December 2019
Maersk has opened a new logistics centre in Bac Ninh in North Vietnam market. The 11,000sq m warehouse is at the VSIP Industrial Park within 25km of Hanoi centre and 120km of Hai Phong port. About 40% of the new warehouse is occupied by Turkish home appliances company Vietbeko, with the remaining capacity for customers in automotive and FMCG, among others.
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The African Development Bank has approved €345 million-worth of finance for new road schemes in Tanzania and Kenya. At a meeting in Abidjan it gave its support to loans for the Mombasa-Lunga Lunga/Horohoro and Tanga-Pangani-Bagamoyo roads Phase I. The road is a key component of the East African transport corridors ...
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UK Major Ports Group chief executive Tim Morris says he is looking forward to working “constructively and urgently” with the new Government following the general election on 12 December. However, “ there is now a tremendous amount of work to do both in terms of making the ‘one region two ...
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EV Cargo subsidiaries Jigsaw, forwarder Allport Cargo Services (ACS) and haulier CM Downton are cooperating on a new contract to import and distribute 200 containers of glass bottles a month across the UK from the Al Tajir glass bottle manufacturing facility in Dubai. It will help address the current shortage ...
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Eurotunnel's Le Shuttle Freight service carried 130,952 trucks in November, down 13% on November 2018, due to the after-effect of stock piling in October in anticipation of Brexit. Since the beginning of the year, almost 1.5 million trucks have crossed with Le Shuttle Freight, a decrease of 6% compared to ...
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The 2020 Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards are now open for nominations until 10 February.
The awards celebrate the crucial positions women hold in transport and logistics, showcasing progression, accomplishments and increasing avenues of opportunity within the industry.
They aim to create role models and reshape perception that transport and logistics ...
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TIACA broadens its appeal
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is introducing a separate category for small, medium and start-up companies allowing them to become a full member at a reduced rate.
TIACA has also signed an agreement with global network Neutral Air Partner (NAP) under which the latter’s members will automatically ...
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The airfreight industry has stepped up its campaign to crack down on illegal shipments of Lithium batteries.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Global Shippers Forum (GSF), the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) have renewed calls for governments to crack down ...
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The first major milestone has been reached in the construction of Europa Worldwide Group’s new £60 million, 715,000sq ft logistics facility in the Midlands.
The outer steel frame has now been completed for Europa’s newest warehouse at Midlands Logistics Park in Corby, (Northants), due for completion in June 2020, an occasion ...
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East Midlands Airport (EMA) has appointed Steven Harvey as its new vice president of cargo. His previous roles in a 30-year career in the industry include being a director CargoLogic and roles at Atlas Air, Volga Dnepr and Ruslan International.
EMA handles several express and mail operators and is second only ...
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