February 2021
Nick Toye assumes the role of vice president - global product and procurement ocean freight, while retaining his position as chairman of Far East cargo line. Russell Lawrence is promoted to vice president - UK region, while Simon Power is promoted to vice president - global operations.
Toye joined the air freight division in 1987 and has taken on many roles, including time spent living in Hong Kong and Israel.
Lawrence now ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has signed partnerships with trucking companies to offer a fleet of temperature-controlled GDP-certified vehicles to move pharma from the French provinces to Paris CDG Airport. The trucks are positioned in Bordeaux, Mulhouse, Lyon and Strasbourg and will initially offer a weekly schedule departing every Friday evening ...
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Yusen Logistics UK has extended its long standing-relationship with Europe’s largest manufacturer of home appliances, BSH Hausgeräte, which makes well-known brands such as Bosch, Siemens, Gaggenau and NEFF. It extends a relationship which started in 2007 to provide a range of distribution services to BSH’s small trade customers utilising YLUK’s ...
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The deadline to enter the 2021 Amazon everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards has been extended for two weeks until 22 February. Nominations are free to enter and forms can be completed at https://everywomanforum.com/mpage/everywoman-in-transport-and-logistics-awards-nominations
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 8 July 2021.
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Logistics provider VEGA International and rail wagon operator and leasing firm VTG have developed a solution to allow normally non-craneable semitrailers to be lifted on and off trains. Tests of VEGA’s roadrailLink system have been completed in Tilburg, the Netherlands. It uses a galvanized metal carrier that can be lifted ...
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A Covid testing site has been set up at Cork Airport for trucks travelling from the port of Cork to France and Continental Europe.
Drivers must make sure that they obtain a test within 72 hours of embarking on France-bound ferries. They must pre-book their test in advance.
Bookings must be made ...
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DB Schenker is investing €10 million euro in a new logistic centre in Shannon, in the west of Ireland.
The new site is located close to Shannon Airport and has direct access to the local highway network. It will offer services including air and ocean freight, land transport, and value-added logistics.
The ...
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Southampton-based Solent Stevedores has set up a subsidiary company, Saint-Malo Stevedores.
It has committed to invest €1million in new equipment in the French Channel Port and has secured a €200,000 grant from the Brittany region. The investment includes the purchase of new tugs for ro ro operations, forklifts and a loading ...
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Freight Software Group (FSG) has appointed Richard Litchfield as managing director of its Forward Computers business. He was previously group IT director at Europa Worldwide Group and vice president and global head of IS road logistics at Kuehne & Nagel in Switzerland. He was responsible for designing and implementing Europa's ...
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DFDS reports a near 100% utilisation of its Dunkerque-Rosslare route, opened on 2 January. The service is operated by three ships, with the larger MV Drottenreplacing the Optima Seaways soon after the launch. DFDS has appointed additional staff in Rosslare who are now being trained with more positions due to ...
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