September 2020
DP World and Dubai Customs are to explore opportunities to develop trade links between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, following the signing of a series of memorandums of understanding (MoUs).
The UAE, along with Bahrain, have recognised Israel, ending a decades-long boycott of the country.
In a ceremony that would have been unthinkable even a few years ago,DP World group chairman and chief executive HE Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem signed MoUs ...
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Geodis is to promote Mike Honious to president and chief executive in the Americas, succeeding Randy Tucker, who is retiring. A 15- year Geodis veteran Honious was previously was the chief operating officer in Americas. John Grubor joins Honious as executive vice-president and chief operating officer.
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International shipping software specialist SmartFreight has joined forces with Frontline Consultancy and Business Services which provides Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), cloud and secure managed IT services. Frontline is a SAP Business One Gold Partner and a member of the organisation’s Manufacturing Inner Circle. SmartFreight’s automated Carrier Management Solutions enable customers ...
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Forth Ports has launched a UK Paper Hub in Tilbury, an all-in-one paper and forest product handling facility. It says it is the first of its kind in the country and will help reduce all forms of waste in the supply chain.
UK Paper Hub is the collective brand covering Tilbury’s ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has opened an office in Lagos, Nigeria. The German-owned line calls at the ports of Apapa and Tin Can Island in the city on its Middle East India Africa Express and the Mediterranean West Africa Express.
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Air charter firm Chapman Freeborn and BDJ Freight International recently completed the transport of Covid-19 medical equipment from Johannesburg to Conakry, Guinea. A mobile hospital explicitly designed for the Covid-19 pandemic was loaded on to a B747F aircraft at OR Tambo International Airport. The hospital which included generators, tents, HEPA ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has launched a new track and trace service for its containerssaying it is the first major logistics business in Europe to introduce the technology.
The service will give customers real-time updates on the precise location of their goods as they are transported by rail, road and sea. . ...
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Most respondents to a survey by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) said they had significant reservations over whether they will have the capacity to handle major changes to the UK’s trading relationship at the start of 2021, such as new customs documentation and procedures.
BIFA director Robert Keen says he ...
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The government’s controversial Internal Market Bill – which could overturn the Brexit Northern Ireland protocol is less an emergency button, more a self-destruct switch, says head of consumer research at parcel broker ParcelHero, David Jinks.
The day before, Justice Secretary, Robert Buckland, defended the Government’s controversial Internal Market Bill on ...
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Maersk is to open a dedicated pharma warehouse in Poland in June 2021, in Mszczonow, about 40km south-west of Warsaw. The 15,000sq m, 24,000 pallet capacity, GDP-certified building will be largely powered by renewable energy and will also offer repacking and transportation in different temperature ranges including ambient, cold, liquid ...
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