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June 2017

Allport exec makes awards shortlist

Allport Cargo Services programme director Dawn Rasmussen has been recognized as an inspirational leader with a nomination for the 2017 FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards. A logistics industry expert with more than 15 years’ experience in executive and senior management roles, she has led major multi-modal operations, grown, created and advised on commercial strategies and transformed logistics companies. Before joining ACS, she held several senior management positions at other world-leading ... [+]

Jaguar chooses Kuehne & Nagel

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Kuehne + Nagel to manage three aftermarket warehouses in France, Spain and Italy. It also includes transport management and customer contact centres for Jaguar Land Rover retailers for the region. [+]

Supply chain security in the spotlight

The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) says it will hold its biggest ever global in London on 25 & 26 October. Delegates will hear how the increased use of technologies in the supply chain - such as robotics in warehouses, driverless trucks, drones and 3D printing – is expected to ... [+]

WFS to handle Paris airshow

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is once again the official ground handler for the world’s largest aerospace event, the 52nd International Paris Air Show from 19 to 25 June. WFS has been the official ground handling partner of the Air Show at the Le Bourget Parc des Expositions since 2001 and this ... [+]

P&O and partners offer Poland rail link

P&O Ferrymasters has joined forces with logistics company Erontrans to launch an intermodal rail service linking the UK, Benelux and central Poland via Europoort in Rotterdam. The two companies have selected Europoort-based LTE Netherlands as rail carrier for the service, which offers four trains per week each way between Europoort–Rotterdam and ... [+]

Emirates flies first Luxembourg freighter

Emirates SkyCargo operated the first of its scheduled weekly freighter service to Luxembourg on 12 June as part of its strategic operational partnership with Cargolux Airlines announced in May. Emirates SkyCargo will use its Boeing 777 freighter aircraft on this route providing a total cargo capacity of over 100 tonnes. [+]

Peel Ports showcases Scots potential

Peel Ports hosted a group of international investment experts during a Department for International Trade visit to Scotland. The delegation received an overview of the facilities and commercial development potential at Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) in North Ayrshire, which is owned and operated by Peel Ports. Organised by DIT in ... [+]

Kerry signs up CIS specialist

Asian-based Kerry Logistics has signed a joint venture with Dubai-based Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) specialist, Globalink Logistics. It will significantly expand Kerry Logistics’ coverage in Central Asia and the CIS, adding Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine to its global network. [+]

Tilbury2 consultation begins

The Port of Tilbury began formal statutory consultation for its new Tilbury2 terminal and facilities on 19 June. The scheme will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new deep water jetty in the river Thames. The port ... [+]

New systems promise faster, better box scanning

Smiths Detection says it is developing the next generation of container scanning under the auspices of the CORE (Consistently Optimised Resilient Secure Global Supply-Chains) European Research Project. It is designing hardware and software for the next generation of container scanners, which will speed-up throughput to three or four times the ... [+]

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