March 2020
Kerry Logistics Network has moved its UK air freight division into new premises at the Skyport Heathrow site. It provides a fully temperature-controlled bonded warehouse including deep frozen storage, pick and pack machinery and vacuum cooling. The facility has a rating of AA+ under the new BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
David Mallinson, General Manager - Air Division, Kerry Logistics (UK), said, “At the new site, we have access to ...
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Palletways says its members will gain much-improved access to the French market, thanks to a new partnership with Ziegler France. The French arm of the Belgian-headquarter logistics operator has over 60 branches across the country, including two main hubs in Paris and the central city of Clermont Ferrand, covering largely ...
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Le Shuttle Freight carried 131,346 trucks in February, down 7% compared to February 2019 due to pre-Brexit stockpiling last year, said Getlink. No impact from covid-19 has been identified at this stage, it added. Since the beginning of the year, more than 260,000 trucks have crossed with Le Shuttle Freight.
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The Port of Tyne is helping independent charity Children North East develop its Little Friends project.
Little Friends delivers services to families with young children in the Cowgate area of Newcastle and supports around 20 families with activities for children and help for families in need of advice or guidance.
Senior fundraiser ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) is to postpone its Transport Manager Seminar due to corona virus concerns. Originally planned for 25 March, the event will now take place on 18 June. The venue will remain the same: Johnstown House Hotel Spa in Enfield, County Meath.
FTAI general manager, Aidan Flynn, commented “We have ...
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BIFA director general Robert Keen said that the association’s members would be waiting to see whether all the borrowing and spending that has been outlined in the UK Budget on 11 March actually happens.
“Until it happens, it is all spin and noise,” he warned. “Whilst the investment in road transport ...
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Global port company DP World says its revenue grew 36.1% in the year ended 31 December 2019while adjusted earnings (EBITDA basis) increased 17.7%. The revenue included acquisitions including P&O Ferries, Topaz Energy and two terminals in Chile, as well as the full year impact from earlier acquisitions including short-sea operator ...
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FedEx executive vice president and chief financial officer lan Graf will retire on 31 December with corporate vice president and treasurer Mike Lenz named as his successor. Graf will serve as CFO until 22 September and remain at the company as executive vice president and senior advisor until the end ...
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Brittany Ferries has completed its part-purchase of Channel Islands operator, Condor Ferries. The deal, announced last year, had been subject to scrutiny by competition authorities and has now been finalised. Brittany Ferries is the minority shareholder in the company, alongside Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund. Last year the two ...
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The European Commission is to temporarily lift airport slot usage obligations during the corana virus crisis and avoid carriers operating empty ‘ghost flights'.
Commissioner for Transport Adina Vălean said that without such a measure, airlines would have to continue to operate flights, even if largely empty, to guarantee their current slots ...
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