July 2023
Northampton based Crisis Logistics has acquired Action Express. Established as a same day delivery specialist in 1998, Crisis Logistics also offers warehousing and fulfilment and national and international road haulage.
It is a member of the APC Overnight parcel delivery network and the Pallet-Track network.
Crisis Logistics plans to retain Action Express’ Brackmills Industrial Estate depot and invest in the site to increase the volume of pallets and parcels it handles. It ...
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US-owned logistics company XPO is offering a multimodal route between Santander and Liverpool, based on the ro ro service via Dublin introduced by CldN last year.
XPO will offer two weekly departures and says the routing will save more than 2,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per trip per year compared with ...
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The ONE Innovation is set to turn the town pink when she arrives in the port of Hamburg tomorrow (15 July). The largest vessel operated by the three-line Japanese consortium (K Line, Mitsui OSK and NYK) and the first of six new Megamax vessels to join ONE's fleet, she is ...
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German-owned company Dachser has appointed Juan Vilarino as managing director air and sea logistics (ASL) Argentina.
He is in charge of a team of around 25 people based in the country’s regional office in the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires and reports directly to Ralph Riehl, managing director ASL Americas.
He has worked ...
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Freight forwarder Deugro has appointed Stefanie Schöttle-Christiansen as head of wind renewable energy Germany. She will help the company continue to meet the growing demands of the sector, joining Deugro with more than 23 years of experience in logistics, over 10 years of these in the renewable energy sector
She was ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has launched a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Certificate (SAFc) programme to help freight forwarders and shippers manage their carbon emissions whilst demonstrating joint commitment to green fuels.
Customers participating in the scheme will receive a SAF certificate for the associated Scope 3 emissions reductions as well as detailed insight ...
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Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has introduced a ‘secure import’ system to fight cargo theft.
Last year air cargo handling agents at Schiphol tightened the rules for access to their forecourts with all driver visits to Dnata, KLM Cargo, Menzies Aviation, Swissport and Worldwide Flight Services’ forecourts having to be notified in advance ...
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Peel Ports Group has received the gold award from the MOD under the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme, having held the silver award since 2016. The operators activities include working with military charities, promoting the reserve service within the organisation by hosting a joint careers fair, sponsoring the Battle ...
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The EU Commission proposed measures to make freight transport more efficient and sustainable on 11 July, including improving rail infrastructure management and incentives for low-emission lorries.
Freight is responsible for over 30% of transport CO2 emissions, and this is likely to rise if no action is taken, as activity is expected ...
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Shortsea operator Containerships has been rebranded as CMA CGM, its parent company. Documentation will now be issued under CMA CGM as carrier and invoices will include new vendor details. CMA CGM took over the Finnish-based operator in October 2018.
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