September 2015
TNT is strengthening its express services to the Nordic region with improved air connections to Sweden and Finland and additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres. It can now serve 15% more post codes and 34% more businesses in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland by noon the next business day.
TNT has reintroduced flights from Liege to Stockholm Arlanda and Örebro, operated five times weekly with a B737 ...
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Transport Security Expo is set to welcome over 30 government delegations from across the globe including Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America – including four new countries. It will widen the opportunity for increasing knowledge and strengthening global defences against the threat of terrorist attacks, say the ...
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Priority Freight is ramping up operations at its Polish office in Wroclaw, to provide a 24-hours a day service, five days a week. The company provides door-to-door logistics solutions for the automotive, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries, often in emergency and crisis situations. Priority now has six offices in four countries ...
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ABP’s ports of King’s Lynn and Ipswich have handled record grain exports in August, following extensive investment.
A strong harvest has seen more than 47,400 tonnes on behalf of FennGrain and Openfield pass through King’s Lynn in August, surpassing the previous record by 715 tonnes. This follows significant investment by ...
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The European Commission has announced a €143million (£104million) cash injection to develop ferry services on both sides of the Channel as part of the BRIDGE (Building the Resilience of International and Dependent Gateways in Europe) project, co-funded by the European Union under the Motorways of the Sea priority.
In the ...
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Seko Logistics has appointed Seán Birkhead has chief technology officer, based in Chicago. He joined SEKO a year ago and prior to this latest promotion was implementation and integration manager based in Ireland. Earlier in his career, he worked for Kuehne + Nagel, Flextronics and also spent two years as ...
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Freight forwarder Panalpina has opened its own office in Myanmar, in the largest city, Yangon. It can handle ocean and air freight shipments, both imports and exports.
Myanmar had been isolated from international trade for decades until 2011, when a new civilian government was elected. As economic sanctions against Myanmar have ...
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The currently disused Grade II listed Hydraulic Tower building, which once used to drive the lock gates and bridges in the Birkenhead Docks, is to be the centrepiece of a new project that aims to provide the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to support the Northern Powerhouse agenda.
The private ...
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US-based XPO Logistics, recent purchaser of French-owned Norbert Dentressangle, is now buying fellow US transportation concern, Con-Way, including its Menlo Logistics forwarding and freight arm.
The latest deal will make XPO the second-largest less-than-truckload provider in North America.
Con-Way operates 582 locations and has 30,000 employees, with estimated revenues of $5.7 billion ...
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NYK has signed a joint-venture agreement with Ports Development Company in Saudi Arabia to establish a ro ro terminal operating company at King Abdullah port on the Red Sea coast. The KAP RORO Terminal is planned to go into full operation by the third quarter of 2016 and will be ...
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