January 2019
Dartford-based groupage operator Europa Worldwide Group said it was joining the nationwide search for qualified customs personnel as the UK prepares to leave the EU on 29 March.
It says it will hire 40 customs clearance and operational staff at its 1Hub headquarters in Dartford and is recruiting for a range of permanent and temporary-to-permanent roles.
It is looking for advisers with strong customs clearance experience to run a team of operations ...
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Luke Brown of Daily Groupage Services has been named Young Freight Forwarder, just one of the 11 winners in this year’s BIFA UK Freight Service Awards, held in London on 17 January.
The winner of the newly-introduced Apprentice of the Year category was Thomas Turner of Panalpina World Transport.
The ...
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With less than two months until the UK’s scheduled departure from the EU, FTA is is questioning whether the government’s planned £29 million spending on the Operation Brock traffic management scheme for the Kent coast has been made available in time.
Policy manager for the South East, Heidi Skinner, said: ...
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Logistics tech firm Nexiot has secured a CHF15 million (US$15.5 million) from Credit Suisse and insurance company Mobiliar Versicherungen, among others. Nexiot will continue to develop new technology for the logistics industry, increase its team, and expand its commercial activities internationally. Last year it opened new offices in Hamburg and ...
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Eddie Stobart Logistics has made permanent its new rail service from the port of Tilbury to Daventry, originally launched as a fourth month trial in September. The new service, which has a forecast capacity of 200 containers a week will “within a matter of weeks” be expanded to run daily ...
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The Port of Felixstowe and DFDS said on 21 January that they had agreed to increase ro ro capacity at the UK port by over 40% including a new linkspan, tractor units and 300 additional trailer parking.
The port’s chief executive Clemence Cheng, said the investment was driven by long-term confidence ...
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DHL Express is building a DKK 1 billion (€134 million), 26,172sq m hub at the eastern freight area of Copenhagen airport. When it opens in 2023 it will be able to handle 37,000 packages per hour five times as many as the existing facility. Packages to and from Denmark usually ...
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Logistics information provider cargo-partner is offering a dedicated Purchase Order Management service to help ensure that shipments arrive on time and in full – no matter what transport services are involved. It covers all areas of order and supplier management: from communication with suppliers to efficient transport consolidation, quantity and ...
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Europa Air and Sea has appointed Matthew Greenway to the new role of pricing and procurement manager. He will be responsible for reviewing the overarching strategy and working closely with suppliers to drive a closer and better business relationship.
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UK licences, certifications and access for UK operators to the EU internal air transport market would become invalid, in the event of a Hard Brexit on 29 March, says Bob Simmons, technical director at Baines Simmons, part of the training and consultancy division of charter company, Air Partner. In ...
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