October 2017
Hapag-Lloyd has become the first ocean carrier in the UK to offer the reUse container management services offered through Avantida, a subsidiary of the INTTRA ocean shipping portal. The application allows the re-use of import containers for export shipments of the same shipping company. Hapag Lloyd said Avantida would allow it to better manage container re-use and simplify the request process and speed up response times for its hauliers. Some ...
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Mairéad Ní Cheóinín has been appointed to Seafarers UK as the charity’s new Corporate Fundraising Manager where her focus will be on engaging with the commercial maritime sector.
Mairéad brings a wealth of business development, marketing experience and industry knowledge to the position from her previous roles, working with Steamship Mutual ...
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The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail line will be officially opened on 30 October, a route that could one day form part of a new connection between China and Europe.
Opening of the line between the Caspian Sea port city of Baku in Azerbaijan and Kars in eastern Turkey will create not only a ...
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International development organisation Transaid has appointed Sam Clark as its new Head of Programmes. He replaces Caroline Barber, 37 who was promoted to chief executive in August. He expects to spend about three months in the field every year across the five countries in which Transaid currently has projects – ...
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Victor Products has joined more than 100 commercial tenants already based at the Port of Tyne. The company, a leading manufacturer of electrical connectors and LED lighting for the underground mining industry and a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corporation, has relocated its North East manufacturing facility to Tyne Dock, South ...
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Government suggestions that extra inland customs clearance depots may need to be established to free up capacity in and around UK ports could create opportunities for the warehousing and logistics sector, United Kingdom Warehousing Association’s (UKWA) chief executive Peter Ward told parliamentarians.
Speaking at the Association’s Annual Parliamentary Lunch at the ...
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P&O Ferries says it has had the highest freight traffic on its Larne/Cairnryan route in any third quarter of the year since 2011. It carried 53,305 lorries and trailers on its ships in July, August and September, up 3.3% on the same quarter last year. P&O Ferries Sector Director on ...
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The ‘no deal’ scenario is not an option for the transport sector said the International Road Transport Union (IRU) in its response to the UK Government’s white paper on customs and trade. IRU said that the paper leaves many unanswered questions. Suggestions such as the pre-declaration of goods need further clarification ...
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Just three words says it all
Middle-east headquartered logistics company Aramex says it has carried out a study in of three-word addresses provided by what3words. It found that, over 100 deliveries, the three-word addresses were 42% faster and reduced the total distance travelled by delivery drivers by 22%.
What3words is a global ...
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Manchester-headquartered Rhenus UK has acquired Corby, Northamptonshire-based RCS Logistics. RCS currently operates 350,000sq ft of warehousing but Rhenus UK has underwritten an investment to add a further 90,000sq ft, due to open in November 2017. RCS Logistics’ directors Steve Gray and Richard Robinson join the Rhenus UK board, and all ...
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