May 2018
The Global Shippers Forum has confirmed Sean van Dort as the organisation's new chairman.
He is director of logistics and digital services integration for MAS Capital, a major apparel manufacturer based in Colombo, Sri Lanka and has been a member of the GSF board since 2015. Until recently, he was chairman of the Sri Lankan Shippers Council. He succeeds Bob Ballantyne, chief executive of the Freight Management Association of Canada, who has ...
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Yusen Logistics UK has appointed Andy Fitt as its new managing director, succeeding Kevin Appleton, who becomes chairman. Fitt was previously business unit director and, most recently, deputy managing director. He previously held positions held at CEVA, Norbert Dentressangle UK and TNT Logistics.
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Infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital is to acquire 100% of TIP Trailer Services from HNA Group (Intemational) Company. Headquartered in Amsterdam and operating in 17 countries, including the UK, TIP has a fleet of over 66,000 trailers and 86 trailer service centres. I Squared Capital’s other existing interests include ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has acquired a 100% shareholding in its former WFS Ireland joint venture after buying the minority shareholding of its partners, Gerry Jackson and Brendan Byrne.
Gerry Jackson retired from the company at the end of 2017 but Brendan Byrne will continue as president of WFS Ireland. The ...
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Many smaller firms said that the costs of shipping abroad are too high, or that they don't have an accurate picture of their costs, 40% said they found it difficult to understand documentation requirements and 39% said their cargo has been held up in customs or lost in transit (27%), ...
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Explosive detection dogs have been reintroduce at UK airports to screen cargo, according to the Department for Transport.
The dogs have undertaken a rigorous new training programme set out by the UK government to prepare them for the task of sniffing out explosives.
Free running explosive detection dogs (FREDDs) and their human ...
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Palletways has appointed Rob Gittins (pictured) as its new UK managing director. He takes over from Dave Walmsley who has recently left the pallet network. Gittins joined Palletways in September 2007 as UK sales director, joining the UK board in 2012.
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British Airways is to introduce six-days-a-week 787-8 flights between Heathrow and Durban’s King Shaka International in South Africa from 29 October. According to the airport authority, Duban, which has recently attracted other long-haul carriers including as Qatar Airways , Emirates, Air Mauritius and Turkish Airlines, has seen a 138% increase in ...
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UPS has named Mark Vale as president of its UK, Ireland and Nordics region. He joined the express logistics firm Vale joined UPS in 1988 and was most recently president of emerging markets, based at UPS global headquarters in Atlanta. Vale succeeds Luis Arriaga, who becomes president, UPS Asia Pacific ...
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The Lufthansa board has approved an order for two more Boeing 777F freighter aircraft, due to be delivered in February and March 2019from the plane-maker’s Seattle plant. Described by Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber as “a visible sign of our modernization strategy", the new aircraft have emissions almost 20% ...
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