July 2016
Delays caused by a shortage of French border officials at Dover were reported to be down to 30 minutes this morning (Monday 25 July) after reaching several hours over the weekend.
However, the situation was described by P&O chief executive Helen Deeble, as “completely unacceptable”.
She said: “The scenes which we saw at the weekend at the port of Dover, with holidaymakers delayed for completely unacceptable lengths of time, must never be ...
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DSV Road has appointed Vicky King as its new general manager for customer service. Previously site manager within John Lewis (Dartford), she brings a wealth of logistics sector experience, from transport up to transport manager, before moving into operations and warehousing.
In her new role, Vicky will streamline customer services across ...
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PD Ports has paid tribute to its ‘Class of 2016’ - 41 employees who employees have increased their skills and career prospects after graduating with new qualifications.
They have all successfully completed levels two, three or five Chartered Management Institute (CMI) diplomas in Management and Leadership.
The bespoke programmes, involving talented workers ...
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Singapore Airlines is to switch the stopover point of its Changi-Houston flights from Moscow to Manchester from 30 October. Initially it will operate five times a week but is expected to increase to daily in the medium term. The existing Singapore - Munich - Manchester service is expected to terminate ...
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Piloting a jumbo with your mates on board to an exotic location where you will play to thousands – nay, tens of thousands – of your adoring fans. Life surely doesn’t get much better than this?
Not only do rock legends Iron Maiden have what Air Charter Service dubs “the coolest ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) has signed an agreement with Netherlands-based platform for electronic consignment notes, TransFollow to make international paperless freight a reality.
An initiative of Dutch transport associations, and IRU members, TLN and EVO, TransFollow has over recent years become the standard provider of electronic consignment notes (CMRs) ...
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Hapag-Lloyd and United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) signed a business combination agreement to merge both companies on 18 July. The new Hapag-Lloyd will be among the five largest container shipping lines in the world, with 237 vessels and a total capacity of around 1.6m teu and turnover of about US$12 ...
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Ceva Logistics has renewed its contract with John West Foods for a further three years. Under the deal, which dates back to 2007, it manages the inbound container movements of fish to the nfood firm’s site in Mendlesham, Suffolk the site from the Port of Felixstowe some 30 miles to ...
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MSC has joined forces with UASC and CMA CGM to provide an enhanced IPAK service between Europe and the Indian Sub-Continent, including the addition of Southampton to the schedule. The service, operated by eight 8,100teu ships, TEU capacity, also calls at King Abdullah (Saudi Arabia), Djibouti, Port Qasim, Nhava Sheva, ...
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The European Commission fined truck-makers Volvo/Renault, Daimler, Iveco, and DAF a record €2.93 billion for breaking EU antitrust rules. It said the companies – which account for 90% of the European heavy truck market - had colluded for 14 years on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of ...
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