February 2015
Brittany Ferries is to charter a ferry from DFDS to boost capacity and frequency on its Portsmouth to Le Havre and Portsmouth to Bilbao routes. Currently named the Sirena Seaways – she will be renamed once she enters service with Brittany Ferries – the vessel has space for 84 trucks, as well as 160 cars. She is fitted with exhaust scrubbers to comply with the new emission control area, and ...
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Not-for-profit organisation TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) will unveil a Logistics Innovation for Trade Fund (LIFT) platform at a free half-day event at the Delta Hotel in Rotterdam on 12 February.
The LIFT challenge fund – which is managed by TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) with funding support from the UK's Department for ...
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Plans are being laid for the second European Supply Chain Day, says the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. The event, on 16 April, which took place for the first time last year, promotes and raises awareness of opportunities in the logistics profession, throughout Europe.
CILT chief executive Steve Agg said ...
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Automotive battery and horn maker FIAMM has signed a two year agreement with Ceva Logistics for the distribution of goods throughout Italy. Ceva will be responsible for the picking of products at FIAMM’s warehouses in Almisano, in the province of Vicenza, and Veronella, in the province of Verona; it will ...
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Stena Line is withdrawing its HSS Stena Explorer fast craft service from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire and will in future concentrate its resources on the service to the main port of Dublin. It has operated the HSS Stena Explorer into Dun Laoghaire since 1995. Although the vessel has capacity for ...
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Freight and logistics insurance provider, the TT Club has appointed Kevin King as regional director Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in London, he is a qualified US attorney having joined Thomas Miller in 1996 and has worked across both the TT Club and UK P&I Club operations in their ...
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The German government has suspended application of new minimum wage rules to transit haulage operations, in the face of a backlash from East European EU nations. Barely a month after introduction of the legislation, Germany said it had decided to exclude road transport operators crossing its territory from the scheme ...
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Freight vehicles using the Port of Dover are no longer being weighed. New regulations are a result of the Government’s “Red Tape Challenge”, allowing operators to dispense with the costly and time-consuming process. However, the port stresses that freight driversmust still have the correct weight declaration.
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The deadline forthe eighth FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards programme has been extended by a week, until 9 February. The awards aim to showcase the achievements of the growing female workforce, encouraging future talent to explore the opportunities and benefits offered by the sector.
For further information please visit ...
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With the election only 100 days away, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Ed Balls and local Labour candidate Polly Billington visited the Port of Tilbury today (2 February). They also took time during the visit to meet with port staff, including apprentices and trainees, and union representatives.
Ed Balls described Tilbury ...
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