February 2022
Logistics UK is to hold a Future Logistics Conference alongside the ITT Hub at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre on 11 and 12 May. The free to attend event will be headlined by a keynote speech from world renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock on the first morning.
Other speakers already confirmed include representatives from National Grid, Zemo Partnership, Zenobe and Zenzic. Topics to be discussed during the two days ...
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The Scottish and UK Government have finally reached agreement on creating freeports north of the border and are to sign a partnership agreement to establish two ‘Green Freeports’.
It brings to an end a long drawn out process. The Scottish government had devised its own ‘Greenports’ scheme that would offer tax ...
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Emirates SkyCargo transports more than 250,000 pieces of cargo every day, but what are the top five commodities that it transports in the run-up to Valentine’s Day?
Predictably, flowers top the list, and roses in particular with over 3,000 tonnes harvested from farms in Kenya, Ecuador, Colombia, Ethiopia and many other ...
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Austrian-owned forwarder Gebrüder Weiss has opened a new location at El Paso, Texas on the border with Mexico, in response to growing traffic to and from the US.
Gebrüder Weiss has been active in the US with its own national company since 2017 and now operates eight locations offering for air ...
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Switzerland-based project forwarder Deugro has established a new management structure to boost interaction with customers and lead its transformation and growth ambitions.
A new executive management team consists of five members - Thomas C. Press – chairman and co-chief executive; Klaus Strahmann – co-chief executive; Simon Wasum – chief operating officer; ...
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DoKaSch Temperature Solutions receives has gained technical approval by Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways for its Opticooler active containers. Forwarders can now use the packaging solution on all flights operated by Japan's two largest airlines. The technical approvals allow the Opticooler to be used in the cargo holds of ...
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Stolen vehicle recovery expert, Tracker Network recently found three stolen range rovers worth over £200,000 crammed into a shipping container in Stanford-le-hope, near London Gateway port. One vehicle, worth over £100,000, had been reported stolen just 17 hours before.
Tracker’s head of police liaison Clive Wain, said that Covid, the shortage ...
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CEVA Logistics has launched a number of multimodal cross-border services in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.It is using its own mega-box trailers and 45 high cube pallet wide (HCPW) containers for a daily, direct rail connection from Istanbul’s Halkali rail terminal to Duisburg, offering a transit time of six ...
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Middlesbrough logistics firm AV Dawson’s Michael Taylor has become the first to successfully qualify as a Class 1 HGV driver under a new apprenticeship programme.
He astounded his employer by completing the course in just under three months and his quick progress means he will now be employed by the business ...
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Aerospace logistics specialist B&H Worldwide has helped the Northland Emergency Services Trust (NEST) in New Zealand get one of its rescue helicopters back in the air.
NEST’s three Sikorsky S-76 emergency rescue helicopters are the only service in New Zealand using this model of emergency helicopters, crewed by qualified St John ...
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