September 2015
IATA Interest Group Cargo 2000 (C2K) has appointed Ariaen Zimmerman as executive director. He will lead the change programme at C2K, which has been set up to improve standards in the air cargo industry.
Under his guidance, C2K will adopt a new auditing system, neutral benchmarks, and embrace a smarter, wider approach to data analysis using smart data.
Zimmerman has over a decade of experience in the air cargo industry in senior ...
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Peel Ports has pledged to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant – a voluntary declaration from businesses and charitable organisations who wish to demonstrate their support for its personnel, veterans and spouses.
It will endeavour to aid the employment of members of the Armed Forces community within ...
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SC Line vessel Caroline Russ became the first vessel to call in Cuba on 20 September after US sanctions were lifted. The Florida-based line is operating every 14 days between Port Everglades, Mariel and Santiago de Cuba.
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The UK Border Force has seized over a tonne of cannabis at London Gateway in a container that had arrived from Ghana. The load had been manifested as sacks of corn husks and corn flour, but the sacks concealed 42 cardboard boxes containing shrink-wrapped blocks of cannabis.
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The European Commission has referred Germany to the EU Court of Justice for failing to fully apply Directive 2005/65/EC on enhancing port security in North Rhine-Westphalia. The German authorities have launched an action plan to fully implement the directive, but the draft amendment of the law on port security has ...
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CEVA Logistics has won a new contract to provide UK warehousing and transportation services for tyre maker and distributor, Continental. Under the five year, $50 million deal, CEVA will manage Continental’s 21,000sq m warehouse at Central Park, Rugby which will involve receiving product, storage, and dispatch activity of around three ...
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The Höegh Transporter has been detained in Mombasa, Kenya after undeclared weapons and an as yet unnamed substance were discovered in a consignment of United Nations vehicles from Mumbai, India destined for a UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The shipping line said it understood that the ...
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UK independent freight forwarder Davies Turner has recruited a record 13 graduate and A-Level apprentices this year – its sixth annual intake since it started its national apprenticeship and trainee programme in 2010.
They will have the opportunity to be trained in all Davies Turner’s different departments, before agreeing with their ...
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Developer J Smart has started construction of a first phase 20,000 sq ft speculative industrial unit at Belgrave Point, Bellshill, in the heart of the central Scottish logistics industry. The development’s first phase, due for completion in May 2016, is being marketed for lease by Colliers International and JLL and ...
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GEFCO Group is to acquire the Netherlands-based air and sea forwarder IJS Global following an agreement with the private equity fund Nimbus.
Founded in 2004, Amsterdam-headquartered IJS has around 500 employees and operations in 16 countries including the UK Australia, China, South-East Asia and the US.
Its turnover was €160 ...
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