January 2015
UPS has expanded its Worldwide Express Freight service for urgent and high-value international heavyweight shipments in 12 new origin (Chile, Greece, Indonesia, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Slovakia, Turkey and Vietnam) and nine new destination countries ( Chile, Indonesia, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Vietnam). The service offers faster guaranteed service for palletised shipments of over 150lb (70 kg.), with many of the ...
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Rotterdam-based logistics firm Broekman Group has acquired all the shares of air, ocean and project cargo specialist Marico. It includes Marico Scheepvaart, Marico Expedities and Uniteam Projects. The move intensifies Broekman's focus on logistics, forwarding and warehousing, having sold its Automotive division in December 2014. Marico will continue its activities ...
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PD Ports CEO David Robinson has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to international trade and the UK economy.
In the last 12 years, he has steered the Company through a difficult recession, including the temporary loss of steel making on Teesside. Under his direction, ...
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Nagel Langdons, the UK subsidiary of pan-European food logistics specialist Nagel-Group, has signed a deal with Edinburgh haggis-maker Macsween of Edinburgh to expand its current storage and distribution service to include contract freezing, tempering and case picking for the Edinburgh based business.
Contracting out the activities will allow the company's current ...
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London Gateway commercial director and head of cargo supply chain Peter Ward is moving to a new job as CEO of the UK Warehousing Association. Current UKWA CEO Roger Williams, is to hand over his current role in mid- January 2015. Ward's 30-year career includes a spell as director Europe ...
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The Port of Tilbury has signed a new five-year agreement with Cefetra to handle animal feed imports for the East Anglian area. It will bring thousands of tonnes of cargo a year. Owners Forth Ports will also provide a dedicated 60,000-tonne quayside storage facility. Cefetra, which trades over 3 million ...
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The Board of Skills for Logistics (SfL), the main UK training body for the industry, has decided to close the business and put it into administration. It blamed pressure placed on the business by the trustees of the pension scheme, which has run up a major deficit since SfL joined ...
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Migrant-smugglers are increasingly turning to larger cargo ships instead of using small boats to move people across the Mediterranean, according to the Frontex EU border agency. The recent interceptions off the coast of Italy of the Blue Sky M with 796 migrants and 359 on board the Ezadeen were not ...
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David Wells will become the Freight Transport Association's chief executive officer from 1 May, taking over from Theo de Pencier who is retiring after eight years. Mr Wells joined FTA in 2009 as finance and IT director. He has successfully implemented a number of important financial and operational programmes. FTA ...
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Asian-based Kerry Logistics Network has taken a controlling stake in Dubai-based forwarder Able Logistics Group. The company has offices across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and China.
In Canada, Kerry Logistics has bought majority stakes in freight forwarders Total Logistics Partner Ocean Consolidators and Total Logistics Partner Air Express. The acquisition has ...
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