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March 2019

First recruit for Europa fast-track scheme

Freight forwarder Europa Worldwide Group, has launched a Rapid Career Development Programme to recruit around 30 school-leavers in 2019. The first successful candidate to secure a job at the Nottingham Europa Road branch is 18-year-old Max Holbrook (pictured, centre, with Nottingham branch manager Joe Partner). He excelled in the rigorous application process which involved a written application, final school report and predicted A-Level grades as well as a one-on-one half an ... [+]

DSV aids cyclone victims

DSV is moving emergency equipment from neighbouring countries to Malawi to help victims of cyclone Idai. The forwarder hosts the Danish Red Cross’ emergency warehouse and helps with transport in an emergency. DSV senior director Jesper Petersen, explains: “We have been providing support to Malawi for a few years, so we ... [+]

DHL report sees new threats to the supply chain

Trade wars, cyber security incidents and climate change paired with extreme weather conditions will be the top three threats to the supply chain in 2019, according to the latest DHL Resilience360 annual risk report, published today (25 March). The report examines last year’s major supply chain challenges and identifies trends that ... [+]

ABP sells Humberside site

ABP Humber has sold over 40 acres of land in Stallingborough to car manufacturer Kia Motors. The site is two miles from the Port of Immingham, where Kia has centralised all its UK imports. [+]

Second Amsterdam site for Kintetsu

Kintetsu World Express has opened its second warehouse in Amsterdam. Just 800m from its existing site, it is 15km from Schiphol airport and within 110km of the port of Rotterdam. [+]

Allport opens German-Dutch warehouse site

Allport Cargo Services has opened a new bonded warehouse at Nettetal, Germany on the Dutch border. There is up to 15,000sdq m of space available with the option of high-rack, block or transhipment storage. The forwarder says that traders might want to consider warehousing goods within the EU to avoid ... [+]

Turkish Cargo sponsors the carriage of historical artifacts to Japan.

Turkish Cargo, the air cargo brand of Turkish Airlines that provides service to 124 countries, carried 186 historical artifacts, owned by Dolmabahçe and Topkapı Palaces, to Tokyo, the capital of Japan, as the sponsor carrier, in order to be displayed at the exhibition titled as "The Ottoman Empire and Tulip ... [+]

Awards all round for Imperial in Africa

Kenya Revenue Authority has presented Imperial Logistics’ Managed Solutions business with a trophy for exemplary tax compliance, presented by no less than the country’s president Uhuru Kenyatta. Imperial Logistics healthcare business in Nigeria has meanwhile been recognised as a Company to Inspire Africa by the London Stock Exchange. Its subsidiary, Worldwide ... [+]

Tyne tackles after-school activities

Members of the Connected Kids Club get stuck in with Port of Tyne chief executive Matt Beeton. The port is supporting the Meadow Well branch of the club, which offers affordable after school facilities for children aged 8-13 years. Mandi Cresswell, chief officer at Meadow Well Connected said: “Every year we struggle ... [+]

Chop-chop for globe-spanning chopper-swop

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Panalpina have helped the Babcock multinational corporation swop helicopters stationed on the opposite sides of the globe in the UK and Australia in the minimum time. Two Aberdeen-based AugustaWestland AW139 helicopters needed to get to their new base in Melbourne, Australia, while two Sikorsky S-92s needed to move ... [+]

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