October 2023
Equipment sharing agreements between different freight companies can make for efficient use of resources but could lead to liability issues if appropriate cover is not in place, warns insurer TT Club. In a new paper, ‘Risk Byte: Good neighbour agreements, the first in a series of advice documents says that such arrangements are not always formally outlined in well-defined contracts.
“In such circumstances the casual nature of the arrangement, though often ...
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Entertainment and live event logistics specialist Rock-it Global – a Global Critical Logistics Company - has acquired Dell Will Customs Brokers. The Detroit, Michigan-based company primarily serves the motorsports and automotive manufacturing industries, and will add to Rock-it Global’s existing customs brokerage capabilities.
Founder and vice president of Motorsports Customs Brokerage, ...
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Röhlig Logistics has opened an office in Madrid and has appointed María Jesús Fernandez as branch manager. Röhlig Logistics is also represented in Barcelona and Bilbao.
General manager at Röhlig Spain, Albert Mora, said that Madrid has diversified its industry mix in recent years, attracting many multinational companies from various sectors ...
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IAG Cargo is increasing frequency on a number of routes in its winter schedule. These include London to Cape Town (17 flights a week), Accra, Doha and Miami the latter two destinations now served 14 times a week.
Out of Madrid, IAG Cargo will offer additional capacity on routes to Bogota, ...
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Multimodal operator CargoBeamer says that Girteka, the largest asset-based road freight company in Europe, has become the first company to reach the 20,000 trailer milestone on its rail services.
Lithuanian-based Girteka booked its first units on CargoBeamer’s trains in October 2017 and uses mainly the Kaldenkirchen (Germany) to Domodossola (Italy) route ...
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The Port of Antwerp-Bruges reported total tonnage of 204.4 million tonnes for the first nine months of 2023, a drop of 6% compared to the same period last year and a near identical performance to its rival Rotterdam, which reported yesterday (23 October). Antwerp-Bruges said the still unstable geopolitical and ...
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DSV reported gross profit down 15.1% and EBIT earnings by 30.6% in the first nine months of 2023, which the Danish-headquartered forwarding and logistics company described as “solid results” given the challenging market conditions and record earnings achieved last year. The Air & Sea division saw a 35.7% decrease in EBIT ...
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Danish owned forwarder and logistics company DSV has signed a US$10 billion joint venture with the Neom project, builders of a new mega-city in Saudi Arabia.
It will focus on providing logistics services for Neom in the coming years, providing supply chain management, development and investment in transport and logistics assets ...
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Freight and logistics IT consultancy Innovate Freight is to sponsor the government-backed Generation Logistics scheme, which aims to discover and engage a new generation of workers in the sector.The consultancy has also launched a new Innovate Talent devision, a specialist recruiter for transport and logistics, led by recruiter Mark Chopping, ...
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Maritime Transport is to take part in the zero emission HGV and infrastructure demonstrator (ZERFD). The £200 million investment programme is one of the largest funded initiatives by Innovate UK in partnership with the Department for Transport, and will see investment across four green projects to roll out up to ...
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