January 2015
Senior Europa managers and department heads descended on the Crown Hotel at Bawtry in the East Midlands to hear progress to date from Europa’s board following the dynamic acquisition of the business in August 2013.
From Hong Kong to Glasgow, Newcastle to Bristol, Erith to Manchester, 48 staff came together from Europa’s 13 different sites and from all of its worldwide operations in air, sea, logistics and road transport.
Managing director Andrew ...
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Scotland needs better railways if more freight is to be shifted from road, the Rail Freight Group (RFG) told the Scottish Government, In a submission to the Inquiry into Freight Transport by the Scottish Parliament’s Infrastructure & Capital Investment Committee, RFG described the network as “a patchwork of varying capability ...
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Winners of the BIFA Freight Service Awards 2014 were revealed at the association's annual luncheon in London yesterday (22 January).
The winners of the eight General and Modal categories of the Award were: Samskip; Panalpina World Transport; Schenker; Unsworth Global Logistics; Allport Cargo Services; DSV Air & Sea; Freightex; and Estuary ...
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Theresa Crossley has taken over as executive director of UK Major Ports Group, following the retirement of Richard Bird from the industry. Crossley has been head of Shipping Policy in the Department of Transport and, since 2010, a director at the European Maritime Safety Agency in in Lisbon.
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Yorkshire-based Potter Logistics is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Derrick Potter, executive chairman, started in business with one yellow lorry in 1965. Half a century on, the company operates from eight distribution centres and rail freight terminals and employs more than 300 staff and the trucks make hundreds of ...
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Pentalver is to develop a permanent depot at DP World London Gateway. The container service operator has been providing empty storage, dry repair and reefer services from temporary premises since April 2014 but will now build a permanent facility, to be built in two phases.
Pentalver will operate out of a ...
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DHL Express has launched a scheduled helicopter link between Heathrow and London's two main financial centres. The daily flight, operated by a Bell 206 Jet Ranger with space for up to 300 kilos, flies from DHL’s Heathrow Hub to Canary Wharf and the City of London, saving up to an ...
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Defence IQ is holding its Annual Defence Logistics symposium in London on 18-20 February. Majors, brigadiers and heads of logistics will explain how militaries all over the world are being forced to adapt their supply chains as they face new challenges in theatres ranging from Eastern Europe to North and ...
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The Multimodal logistics show is now open for online registration and has announced its seminar speaker line-up. The free-to-attend exhibition is at the Birmingham NEC, from 28-30 April.
A new registration system allows visitors, exhibitors, and speakers to instantly see and message any member of the Multimodal community they are connected ...
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CEVA Logistics has dealt decisively with a space shortage in Chicago by opening a fourth, 208,400sq ft, multi-user logistics warehouse near O’Hare International Airport, bringing total space in the area to over 650,000sq ft (60,000sq m). For security, there is a 128-camera CCTV system, gate and access control and 24-hour ...
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