March 2020
Portsmouth International Port is to mark WWF’s Earth Hour on 28 March, where the world switches off its lights at 8:30pm as a call for action to the climate crisis, with an 'All Electric Day', dedicated to reducing carbon footprint.
Running from 10am to 10pm, the port’s terminal building will host a free event which will show how to go electric and decrease carbon footprint. Local companies including Snows BMW, Pure ...
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Malcolm Group driver training and compliance manager, John Heirs, has returned to the UK after completing his third placement supporting Transaid’s Professional Driver Training Project with the National Institute of Transport in Dar es Salaam.
The scheme aims to reduce road crashes and fatalities on Tanzanian roads by improving the standards ...
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Rochester-based distribution business Swain Group has acquired European bulk haulier Eurobulk, including the company’s assets, vehicles and business. Eurobulk will continue to be run as a separate company, managed by its existing directors, while Swain will provide capital to finance the company’s growth.
Swain Group managing director Matthew Deer, said: “Eurobulk ...
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ABP has appointed Lee Armstrong as group head of commercial (rail), a new role created to develop and drive company strategy and support customers’ broader logistics requirements. He is currently the commercial director of GB Railfreight and brings over 30 years’ experience in the rail sector. Armstrong’s role at the ...
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Sea cargo safety group, the Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS), has elected Captain YS Hwang of Evergreen Marine Corporation as its new chairman and previous chairman Uffe Ernst-Frederiksen of Maersk Line as deputy. An Evergreen employee for over 25 years, Hwang holds a UK MCA Master Unlimited Certificate of Competency ...
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ABP Ipswich has signed a new haulage services contract with labour and port services provider Felixstowe Agencies Ltd. FAL has purchased 14 new vehicles to enhance their services for the project. The Port of Ipswich has invested more than £ 4 million in two new bulk storage terminals, the Orwell ...
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Tyne says it will be the first UK port to join the Connected Ports Partnership. Connected Ports is a collaboration between global operators including Rotterdam, Gdansk, Helsinki, Hamburg and Los Angeles.
Partners agree to operate a shared logistics system and pool data and resources.
Rotterdam’s director digital business solution, Joyce Bliek, said: ...
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Newcastle-based freight software provider Kontainers has added full trucking and air freight to its Enterprise product.
Kontainers Enterprise provides a complete digital experience for freight forwarders, ocean carriers and their customers including: self-service instant rates, booking, customs, air freight, trucking, FCL/LCL, global schedules, BOL (bill of lading), chat support, dashboard analytics, ...
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British International Freight Association (BIFA) director general Robert Keen called for common sense and compromise as the first formal negotiations between the UK and the EU over their future trading relationship got under way on 2 March.
He said both sides should do everything they can to achieve a free-trade agreement ...
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The Rhenus Group has agreed to buy 100% of the shares of the operating companies in the Malcolm Total Logistics Group in New Zealand. The company, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Auckland, offers services including air and sea freight, 3PL contract warehouse and customs brokerage. It has four business ...
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