December 2014
The Multimodal supply chain show is using social media to boost networking as part of a revamp of its website and registration system. Now in its eighth year, the show at Birmingham's NEC “is firmly established as the must-attend event for supply chain professionals,” said director, Robert Jervis.
He added: “Our new look reflects our success story and also looks to the future as we embrace social media to help create ...
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Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce's Ram Bhogal recently toured the port of Liverpool as part of a two-day visit to the city. Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce is one of India’s largest and most active business organisations and Mr Bhogale is also chairman of leading manufacturer AITG, which manufactures a range of ...
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Shipping a 40’ container from Shanghai to Mombasa costs less than US $1,000, but moving the same container 1,240 miles from Mombasa to Bujumbura, in Burundi, costs $7,000. And while the sea voyage from China to Kenya takes 28 days, the road journey from Kenya’s primary port into land-locked Burundi ...
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Inchcape Shipping Services has appointed Peter Nielsen as -VP Africa. He will support Mombasa-based SVP David Mackay with operations activity across the region. He was a director at OBT shipping for over ten years, working in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Gambia.
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The WACO System freight network has appointed General Cargo as its new member in Panama. Based in the Colon Free Zone, with additional offices in Panama City, General Cargo has over 20 years experience in consolidation, transfer, storage, distribution and cargo handling.
Some 68 WACO members took part in the last ...
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Middle East-owned logistics and transport firm Aramex has acquired the master franchise for the PostNet brand in South Africa for US$16.5 million from OneLogix Group. PostNet is the country’s largest privately-owned counter network in the document and parcel industry. PostNet services include courier, copy, digital print, stationery, mailboxes and more ...
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The European Commission withdraw on 17 December a proposed directive to further liberalise ground handling services at European airports, including cargo. The December 2011 proposal would have required airports to allow a larger number of providers to offer services such as cargo and baggage handling. While the plan had the ...
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Surfair Logistics has appointed Steve Ferris as its new business development manager. He is responsible for selling all Surfair Logistics services including UK-Irish Groupage services, European services, and UK pallet services. A well-established freight sector expert with over 25 years’ industry experience, he said: “Surfair Logistics is clearly on a ...
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Afghan Customs inaugurated the first Joint Port Control Unit (JPCU) as part of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime-World Customs Organisation Container Control Programme (CCP) on 10 December. The office is located in the premises of the Afghanistan Customs Department in Kabul and has the latest IT systems, ...
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SDV and Bolloré Africa Logistics have launched a West Africa Air Express service to reinforce coverage of countries Affected by the Ebola outbreak. It connects international hubs with Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea Conakry, via Dakar and Abidjan and is a response to the significant decrease in service to those ...
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