June 2015
Meridian Port Services, a joint venture between APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics, and the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority, is to invest $1.5 billion in a new deep-water 3.5 million TEU port and logistics hub in Tema. It will include a new greenfield port outside the present facility and a needed upgrade of the adjacent road network. In a separate project, APM Terminals and Bolloré Africa Logistics will upgrade the ...
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Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Richard Cronk as director of Europa Warehouse. A member of the Europa team for 36 years, in his previous role as operations director he played a key part in building the European and domestic network as well as developing Europa’s logistics business in Northampton and ...
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A major investment programme to increase container storage capacity is under way at the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port.
The port’s owner, Forth Ports, is upgrading 6,325sq m of surface area, which will boost terminal capacity to 12,000teu – a 50% increase since 2005 – and improve landside ...
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Customs officials from the EU and Japan took an important step towards the creation of an IT system for mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) at a Joint Customs Cooperation Committee on 10 June. The EU and Japan have mutually recognised their respective 'trusted trader' programmes in respect of ...
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Forwarder and consolidator network Famous Pacific Shipping Group (FPS) has appointed Sam Aparo as the new chairman of its advisory board. He replaces FPS Group founder Benny Ling, who has taken early retirement on health grounds.
Aparo (pictured, below) said: “I am delighted to take on this important role, although I ...
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The Federal Customs Service of Russia says it has resolved the situation with TIR Carnets”and restored its cooperation with the TIR guaranteeing association ASMAP. It has also published a list of border crossing points open to TIR.
Russia's TIR system had come close to collapse due to a dispute over payment ...
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The Palletforce pallet network has been crowned Logistics Supplier of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards.
Palletforce was one of six category finalists, including Bibby Distribution, Coca Cola Enterprises, Fowler Welch, Gist and Samworth Brothers.
The company had to demonstrate “tangible and meaningful” improvements across its entire logistics operation in the ...
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The Freight Transport Association is pressing the French government to take action on the migrant situation in Calais, which it says now resembles as warzone.
FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham spoke to immigration and security minister James Brokenshire about drivers’ latest experiences at the port, where violent confrontations have ...
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Kerry Logistics has opened a new office in Porto, Portugal. It will be headed by general manager, Mário Silva and will provide air, ocean and road freight, freight forwarding, sea-air services, warehousing and distribution, insurance and risk management, and customs brokerage.
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Middlesbrough-based logistics specialist AV Dawson's new steel store has been awarded Best Large Commercial Building in the Northern heats of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards. The awards look for elements such as technical innovation, sustainability and performance. The warehouse will now be entered into the LABC ...
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