July 2015
With striking ferry workers once again blocking the road approaches to Calais, the Freight Transport Association is marketing a new portable device that can detect migrants in the back of trucks. The detector picks up CO2 emissions within a 40ft range and can send text or email alerts to the driver or transport manager and the manufacturer’s monitoring service using a roaming SIM. Settings can be adjusted according to the ...
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Coventry Airport has appointed resident time critical logistics specialist BDA (Bespoke Distribution Aviation) as its official handling agent to process all inbound and outbound cargo. The company, which is licensed to process all air cargo at the airport to meet all aviation security regulations, including explosives and dangerous goods, will ...
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Scottish independent multi-modal logistics provider and liner agent KC Group Shipping has opened a new office in Antwerp, Belgium. The Belgian port is an important hub for KC Shipping` global logistics solutions, and will strengthen KC`s commercial presence in the Benelux market.
Four new team members have been recruited to manage ...
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We think of the Port of Felixstowe as the birthplace of containerisation in the UK, but the place actually started out as a ro ro terminal – 50 years ago. In 1965, DFDS launched a weekly service to Copenhagen. Ownership and patterns of services have gone through many different changes ...
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Individuals or companies who used the services of freight forwarders involved in an ongoing anti-trust case may be entitled to potentially significant cash payments, says a group of law firms - Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, Gustafson Gluek, Lockridge Grindal Nauen and Lovell Stewart Halebian Jacobson - in announcing that settlements ...
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P&O Ferries is to bring a sixth ship back into service on the Dover-Calais route to boost freight capacity during the peak summer season. The European Seaway with a capacity of up to 120 freight vehicles - will return to the Dover-Calais route for the peak season from the beginning ...
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The Ports Services Regulation, currently being considered by the European parliament, is still a threat, the UK Major Ports Group chairman Simon Bird told shipping minister Robert Goodwill on 16 July and reiterated the industry's ongoing concerns over the Port Services Regulation.
Mr Bird said. "It is important that the UK ...
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London Gateway’s new Logistics Park is set to revolutionise how supply chains are serviced in the UK, says Mike Thomas, client services director at the new facility’s operator, Import Services Ltd (ISL). With the growth of online shopping, many industries are moving away from importing and storing bulk volumes and ...
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A 35-year tradition cycling tradition is continuing – give or take a company logo. XPO Logistics, which has just taken overFrench transporter Norbert dentressangle, will continue the latter's status as official carrier of Tour de France
In servicing Le Tour for the 35th consecutive year, XPO Logistics has committed to transport ...
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Rotterdam-based Broekman Logistics has teamed up with materials handling specialist Van Scherpenzeel to offer a solution for abandoned cargo, which is not allowed into the country and cannot be returned to the owner. Instead of a costly trip to the incinerator, Broekman will ensure confidential destruction of the goods while ...
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