June 2016
Ceva Logistics has appointed Ching as senior vice president global contract logistics – technology operations, based in Seattle, US. His role will have a specific focus on maintaining and improving process excellence and performance across Ceva’s technology operations to improve customer satisfaction and service levels and one of his first priorities will be to define the standardization strategy for current operations in order to drive the continuous improvement program using ...
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A one-day International Maritime Trade and Infrastructure Summit will take place at the Exhibition Centre, Liverpool on 24 June as part of the International Festival for Business being held in the city. Delegates will get the latest information on The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, what the widening of the ...
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Freight forwarder Agility has launched its second Africa Photo Competition. The annual contest will focus on Africa’s rapid modernization. It is open to professional and amateur photographers alike and seeks to highlight the progress and development on a continent of contrasts, documenting an Africa booming with youthful consumers, new technology, ...
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The Cool Chain Association (CCA) called for closer collaboration with shippers to reduce food waste at its recent Perishables Summit in Barcelona, Spain. Delegates at agreed to reach out to all stakeholders to find collaborative ways of achieving a common goal of reducing waste by at least 10% by 2025. ...
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American Airlines Cargo partnered with the nonprofit organization Operation Honor our Heroes to respectfully transport 10,000 American flags for a Memorial Day event in Washington DC. The 2,312lb (1050kg) shipment donated by American included one flag for every 120 service members who lost their lives in the line of duty. ...
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Kerry Logistics Network has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in US-based Apex Maritime and its affiliated companies. San Francisco-headquartered APEX is one of the top three NVOCC (Non-vessel Operating Common Carrier) operators on the Asia to US trade lane, handling over 270,000teu in 2015.
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South African-based Imperial Holdings is to acquire Palletways from current shareholder Phoenix Equity Partners for £163 million.
Imperial is a Johannesburg-listed international group of companies with a focus on consumer and industrial logistics. It says it fully supports the UK and European pallet network operator’s current management and will continue the ...
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Peel Ports officially opened its Port Salford development on the Manchester Ship Canal on 31 May. Culina Group has taken the first warehouse unit, of 26,022 sq m (280,000 sq ft), with food firm General Mills as its anchor client. The site will act as a central hub for General ...
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The House of Commons Transport Committee says more should be done to demonstrate that proposal for a lorry park to alleviate the effects of disruption at the port of Dover will deliver, in its Operation Stack report. However, the Government is right to seek a solution to the problem, it says.
It ...
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Freightliner has launched its 23rd daily rail service from the Port of Felixstowe, to and South Yorkshire. Ultimately it will serve the Freightliner Rail Port at Doncaster after development work has finished at the site but in the interim it will go to the DB Cargo site operated by Newell ...
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