September 2021
No, Solent Stevedores hasn’t taken the latest logistics industry drive to attract young people to extremes – the cargo handler has named some of its new machinery after its employees’ children.
Some £2.4 million of new equipment including three new Kalmar Reach Stackers and 10 Terberg Tugs will carry the names Poppy, Ella Louise and Emily May.
The firm says that its family values inspired it to name the top-of-the-range machinery after ...
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Geodis is now offering a complete product returns management service throughout Europe as part of its e-Commerce solutions. The package can be collected at the consumer’s home or left at a drop-off point. Geodis is responsible for collecting products and transporting them to the warehouse, as well as sorting, repackaging ...
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Warehouse space strategist, Bis Henderson Space, has appointed contract management specialist Alex Murray to the position of business development manager.
His appointment is part of the first phase of a recruitment drive to support significant growth of the business and will be followed by further appointments. He will be responsible for ...
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Cosco Shipping Logistics has introduced a new weekly LCL service from Shanghai to the UK (Felixstowe) in conjunction with Cosco Shipping International Freight. Containers will be unpacked at Cosco Shipping Logistics’ ETFS Facility in Basildon, Essex.
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DP World Stuttgart said it would invest €35 million in its Stuttgart inland terminal at a ceremony to mark its 25th anniversary. Over the next three to five years it will bolster the capacity of the trimodal operation – rail, barge and truck. It said continued demand for more sustainable ...
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Freightliner has taken delivery of the first 40 of 230 new FFA-G intermodal 40ftwagons from Poland. The remainder are due to be delivered by November 2021.
The new FFA-G wagon is the culmination of two-and-a-half years of work with partners Greenbrier Europe and Wabtec Axiom Rail and are over two tonnes ...
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Scottish freight and logistics firm Streamline Shipping Group is celebrating its 40th year in business with a move to a new depot at Aberdeen Harbour.
It has almost doubled warehouse capacity at its Aberdeen headquarters with a new 7,800sq mharbourside facility on Palmerston Quay – formerly Aberdeen Harbour’s historic fishmarket.
The move has ...
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Xpediator’s Regional Express arm is moving from its current premises to join sister company, Delamode International Logistics, at its new 200,000sq ft distribution centre at Southampton container port.
Regional Express is a one-stop service for Amazon sellers in the UK, US and Europe with services including VAT registrations and tax filling, ...
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A group of over 150 industry leaders and organisations has called for decisive government action to enable full decarbonisation of international shipping by 2050. The Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization was developed by a multi-stakeholder taskforce convened by the Getting to Zero Coalition between the Global Maritime Forum, the ...
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Qatar Airways has extended its participation in the USAID ROUTES (Reducing Opportunities for Unlawful Transport of Endangered Species) partnership to combat illegal wildlife trafficking.
Qatar Airways, one of the world’s leading carriers and a founding member of the United for Wildlife Transport Taskforce, signed the original Buckingham Palace Declaration on 2016. ...
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