December 2018
Freight forwarder Transvalair has joined the Palletways network. It will handle full load express deliveries for Palletways customers in four Redhill postcode districts around Gatwick covering parts of Surrey and Sussex.
Transvalair, which started life in 1973 as a Swiss cargo airline, has operated as a multimodal freight forwarder since 1976 at five depots across England, including Felixstowe, using a fleet of more than 60 vehicles and 130 members of staff. ...
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Warehouse developer P3 Logistic Parks has acquired a 16 hectare site in Dragomiresti on the north west outskirts of Bucharest for a 80,000sq m logistics park. P3 Bucharest NW Ring Road will have direct access to the main road system. Construction is due to start in the second half of ...
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Flubit.com, the largest UK-owned digital marketplace, has chosen Xpediator’s EshopWedrop e-commerce delivery solution to manage its customers’ cross border deliveries to nine countries. EshopWedrop is a B2C offering that overlays existing B2B groupage service lines run by Xpediator’s freight forwarding division, Delamode. Since its takeover in July 2018 by blockchain ...
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Middle East headquartered forwarder Agility is to invest $100 million over three years to launch its Shipa.com digital logistics platform.
Shipa Ecommerce offers integrated freight, fulfilment, delivery and returns solutions across the Arabian Gulf with additional reach into the EU and Africa planned for the near future, and is available in ...
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Insurer Thomas Miller (Americas) charity initiative has come close to raising half a million dollars for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation over the last three years, thanks to the ‘Play for Pink’ Golf Day held last month. A total of 112 players representing companies from the maritime and insurance ...
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DHL-sponsored yachtswoman Susie Goodall has been rescued Hong Kong-registered general cargo ship Tian Fu after her boat came to grief 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn during the Golden Globe Race. The DHL Starlight lost her mast after capsizing during violent storms during the non-stop solo round-the-world race. The cargo ...
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SH Pratt Group has opened a bespoke temperature controlled warehouse at DP World London Gateway’s Logistics Park. It says it will reduce food miles and increase freshness in perishable and chilled supply chains. The company took occupation of the 108,555sq ft facility in June for a three-month fitting out period. ...
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European forwarders’ representative group Clecat says it is disappointed at the European Council’s recent compromise agreement on posting of workers.
It says that the agreement, if implement, would in “no way respond to the need for simple, uniform, clear and easily enforceable rules which would facilitate transport operations, protect the ...
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Current FedEx Express executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer Raj Subramaniam, is to take over as president and chief executive officer from David Cunningham, who is due to retire on 1 January. Subramaniam has been with FedEx for more than 27 years and has held various executive level ...
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The Rhenus Group has acquired freight forwarding company, SBL Importverkehrslogistik, based at Ratingen-based near Dusseldorf. As well as import and export logistics services it offers solutions for the steel sector, along with project and heavy transport business.
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