May 2016
MSC managing director Dan Everitt was named FTA Multimodal Personality of the Year on 10 May, the opening day of the show, which welcomed a record numbers of visitors.
Peel Ports was Multimodal Exhibitor of the Year, Joseph Peak of Expeditors won the Young Logistics Professional Award, and Marks and Spencer and Bibby Distribution were both championed by FTA for their green initiatives.
Awards also went to Freightliner, IAG Cargo, Mitsui OSK ...
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Long-time partners Knights of Old and Nelson Distribution are to merge, creating one of the largest privately owned logistics companies in the UK with a turnover approaching £65 million. The companies will keep their separate identities but will have a combined fleet of 300 trucks and 350 trailers, plus 700 ...
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The UK's international trade continued to flow on 3 May despite the introduction of the first major changes to EU customs legislation in a quarter of a century, a BIFA expert told a Multimodal seminar.
Addressing a workshop session on the new Union Customs Code yesterday (Wednesday 11 May), Robert Windsor, ...
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The US Teamsters union says that XPO Logistics broke promises to not lay off any workers for at least 18 months after it took over Norbert Dentressangle. French workers and their unions have been facing attempts to slash jobs and that similar struggles are taking place in the UK and ...
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PD Ports chief executive David Robinson has been appointed chairman of the High Tide Foundation, a charity aiming to raise the aspirations of young people in Teesside and co-founded by the port and logistics company. His vision for the future of the Foundation includes a new automotive cadetship with Stockton-based ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said it welcomed Heathrow's airports response to the Airports Commission on 11 May including promises to limit night flights and steps to control emissions. It would bring the construction of a third runway a step closer.
The association's comments coincided with a presentation at the Multimodal ...
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FedEx has opened a Cold Chain Centre at its Memphis, Tennessee, hub. Designed to protect the integrity of temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments, the 83,000sq ft facility includes areas for -25°C to -10°C (frozen), 2°C to 8°C (cold) and 15°C to 25°C (controlled-room temperature) products and real-time carbon dioxide, humidity and temperature ...
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DHL Parcel says it has successfully concluded a three-month test of its third generation Parcelcopter drone at Reit im Winkl in Bavaria. A total of 130 loading and offloading cycles were performed between January and March.
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With more than 139,200 trucks transported, Eurotunnel says its freight shuttle service carried its highest April traffic since the start of commercial operations and the sixth month in a row that a record has been set. April 2016 was also the third best month ever for the Le Shuttle Freight ...
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WestJet has launched new services between six Canadian cities and London (Gatwick) from early May. The schedule of 56 weekly flights in both directions includes year-round Calgary-London flights (five times weekly in summer, three times weekly from 3 October) and a daily Toronto-London service. There are also seasonal services until ...
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