Essex Police and Home Office officials are continuing with their investigations into suspected people-trafficking following the discovery of 35 people – all Afghan Sikhs - in a container at the Port of Tilbury at the weekend, one of whom had died en route. The 31 men, women and children were ...
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Steve Porter Transport's Portsmouth depot has won a delivery and collection contract for the south coast for Geodis Calberson. It will also include trunking to Geodis' UK hub in High Wycombe. Steve Porter Transport has five facilities in Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight and operates a consolidation and ...
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Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is offering a new freighter flight between Amsterdam and Guatemala from 2 September. It will operate by an MD-11F, every Tuesday, returning on Wednesday via Quito, Bogota and Miami.
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Nurminen Logistics, the Finnish member to the Cargo Equipment Experts network moved the Turkish-built m/s Silver Sky – at 30 metres long and 250 tonnes the largest inland boat in Finland - from Mäntyluoto harbour in Pori to the town of Nokia on 2-5 August. En route, the electricity had ...
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Humberside ports operator RMS has recruited Craig Hodgson (pictured, middle) as group commercial manager and David Allen (pictured, left together with chief executive Peter Aarosin, right) as group business development manager. Meanwhile, commercial director Paul Crossland will retire on 31 December but continue to work as a consultant with the ...
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Training company Logistics Learning Alliance (LLA) has introduced a new humanitarian essential logistics module (HELM) for new entrants into the sector. The distance learning, continuous assessment, course covers all main aspects of a humanitarian logistics operation including humanitarian supply chains, warehousing and stock management. The course also gives examples of ...
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BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty is to host BIFA's 2014 Freight Service Awards ceremony and luncheon in London on 22 January, 2015. She will present certificates and trophies to the winners of the nine award categories. There is still time to enter, but the deadline for entering this year’s competition ...
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