March 2016
The University of Hull's Logistics Institute has signed a partnership with Moroccan state-owned but privately managed transport company SNTL.
Logistics Institute staff are set to begin work immediately on two supply chain and logistics related projects, as part of a long-term collaboration, initially to develop a new logistics hub index. The index will be used to measure the potential of countries, particularly in Africa, to become logistics hubs and taps ...
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The new piggyback service from southern France to Calais will now start on the evening of 29 March. The VIIA Britanica service, from Port Bou on the Spanish-French border and Calais, which was originally due to go into operation on 12 January, was postponed due to security concerns in Calais. ...
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The Lord justices hearing two cases brought by haulage firms challenging Home Office fines for having illegal migrants on board have reserved judgement and are expected to make a combined judgment was expected in about the first week of April, said the legal representative of one of the companies.
The ...
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Teesside based AV Dawson, is showing its commitment to apprenticeships with the appointment of Georgia Canham. The former student at SRC Bede College in Billingham, joins the logistics firm as an accountancy apprentice within its finance team in Teesport. The appointment is part of a new partnership with Middlesbrough College ...
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Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics has set up its own company in Bulgaria, the 12th country in which it has established its own facilities. Ekol Bulgaria has been established and will be operational in 1-2 months from an office and 1,000sq m cross-dock warehouse close to Sofia Airport.
Ekol Bulgaria country manager, ...
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The Unite trade union and Forth Ports will meet with ACAS next week to discuss the new shift pattern, in attempt to end the strke that has shut the port of Grangemouth since 15 March. The strike and overtime ban will be suspended from 0600 Monday and Forth Ports will ...
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The WISTA (Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association) has opened a Southampton branch. It will provide interested women and men from the maritime cluster in the surrounding area easy access to the WISTA network. Members will also benefit from the teaching, support and inspiration of WISTA membership locally, regionally and ...
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Chinese government efforts to temporarily clean up Shanghai's notorious air pollution could disrupt supply chains, warns MIQ Logistics. The forwarder says that its Shanghai office is receiving increasing anecdotal evidence that factories in Shanghai and Hangzhou are being instructed by officials to prepare for slowdowns, partial and total shutdowns ahead ...
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The Port of Dunkirk's new Channel Terminal is now operational. It was inaugurated on 17 March 2016, by DFDS executive vice-president, Peder Gellert Pedersen senior vice-president, Carsten Jensen (pictured, standing) and port officials.
The new facilities include four freight check-in booths at the terminal entrance. Signage from the motorway has been ...
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DB Cargo UK (formerly DB Schenker Rail UK) is celebrating its ninth year delivering Merino Wool from Southampton to Bradford, a city famous for its wool industry.
The wool originates in the Falkland Islands and arrives at Southampton by ship, where it is then delivered by DB Cargo UK’s intermodal container ...
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