October 2014
The Port of Tyne has appointed Nick West as a non-executive director. He is the former CEO of Euroports and is currently a non-executive director at the Deep-sea Container Terminal at Port of Gdansk and Verbrugge International in the Netherlands.
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Palletways is extending its services into Austria from 3 November. It brings the pallet delivery network's European coverage to 14 countries.
Managing director of Palletways Europe, Rachael Alpha, said: “We do not intend to stop there; we have more new launches planned for 2015 on our journey to being the European ...
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Ruslan International and German charter broker Karpeles Flight Services - part of DB Schenker - have moved a British-built AgustaWestland AW101 helicopter from the UK to Africa. It flew under its own power from AgustaWestland's Yeovil factory to London Stansted Airport, where technicians dismantled it ready for loading. The AN-124 ...
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The Netherlands has become the first country in the world to offer digital signing for receipt of goods by mobile phone, according to the European Shippers' Council. The Dutch Shippers’ Council (EVO), Transport and Logistics Netherlands and the NBB Dutch Inland Shipping Bureau have put together the necessary infrastructure. ESC ...
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The European road freight sector endured another year of weak growth and anaemic profits, according to the latest market report from Transport Intelligence, European Road Freight Transport 2014.
Overall growth was just 1.0% in 2013, weighed down by stagnation in the Eurozone. Only markets in Central and Eastern Europe prospered, with ...
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ACL has decided on the names of its new G4 ro-ro containerships, following an employee competition. The new vessels, which will be largest of their kind in the world when they enter service from next summer will be named Atlantic Star, Atlantic Sail, Atlantic Sea, Atlantic Sky and Atlantic Sun.
The ...
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Espace’s has launched an online European Express Transport Calculator for its Freight Emergency Service. Following a short registration process, manufacturers and logistics companies get online access to Espace’s European Express transport tool, generating their own rates and transit times for Express van deliveries to or from Europe. An online booking ...
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A study by the European Parliament calls for morer harmonisation of social and work conditions in road transport before allowing further liberalisation of road cabotage. Without it, there is a serious risk that the success of hauliers would depend not on their efficiency, but their ability to get access, legally ...
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FedEx is expanding its ‘International First’ service to an addition 31 origin points, bringing the total to 97 countries. It offers arrivals as early as the start of the next business day. The additions include nine additional European origins, nine in Latin America, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Philippines, ...
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ITCO, the International Tank Container Organisation, has re-elected Heike Clausen as president for 2015/16. HITCO has also elected Jochen Köppen ts its next vice president for two years, from 1 January 2015.
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