December 2019
Freightliner and Pentalver, now part of Genesee & Wyoming (G&W), have taken delivery of the first six trucks of a 100-vehicle replacement project at Freightliner's Coatbridge terminal.
The six DAF CF450 tractor units meet G&W’s standardised safety specifications, including front and side safety cameras, internal driver side mirrors, lane deviation, emergency brake assist, anti-roll and impact warning system.
The two companies have also started to recieve 300 new Krone slider trailers.
Delivery of ...
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Palletforce, which recently became part of the EV Cargo group, has appointed former The Pallet Network (TPN) chief executive Adam Leonard as member relations director from January 2020, taking over from David Breeze who moves to the new position of commercial and international director.
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Portsmouth International Port won the International Quality Organisation of the Year award at the 2019 International Quality Awards in London on 27 November.
Organisers the Chartered Quality Institute said Portsmouth was acknowledged as being a leader in the quality sector, and in 2018 was also one of the first organisations in ...
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The current political debate over Brexit has largely ignored the question of whether any free trade deal with the US would counter the damage caused by leaving the EU, says director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson.
The reality, he argues, is that “it wouldn’t come close to doing so”. ...
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International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) and its local partners have initiated the second phase expansion of the Matadi Gateway Terminal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), srving the capital, Kinshsa. The Phase 2 expansion will more than double annual throughput capacity to 400,000teu a year. There are also ...
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Nottingham-based forwarder Baxter Freight has recruited an additional 11 members to its team and is on track to achieve its goal of increasing employee numbers to 120 by 2021. The largest area of expansion has been in the account management team and the company is now looking for additional account ...
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Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) president and chief executive Thorsten Neumann is urging the European Commission to aligns its new EU Safe and Secure Truck Parking Areas (SSTPA) Standard with its own Parking Security Requirements (PSR).
TAPA says that aligning its own Parking Security Requirements (PSR) industry standard with the EU ...
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IAG Cargo has successfully tested autonomous drone technology not to deliver cargo but to help manage its warehouse in Madrid. Using technology developed by software start-up FlytBase, the accurately detects and reads AWBs and identifies empty slot locations, potentially saving around 6,500 man-hours a year.
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CEVA Logistics has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide regional logistics services to Ideal Standard, one of the world's leading manufacturers of what it describes as private and public bathroom solutions. CEVA will operate a 17,375sq m regional distribution centre in Bielany Wroclawskie in south western Poland from where ...
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The Port of Tyne has completed an extension to its container terminal that is expected to boost capacity to around 100,000teu a year.
The port has invested £2 million in extending its 20 acre container terminal, reconfiguring the layout, repositioning the weighbridge and extending capacity by 40% to almost 70,000sq m ...
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