January 2016
The Freight Transport Association has come out in favour of Stanford West as the best option for a new overflow lorry area for Dover. Highways England put two proposed sites out for public consultation in December to find a permanent solution to Operation Stack to prevent the chaos seen on the M20 last summer. FTA says that the proposed site at Stanford West is close to the motorway and near ...
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US investor RiverOak has made a pre-application to the UK Planning Inspectorate for plans to reopen Manston airport in Kent as a mainly freight gateway. The developers are expected to submit a full application in late 2016.
The plans envisage that the currently closed airport would reopen as a mainly freight ...
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Maersk Line has introduced a new weekly service from Colombia, South America to Portsmouth in the UK, primarily to carry containerised refrigerated bananas. The Hampshire port welcomed the Maersk Antwerp Trader – the first vessel on the new service and the largest cargo ship ever to call – on 20 ...
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Palletforce is investing £20 million to turn its existing base at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire into a ‘superhub’, the first major project by the pallet network’s new owners EmergeVest. When complete, the 620,000sq ft development will be the biggest of its kind in Europe, capable of processing over 30,000 pallets ...
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UK airfreight collection and delivery company Circle Express has ended a long period operating under a company voluntary agreement with its sale to TVS logistics group, Rico. The company has taken a majority shareholding in Slough-based Circle, which appointed turnaround specialists KSA Group to allow it to continue trading while ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards competition 2015 at a ceremony in London on 21 January.
The winners of the ten General, Modal and Specialist categories in the awards were: Greenshields Cowie & Co; Dynamic International Freight Services; 512 (Sheffield); The Woodland ...
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DP World has set up a joint venture company with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF)to develop ports, transportation and logistics infrastructure. DP World Russia will target marine, dry ports and logistics infrastructure in different parts of the country and is expected to invest up to US $2 billion in ...
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Danish forwarder DSV has completed its acquisition of US-owned UTi, first announced in October last year. As previously announced, the deal was worth around US$1.35 billion.
California-headquartered UTi is described by DSV as “a global, asset-light supply chain services and logistics company” with estimated annual revenue of $3.5 billion, offering air, ...
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Middle East owned logistics company Aramex has bought New Zealnd-based Fastway Couriers. The deal is Aramex’s second acquisition in the Asia-Pacific region to date and is a 100% buyout of the company’s business in New Zealand and Australia for NZD $125 million. Established in New Zealand in 1983, Fastway Couriers' ...
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Software specialist AEB’s free 2016 webinar programme is now open for registration. The one-hour sessions run from 12 January 2016 to 13 December and include: Securing your Supply Chain; Compliance and Risk Management; Transport and Freight Management; Warehouse Management; and Visibility and Collaboration.
www.aeb.com/uk.
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