December 2014
The Juncker Commission published on 17 December plans to simplify and clarify legislation on access to the occupation of road transport operator and on access to the international road haulage market, while dealing with the social dumping issues. One of the problems with existing cabotages rules is that they can be interpreted in many ways and are relatively easy to circumvent. The 'REFIT' plan aims to establish more clearly what ...
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Conditions are right for a significant upturn in mergers and acquisitions activity, the authors of a new Transport Intelligence (Ti) report claim - despite the weak state of the European economy.
Near-sourcing will increase the need for logistics capabilities in emerging markets at the periphery of Europe, such as Turkey and ...
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PD Ports has raised over £10,000 for Teesside charity, the Butterwick Hospice. The money was raised following this year’s Great North Run, one of the world’s largest half marathons, in which more than 20 port employees take part. With sponsorship from the runners’ friends and families as well as donations ...
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Peel Ports apprentice Tom Price won two awards at the Maritime and Engineering College North West’s annual award ceremony in Birkenhead on 11 December. The second year mechanical engineering apprentice was named as the Institute of Mechanical Engineers apprentice of the year and he was also named Peel Ports Apprentice ...
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Lutterworth logistics and warehousing specialist Core Management Logistics (CML), has made two appointments for its international freight forwarding services. James Thorpe has joined the freight forwarding team as international business development manager and Pat Treanor has taken on the role of exports and internal sales officer. CML has also employed ...
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Following an inspection by the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, IAG Cargo, the joint British Airways, Iberia and Vuelling-owned carrier has been granted Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (WDA) for medicines intended for both human and veterinary use under the pharmaceutical industry's GDP (Good Distribution Practice) scheme.
It follows investment by ...
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Dockers from across Europe are rallying in Rotterdam to protest against job losses and reduced working conditions as a result of an increase in automation and the construction of the Maasvlakte II terminal being developed by .four shipping lines and Dubai Ports World. National secretary of FNV ports in the ...
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FedEx has signed an agreement to acquire GENCO, one of the largest third-party logistics providers in North America. Processing more than 600 million returned items annually from many of the world’s leading brands, GENCO is considered a pioneer and market leader in reverse logistics, providing triage, test and repair, remarketing ...
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Panalpina has joined forces with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to fly aid to countries ravaged by the Ebola crisis. A Panalpina freighter flight took off from Luxembourg for Freetown, Sierra Leone in the early hours of 16 December, carrying almost 80 tons of vital supplies and equipment destined ...
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Netherlands heavylift company BigRoll Shipping has contracted COSCO Dalian Shipyard to build two more MC Class Module Carriers, bringing the total number of vessels under construction to four. The first two vessels BigRoll Barentsz and BigRoll Bering are scheduled for delivery late 2015 and early 2016 and the two additional ...
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