May 2018
DSV’s new distribution centre on Prologis Park Sideway in Stoke-on-Trent has gained a Planet Mark sustainability certificate which recognises new developments that go beyond compliance. Working with the environmental charity Cool Earth, Prologis mitigated 110% of the carbon involved in the construction of the buildings by protecting 169 acres of rainforest in Ashaninka, Peru.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) repeated its call for a frictionless post-Brexit Irish border at a meeting with politicians at Stormont over the weekend. its Northern Ireland policy manager Seamus Leheny told Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis, Secretary of State for Business Greg Clark MP and ...
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Scientific footwear firm FitFlop has signed a new partnership deal with e-fulfilment provider and existing Port of Tyne customer Spark Response, based in Gateshead. FitFlop has been a huge commercial success and the port will provide overspill warehousing and distribution to Spark Response for up to 2,500 pallets at Follingsby ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has added twice-weekly Boeing 777 freighter services between Frankfurt and Chengdu China. Chengdu is the carrier’s fifth freighter destination in China and joins Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
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Jet Airways will operate the North’s first ever direct flight to Mumbai, India in October when it launches four-days-a-week Manchester to Mumbai Airbus A330-200 flights. Each flight will offer 15 tons cargo capacity from India to UK and open a second destination in the UK to Indian shippers.
Jet Airways chairman ...
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Rhenus Logistics UK has signed a new partnership deal with Turkey’s Solmaz Logistics Services.
Solmaz employs more than 1600 personnel at 60 facilities in 16 cities across Turkey and has 200 customs specialists operating from both border posts and inland customs houses.
Managing director of Rhenus Logistics UK, David Williams, said: “The ...
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Scotland’s main container port Grangemouth says it is well underway with a multi-million pound investment programme to boost its capacity by around 1,000teu. The programme includes container terminal surfacing upgrades, a new terminal operating system, warehouse development and a ship to shore crane.
The £2m investment will be finished later this ...
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Full truckload carrier Globaltruck has operated the first services between Russia and China following the latter country’s ratification of the TIR convention. Two Globaltruck refrigerated vehicles and three Chinese operators’ trucks left Dalian (China) on 18 May and are due to reach Novosibirsk in Russia on 28 May.
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Supply chain consultancy Tokema International has launched a digital marketing agency for the logistics industry. Tokema Digital aims to help logistics service providers increase their online visibility through a range of high-impact digital marketing strategies, while taking advantage of Tokema’s logistics expertise.
www.tokema-international.com
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Ports could turn themselves into hubs for wider economic activity such as logistics and manufacturing with more customer-specific services, according to a member survey by the UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) published on 18 May.
Part of the UKMPG’s response to the Government’s Maritime 2050 Call for Evidence which closed that ...
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