March 2019
DSV says its Brexit seminars are in full swing around the country. The forwarder says that while the sessions were initially planned to be hosted in DSV locations, the response was so overwhelming that the free briefings are being held in hotels and conference suites, to give clients with accurate and up-to-date information on the Brexit process.
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CEVA Logistics has expanded its ecommerce services with the implementation of new business wins in the UK, Turkey, US, Canada and Brazil in the last few months. The forwarder provides warehousing and global transport and freight forwarding solutions for B2B and B2C supply chains.
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BIFA is warning its members that they could be liable for the cost of containers abandoned overseas and is urging them to implement safeguards.
It says that one of the most frequent questions it receives regarding problems on maritime shipments is about abandoned and unclaimed containers sitting in overseas ports. The ...
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All-freighter operator CargoLogicAir’s celebrated International Women's Day with its first all-female Boeing 747 crew, delivering over 100 tonnes of cargo from Frankfurt to Atlanta. Captain Jacqueline Robinson and First Officer Carina Krause were presented with flowers from their colleagues before taking off.
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The British Ports Association welcomed the Government’s new Sector Deal for Offshore Wind launched in early March. It includes plans for 30% of UK electricity to be generated by from offshore wind by 2030 and will see a huge growth in offshore developments, much of which will be facilitated by ...
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Ville Iho has been appointed as chief executive of Finnish forwarder Nurminen Logistics. He joins from the airline industry. He was chief operational officer and vice president at Finnair and then Chief Operational Officer of Royal Brunei Airlines.
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Traffic through the Port of London reached 53.2 million tonnes in 2018, a level last seen more than a decade ago. It followed strong growth in containerised cargoes, particularly at DP World London Gateway, which attracted a number of new services. Container trades led the growth, up by 3.4 million ...
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Charter specialist Air Partner has opened new offices in Houston, Texas, and Singapore. The latter in particular will focus on freight. Air Partner has had a presence in Singapore since 2015, but is now sharpening its focus on growing its share of the Asia Pacific market.
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Hutchison executive director, Clemence Cheng met with Maritime Minister, Nusrat Ghani today (8 March) - International Women's Day - to confirm the Felixstowe operator’s support for the Women in Maritime initiative.
Speaking after a ceremonial signing of the Women in Maritime pledge in the House of Commons Library, Mr Cheng said: ...
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A work-to-rule by French customs officers that led to queues of lorries on roads leading to the French Channel has ended, say cross-Channel ferry operators. A spokesman for P&O Ferries said on Thursday 7 March that only 300 trucks were now in the overflow area at the port of Calais, ...
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