September 2018
AP Moller - Maersk is combine its offering for ocean products and supply chain services into a single end-to-end logistic solution for cargo owners. It said this would ensure an improved customer experience with fewer touchpoints and a more comprehensive service offering.
The integrated commercial organisation will operate with a single management team, sales force and customer experience organisation, headed by Vincent Clerc, chief commercial officer of Maersk. Damco chief executive ...
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PD Ports’ Teesport has become the first UK port to sign up to the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) initiative risk of plastic pellets from leaking into the environment. The project, run in the UK by the British Plastics Federation, introduces measures to keep plastic ‘nurdles’ away from rivers and seas.
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FedEx Express has appointed Sean Healy as regional chief operating officer for Europe. He takes over from Michael Holt who is set to retire by the end of September 2018. Healy joined FedEx Express in 1986 as a package handler and was most recently senior vice president leading the overall ...
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Associated British Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with digital logistics enabler Marine Transport International to create a pilot programmes to use blockchain technology to improve connectivity. ABP will participate in MTI’s blockchain solution in pilot shipments. Currently, each party in a supply chain, from shipper to ...
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BIFA has described the container shipping industry's recent imposition of a 'sulphur surcharge' as unjustified and blatant profiteering.
It follows an announcement by Danish giant AP Moller Maersk of a new bunker adjustment factor (BAF) surcharge from 1 January 2019, a full year ahead of the global sulphur cap on marine ...
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Manchester based groupage and forwarding operator Ital Logistics is to launch a new service to Malta in conjunction with its new partner on the island, EuroBridge Shipping Services.
It will operate at least twice-weekly with departures from the UK every Tuesday (or Wednesday morning) and Thursday arriving in Malta the following ...
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EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on 18 September that he was ready to improve its offer on how Ireland’s customs affairs would be managed, with most physical checks carried out away from the Ulster land border, the BBC has reported. However, he also warned that the "moment of ...
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The Irish International Freight Association (IIFA) hosted a dual celebration on 12 September for graduation of the 2017-1818 IIFA FIATA Diploma class group and the tenth anniversary of the FIATA Diploma in Freight Forwarding through IIFA.
Some 31 Participants from the 2017-18 Class Group became FIATA diploma holders on the night, ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed Government plans, announced in mid-September to upgrade part of the A14 link to Felixstowe to motorway standard. Also included in the plans are a new new Oxford-Cambridge Expressway.
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The ice-strengthened Seago Line Venta Maersk has become the first containership to navigate the North East passage above Russia from Asia to Europe on 1 September.
The seas north of Russia are still covered by heavy ice in winter but with more extensive ice melt in summer – thanks to global ...
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