January 2016
Colchester-based logistics firm and Palletways member SLi has delivered a World War I memorial from Essex to Monchy-le-Preux in northern France.
The memorial marks the 100th anniversary of the battle in which 700 soldiers of the 1st and 9th Service Battalions of the Essex Regiment and of the Essex Yeomanry lost their lives in April 1917.
Richard Triolo, managing director at SLi, said: “Memorials are an essential part of remembrance and remind ...
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US-owned C.H. Robinson has appointed Ivo Aris as vice president of its Europe Global Forwarding division. He has served as a director of Europe Global Forwarding since joining the company in 2013. The company says his appointment strengthens its commitment to the European market, which can be fragmented and diverse. ...
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The Auto Premier ship operated the first commercial freight ro ro service into Ramsgate today (19 January) according to the Thanet Gazette. The ship imported 1,000 trade cars on behalf of Gefco UK. Ferry services have not operated into Ramsgate since the demise of the TransEuropa ferry service about 18 ...
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Brittany Ferries has the freight ro ro vessel Pelican to operate between Poole and Bilbao, in northern Spain. The vessel has a capacity for around 100 unaccompanied trailers and twelve drivers and will begin service with the company in early February.
She will operate two round-trips per week. The charter, which ...
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Former Woodland Group managing director Andy Dennis has launched Advisory Training - a comprehensive e-learning resource for the freight forwarding community.
The courses are accredited and certified by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's CPD scheme. Delegates can complete a full suite of training courses covering freight forwarding, international logistics ...
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The Cargolux board has approved an investment of US$77 million in ‘Cargolux China’, a new joint venture Chinese cargo airline based at Zhengzhou, the Luxembourg-based carrier’s new hub in China. The new venture is expected to start operations in 2017, focusing on transpacific and intra-Asian routes with a fleet is ...
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DP World has been granted a 25 year concession to develop and operate a £35m new logistics centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The first phase will be built on 90,000sq with a 12,000sq m container yard and 19,600sq m of warehousing facility. Estimated annual capacity is 50,000teu and 640,000 tonnes of ...
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Hull based John Good Shipping has launched a new air freight division. John Good Air will be based in Manchester and headed by air freight manager, Ed Clarke. He and his team will develop the company’s airfreight activities and import and export services to and from all main UK airports ...
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Car carrying ro ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has signed an agreement with partner company Groupe CAT to acquire its 50% shares in CAT-WWL, a joint venture network of ten vehicle processing facilities based in South Africa. The transaction is subject to approval by competition authorities in South Africa.
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Pakistan Customs seized 21.7 tonnes of Acetic Anhydrite in Port Qasim, Karachion 9 January. Apart from its legitimate industrial use, the substance is also used in heroin production and to make home-made bombs. The seizure was one of the biggest detections of this chemical worldwide. The chemicals arrived in Pakistan ...
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