January 2019
Ligentia Group has bought the business and assets of UK-based forwarder Air & Cargo Services. It said the move would substantially increase its footprint in the country and strengthen its freight forwarding proposition, expanding its global network to over 70 offices, 450 employees and generating annual revenues of £160m in 2019.
Ligentia also has offices in Poland, China, Vietnam, Thailand, South Africa and Madagascar.
Chief customer officer and managing director for ...
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Evergreen has opened its own agency in Colombia following similar moves in Peru, Chile and Mexico over the past few months. Ddicated personnel will have responsibility for local marketing and sales, customer service, shipping documentation, ground transport and port operations.
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The port of Rosyth has taken new Liebherr multimillion pound mobile harbour crane as part of an investment programme in bulk handling, primarily for food and fuel supplier, Cefetra. The 439-tonne crane arrived on board the MV Meri over the festive period and was rolled off the specialist vessel directly ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is urging commercial vehicle operators to urgently submit applications for international road haulage permits urgently, applications for which close on Friday 18 January. It says that with No Deal exit from the European Union a very real possibility operators will need ECMT (European ...
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Bedfordshire-based Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) says it is ready to go into commercial production of its novel airship design, following the completion of testing of its Airlander 10 prototype. The craft can regulate its own buoyancy, avoiding the need for mooring masts and allowing it to take off and land ...
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DP World is to acquire 71.3% stake in Chilean port operator Pulogsa from Minera Valparaiso and other shareholders associated with the Matte Group. Pulogsa operates a long-term concession for Puerto Central in San Antonio, central Chile, a multipurpose terminal and one of the country's largest container ports with a capacity ...
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The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), the International Group of P&I Clubs and the TT Club have published industry guidelines for the carriage of Divinylbenzene (DVB) in containers. DVB is prone to polymerization (a form of self-reaction) and can generate heat and flammable gas. Following a number of incidents at ...
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The Clecat forwarders organisation along with the European Shippers’ Council have joined forces with other shipping groups to welcome the European Maritime Single Window Environment Regulation, which was adopted by the European Transport and Tourism Committee in January. However, Clecat cautions against the creation of an EU Level Access Point ...
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Palletforce chief executive Michael Conroy is to head the Express segment at EV Cargo, the logistics business created by consolidating six UK logistics firms by private equity investor EmergeVest in November 2018. Clyde Buntrock from Allport Cargo Services will oversee Global Forwarding while Adjuno chief executive Craig Sears-Black will ...
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ABP Southampton employees presented a cheque for over £13,800 to the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. The Air Ambulance was ABP Southampton’s chosen Charity of the Year for 2018 and ABP employees undertook a series of fundraising activities, including a Devizes to Westminster paddle challenge, a charity golf ...
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