May 2015

New recruit for ITAL

Manchester-based Ital Logistics has recruited John Bowes, previously of Kuehne & Nagel, to its sales force. Ital's managing director, Phil Denton, said the company – which moved in December to new premises in Heywood - had made “exceptional progress in recent years...With this in mind, and to maintain momentum, I am extremely pleased to bring on board John Bowes, whose enthusiasm and passion blends perfectly with ours.” [+]

Import Services builds relations with Geomagworld

Swiss construction toy maker Geomagworld has appointed Import Services to provide logistics support for its UK and Ireland expansion. Import Services, which currently operates in Southampton but will also run the new London Gateway common user facility due to open this month, will help the company switch from a UK ... [+]

FTA everywoman names top two-dozen

The 24 finalists for the 2015 FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards have been announced. The Awards, established eight years ago, and by championing women already excelling in the industry, hope to encourage more into the sector, to plug the skills-gap and ensure a more diverse, population-representative workforce. Names of ... [+]

East Anglia energy base for GAC

Specialist forwarder and logistics company GAC has opened a new quayside office in Great Yarmouth to meet the needs of the renewable energy sector in the Southern North Sea. Along with neighbouring Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth has England's largest concentration of offshore energy businesses and has been identified as being one ... [+]

Allport chief takes on dual role

Allport Cargo Services has appointed current managing director, Charles McGurin to the new post of chief executive officer.  McGurin took his current position in 2014. ACS is part o Hong Kong-based Cargo Services Group, with operations in over 30 countries worldwide and representation in a further 100. [+]

Specialist services from Cargolux

Cargolux has launched a range of eight specialised services, to respond to its customers’ door-to-door needs. They are: CV Classic, for general cargo; CV Jumbo - outsized and heavy freight; CV Power - cars, engines, helicopters or similar; CV Hazmat - dangerous goods; CV Pharma; CV Fresh; CV Alive - ... [+]

New service for priceless cargo

Liege, Belgium-based all freight operator CAL Cargo Airlines launched a new service for Artwork and Valuable Cargo. It offers a dedicated escort to monitor valuable cargo around the clock and an onboard personal escort. Armoured road feeder services and sniffer dog services are provided by specialist secure transport companies. SMS ... [+]

New cargo chief to squeeze more freight into ‘full up’ Heathrow

London Heathrow’s new head of cargo, Nick Platts – the first appointee to such a role for about two decades – has been tasked with squeezing more business through an airport that is, essentially, full up. Platts, who was previously head of ground handling, will be expected to come up with ... [+]

Ceva recruits air and ocean chief

Ceva Logistics has appointed Helmut Kaspers as chief operating officer for global air and ocean freight. He joins Ceva from Kaspers Consulting + Investment and he also played a seminal role in the successful transformation of the Logwin Air and Ocean global business; previous positions were with Kuehne & Nagel ... [+]

Heathrow firm joins Palletforce

Immediate Transportation has joined the Palletforce network The family run firm operates out of Heathrow and has four other offices in Basildon, Liverpool, Felixstowe and Hornchurch, and joins the network from Palletline. [+]

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