April 2021
Kent-based Trans Global Projects Group has named Andreas Menzel as managing director for its German subsidiaries Trans Global Projects GmbH and Natco. He brings more than 16 years of industry experience and has held senior management positions with numerous logistics companies, most recently ATS International Projects Europe and Deugro Group.
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The ceramic industry is being affected by the unprecedented surge in freight rates, says the European Shippers Council.The imbalance in shipping following the Covid-19 pandemic have driven up costs and disrupted global trade to an extraordinary degree, it says. The Cerame-Unie trade group is calling on the European Commission to ...
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Logistics property developer Segro is to build its first speculative units at its 700-acre East Midlands Gateway Logistics Park. It will create over 220,000 sq ft of warehousing, scheduled for occupation in October. The unit will have a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating and will be a net carbon zero.
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Heathrow Airport said its cargo volumes were down 25.7% on an annual basis in March but cargo movements have increased by 21.4% compared with March 2020. Passenger numbers fell by 82.6% year on year.
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Eight people have been killed and others injured in a mass shooting at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis at around 23.00 local time.The lone gunman is reported to have killed himself. Authorities said there was no further threat to public safety. In a statement, the express carrier said: “We are ...
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Hapag-Lloyd has ordered 150,000teu of new dry and reefer containers from China most of which are expected to be delivered in coming months. It has also ordered 8,000teu of special containers for over-sized or dangerous goods. At US$550 million, the carrier says it is one of the biggest container orders ...
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Small businesses that move freight based in East Sussex, Essex, Kent, Norfolk or Suffolk are being invited to apply for one of the remaining 33 ERDF-funded TALE (Transport and Logistical Efficiencies) grants of up to £10,000 to improve their logistics. They can be used for support software, consultancy, or the ...
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Agility has opened a logistics park in Maputo, Mozambique. The 290,000sq m site is on the new Maputo ring road with easy access to major highways leading to the north of Mozambique and to South Africa. The 32,000sq m of Agility warehousing constructed for the first phase of the development ...
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The British International Freight Association's Young Forwarder Network (YFN) has held 50 events, two years after it was launched in March 2019, despite the disruption caused by Covid-19 and Brexit
In its first year, 741 individuals attended 28 events organised by the YFN, which included regional launch events, airport and port ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) is offering additional covered and external storage at its Garston site, near Liverpool. Since November 2020, ABP has been working with shipping and logistics company Armitt Group acquire 230,000sq ft of covered and nine acres of open storage, historically used by Armitt at the port. ABP ...
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