September 2018
Kuehne + Nagel has opened legal entities and new offices in Baku (Azerbaijan) and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Both will cater for rising demand primarily in oil and gas, consumer goods and in integrated logistic projects.
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Charter firm Air Partner swung into action on 9 September when it was asked by emergency response specialist Radiant Global Logistics to deliver supplies to the US Pacific island of Guam ahead of Typhoon Mangkhut. Antonov Airlines’ giant AN-225 and AN-124 aircraft moved urgent relief supplies including water and ready ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has introduced a new less-than-container load (LCL) service from Duisburg, Germany, to Chengdu, China. The new DHL Railconnect LCL service offers timings of up to 29 days door-to-door between the main economic areas, faster than by sea and at more reasonable cost than air freight, says the ...
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UK independent freight forwarder and logistics company Davies Turner has recruited another 11 youngsters for this year’s trainee scheme, now in its ninth successive year.
The new recruits will learn all aspects of Davies Turner’s business during the two-year apprenticeship and can be confident that like many of their predecessors who ...
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BIFA is to add a new Apprentice of the Year in Logistics category to its annual Freight Service Awards.
The winner of the new award - sponsored by Outsource Training and Development - will be the apprentice – or new recruit undergoing similar training with a member company – who has ...
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Shippers and logistics suppliers must share information to build a more secure and efficient pharma supply chain, delegates at the Cool Chain Association (CCA) 6th Pharma and Biosciences Conference in Brussels, Belgium heard this week.
Cool chain partners must come out of their data silos to ensure the best service in ...
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The Freight Transport Association(FTA) says it is deeply concerned by the lack of progress in Brexit negotiations and the rhetoric used on both sides in the past few days. With the threat of No Deal looming on the horizon, FTA is urging the UK and EU-27 leaders, including the European ...
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It was a family affair at Meantime Communications when the founders of the Greenwich, south London freight public relations firm celebrated ten years in business – and raised a wodge of cash for development charity Transaid in the process.
The Meantime team consisting Emma Murray and Julian Pryke, Alfred (14), Isabelle ...
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Budapest Airport (BUD) has started work on a new air cargo gateway. The new Cargo City dedicated freight centre, part of the €160 million BUD:2020 Development Programme at the Hungarian hub, will create a new 20,000 sq m cargo handling facility and new dedicated B747-8F freighter stands, centralise cargo operations ...
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Months of intensive training paid off for Chris Polwart, who combines the triathlon with being commercial director at trucking services firm Motis Ireland. Competing at gruelling ITU Triathlon (Age Group) World Championships in Australia, he finished with a time of 2hrs 07 minutes, 33 Seconds – 31st out of 95 ...
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