March 2023
Europa Group’s Air & Sea forwarding arm has opened an office in Delhi, India.
It follows the opening of sites in Shanghai and Dubai in 2022, and Hong Kong in 2015.
This is Europa’s first step into the Indian Subcontinent as part of its plans to increase its geographical footprint.
Europa Air & Sea director, Angus Hind (pictured, below), commented: “India has been a core market for our business for some time. We ...
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C. Steinweg Logistics has joined the WACO System forwarding network as a member for South Africa. C. Steinweg, founded in 1847, offers a broad range of logistics and handling services including warehousing, screening, packing, and customs clearance. It handles metals, soft commodities, chemicals, ferro-alloys, general cargo, and project cargo and ...
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The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) has accused the UK government of disregarding the rights of P%O Ferries workers “once the cameras were switched off”.
A year after P&O Ferries illegally fired 786 UK seafarers in a controversial move, “there have been zero penalties, fines or charges brought against the company ...
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The government is to review the national policy statement for ports, published in 2012. It says that while the statement continues to provide an appropriate framework for planning decisions on ports infrastructure and associated development, such as road and rail links, it is important to ensure the statement continues to ...
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CMA CGM has launched a feeder service between Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and ports in Bangladesh. It will operate weekly with three 1,700teu ships and the rotation is Chittagong, Colombo, Mangalore, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jebel Ali, Abu Dhabi and Chittagong. Connections are available to and from Europe, Africa and the ...
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Unifeeder has introduced a fixed weekly feeder serice between San Juan in Puerto Rico, Caucedo in the Dominican Republic and Port au Prince in Haiti. Operated by a 974teu vessel, the operator says it will help ease logistics challenges in the region and will offer an alternative to cross-border trucking. ...
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The Celtic Freeport bid consortium says that immediate action will be needed to fulfil the Floating Wind Offshore Wind Taskforce’s call for ports to be turned into hubs for the new technology.
A new report by the Taskforce calls for up to 11 ports around the UK – including two in Wales ...
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Genesee & Wyoming has appointed Tim Shoveller as chief executive officer of its UK/Europe operations, which include the Freightliner rail operation, container-logistics provider Pentalver, Freightliner Poland and Rotterdam Rail Feeding.
He began his rail industry career in 1992 as a trainee driver/guard at British Rail, comes to G&W after nearly four ...
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Women in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) has launched a second mentorship programme.
The initiative, which brings together 27 mentor-mentee pairs, includes eight men and 43 women participants from diverse professional backgrounds, including airlines, airports, freight forwarders, IT solution providers, and trade associations.
The second WAL mentorship programme is sponsored by Airblox, IBS ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions UK held a roof-raising ceremony at its new development at Baytree, Nuneaton. The Rhenus Campus will have two warehouses, totalling one million square feet. The second, larger warehouse measures 771,000 square feet. The first warehouse, measuring 210,000 square feet, had its roof installed in October.
Copyright Mike Sewell ...
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