March 2020
IRU said that its research of small and medium sized logistics companies showed that the European road transport sector is facing a 13% increase in its commercial driver shortage. The commercial freight driver shortfall on the continent would rise from 23% in 2019 to 36% in 2020, it predicted.
Poland and Romania are two of the most heavily affected countries. In Poland, driver shortage stands at 22% and is expected to jump ...
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Yusen Logistics has opened a new shared user warehouse in Wolverton, Milton Keynes. The site is owned by one of Yusen Logistics existing customers, but the logistics operator has taken full responsibility for the operation and will initially service that client on 218,000sq ft. A further 50,000sq ft is currently ...
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TIACA, The International Air Cargo Association, has signed an intelligence sharing agreement with CLIVE Data Services for the latter’s ‘dynamic load factor’ analysis. The analyst consolidates data shared by a representative group of international airlines operating to all corners of the globe, giving earliest possible barometer of market, it says.
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P&O Ferries has opened a second rail line into its Europoort, Rotterdam terminal. The 650-metre long track will allow the ferry company and its Ferrymasters logistics arm to handle up to eight trains a day with up to 36 trailers or 42 45 foot containers each.
P&O Ferries and P&O Ferrymasters ...
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Kuehne and Nagel Ireland has been recognised as one of the best workplaces in the country at the 18th annual Great Place to Work awards in Dublin on 26 February. The forwarding and logistics company has been named by the Great Places to Work Institute as one of the Best ...
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Kuehne + Nagel is to sell a major part of its UK contract logistics portfolio to XPO Logistics, including the drinks, food services and retail and technology businesses, for an undisclosed sum. The operations generated a turnover of CHF750 million (£615m) in 2019 and employ 7,500 people. The sale is ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has opened a new branch in Szczecin, Poland to handle its breakbulk distribution within the country and further afield. Hellmann now has 14 of its own and seven partner branches in the country offering land transport, air and sea freight and contract logistics.
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Rhenus Group’s Rhenus High Tech arm has bought 100% of the shares in Simon Hegele Hightech Transport & Service a subsidiary of the Simon Hegele Group. Rhenus High Tech and Simon Hegele have been cooperating in their distribution networks for more than five years to provide technical value-added logistics solutions ...
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The recently-founded Women's Forum at logistics provider Imperial’s International division is making an appeal to collect clothing, shoes, medical dressings, cosmetics and hygiene products at its four Duisburg offices to mark International Women's Day on 8 March. Donations will be delivered to the TrebeCafé in Düsseldorf, a charity which provides ...
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Europa Warehouse has appointed Sally Watson its first head of sales at its Corby, hub which is set to open this summer. She joined Europa as a senior account manager in 2014.
[caption id="attachment_29249" align="alignleft" width="300"] Picture by Edward Moss[/caption]
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