March 2022
German purchasing platform XStaff has signed a deal with Polish logistics service provider PST Ost Sped. XStaff has had its own location in Katowice, Poland, since September 2020 but says the new partnership, strengthens its presence in one of Europe's fastest-growing economies, and gives its members unrestricted access to PST’s portfolio of services, not only in Poland itself, but also in other countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. The Polish ...
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Global forwarder Woodland Group has moved into a new and larger space in Los Angeles. Weekly export consolidations to Australia and Europe. It offers full omni channel logistics services covering import, export, domestic, FCL, LCL, air and warehousing services, along with in-house customs brokerage. Woodland, which opened its first US ...
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International Transport Workers’ Federation general secretary Stephen Cotton has handed a ‘Global Letter of Protest’ to the leadership of DP World, owners of P&O Ferries, over the sacking of 800 UK seafarers.
The letter, delivered to DP World chief executive Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, called for the reinstatement of the sacked ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed a commitment by HMRC to better communicate with traders on the switchover from the Chief computer to the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS) – which it described as the most significant change in the processing of customs declarations in 30 years.
Director general, ...
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P&O Ferries has rebuffed a call by the government calls to reinstate sacked 800 seafarers on their previous wages, saying it would cause the company to collapse.
The ferry operator’s chief executive Peter Hebblethwaite rejected the call, which was contained in a letter from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, saying that 500 ...
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Logistics non-profit organisation Pharma.Aero, the University of Antwerp, Khalifa University Abu Dhabi and the HOPE vaccine distribution consortium are to run a second edition of their Masterclass on Pharma Logistics, following the success of last year’s event.
As well as highlighting the current critical aspects of pharma logistics, it will be ...
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Solent Stevedores’ has nominated Neuroblastoma UK as its Charity of the Year - a cause close to the hearts of two team members whose families have been directly affected by the cancer.
The national charity, which funds research to discover new, more effective and kinder treatments for children with neuroblastoma, an ...
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Maritime Transport has agreed a 30-year lease with Peel Ports Group for a major expansion of its transport depot at the Port of Liverpool.
The multi-million-pound project will increase the current site from four acres to ten with a new storage yard for loaded containers. Construction begins in April and will ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo and software company WiseTech Global have launched a direct eBooking solution, building on the flight schedule and operational data exchange implemented last year. The eBooking connection between WiseTech’s CargoWise platform and Qatar Airways Cargo management system, CROAMIS, enables freight forwarders using CargoWise to choose their flight and ...
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Port handling equipment makers Cargotec and Konecranes have cancelled their planned merger after it was blocked by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). , The European Commission had conditionally approved it on the basis of a remedy package, but the latter was rejected by the CMA.
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