June 2018
Europa Road has launched a daily road service between its Dartford hub and Rennes, its fourth line into France. International logistics provider Ziegler is Europa Road’s local partner, building on its existing relationship with Europa in Colmar and Lyon.
Europa operations director, Dan Cook (pictured) said: “For a long time, we’ve sought to establish a fourth route between France and Dartford and we see Rennes as the ideal location to cater ...
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NVOCC ECU Worldwide has appointed IT specialist Ashish Mathur as its group chief information officer. He will spearhead technology initiatives to enhance customer experience through automation, big data and artificial intelligence initiatives. Mr Mathur has held strategic roles in organisations such as Fidelity, Aon Hewitt, Barclays Bank, WNS Global and ...
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CEVA Logistics has appointed Niels Weithe to the newly created position of global head of eCommerce. He will be based in Germany and joins CEVA from eCommerce service company Arvato where he was president of its consumer products division.
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Seatruck Ferries is to increase capacity on its Warrenpoint to Heysham route by 30%, or 30,000 trailers a year, by deploying two larger freight ferries on the route later this summer.
The four-deck 2012-built Seatruck Precision and Seatruck Performance will replace the current three-deck vessels, operating a twice daily service between ...
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Rhenus Project Logistics is organising the first groupage seafreight service for temperature-controlled goods from Europe to the UAE from the beginning of August 2018. One or two containers every month will connect Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Benelux to Dubai and is primarily designed for temperature esensitive foods like chocolate, bakery ...
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Investment firm Cerberus Capital Management is to acquire Worldwide Flight Services from Platinum Equity. Paris-headquartered WFS is the world’s largest air cargo handler with a presence in 198 airports in 22 countries.
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The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has launched a ‘Dragons Den’-style competition to find the smartest ideas about how digitisation can transform services, what Government and business can do to make this happen and then connecting the originators of the best ideas with the chief executives of the UK’s major ...
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Temperature controlled packaging specialist Peli BioThermal has released a white paper on market solutions for protecting temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals while in transit. Titled Active Shipping Containers vs Passive Shipping Containers, it provides guidance on making the optimum choice to eliminate confusion, reduce risk and save money evaluating the two main classes ...
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DFDS has ordered an additional freight ferry for delivery in the first half of 2020 from the Chinese Jinling Shipyard. It is similar to the four previously ordered vessels with a 6,700 lane metres capacity or about 450 trailers. DFDS’ fleet renewal programme also includes two ro-pax ferries to be ...
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Asian-based supply chain specialist Tigers has relocated to a new two-warehouse facility in Shanghai, China to overcome space restraints in its previous operation and meet growing customer demand. The new facility, which is located close to Shanghai Yangshan Port, will allow Tigers to offer scalable solutions and has 34% more ...
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