March 2023
ITF argues that globally, Maersk pre-tax profits totalled US$49 billion across 2021 and 2022 but in 2021 it paid just 3.7% tax on its profits, and only 3% in 2022.
In contrast, the average Danish worker pays 39.1% income tax and social security contributions on their wages 13 times higher than the rate paid by Maersk, Dutch workers more than nine times as much, Argentinian workers more than eight times and ...
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P&O Ferries' newly Fusion Class vessel P&O Pioneer has docked at DP World Limassol port en route from Guangzhou, China to Dover. The operator says the vessel will be the most sustainable ferry ever to sail from Dover to Calais when she goes into operation in May.
The Pioneer is will ...
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German-owned forwarder Dachser has opened sales offices in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Da Nang, Vietnam. They will help it meet increasing demand from customers in the electronics, fashion and sports industries.
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Rhenus Fresh specialises in perishable cargo handling, and has handled ocean and air freight imports and exports since 1985 and will now offer UK customers temperature-controlled services in the transportation of chilled and frozen produce.
Rhenus recently opened a fresh goods department in Norway in 2021 and expanded its perishable offering ...
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Ukraine-based Antonov Airlines moved quickly to move time-critical cargo from Italy and Belgium to Saudi Arabia on board of one of its AN-124-100 aircraft. The super heavy cargo specialist delivered 13 plant components at short notice to help minimise downtime at a petrochemical plant on behalf of its forwarder customer ...
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Heavylift logistics operator Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened an office in Aberdeen in anticipation of growing demand from the North Sea gas industry.
Group chief executive, Colin Charnock said that TGP has had a presence in Grangemouth, central Scotland, for 30 years, but added: “By turning our full attention to ...
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Logistics specialist ParcelHero has welcomed MPs’ vote to support the ‘Stormont brake’ section of the Windsor Framework. It called on politicians on all sides tonow unite to ensure trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland is not subjected to red tape and checks.Westminster MPs have voted by 515 to 29 ...
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Pharma cold chain solution specialist Envirotainer has reported a 24% increase in medicines shipped around the world in its temperature-controlled units.
Its fleet moved around 744 million doses (272 000 pallets) in 2022 compared with 600 million in 2021.
Envirotainer expanded its production site in Rosersberg, just north of Stockholm in November ...
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Logistics technology start-up Zeus has joined the Smart Freight Centre (SFC) community, an international non-profit organisation focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from freight transportation. Under the partnership, Zeus will work with the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC), an SFC-led programme, to submit data, create guidelines and processes and help ...
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Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has sent several truckloads of urgently needed goods such as water, food, blankets and hygiene products to Adana and Antakya following the recent earthquake. Within days, it had dispatched 14 trucks with relief goods, including 20 container houses, 20 disaster tents, electric generators and tools, mattresses and ...
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