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Palletways UK has launched a fully-funded transition programme for service leavers to help them adapt to civilian working life ahead of Armed Forces Day on 25 June.
Operation Clearview, a six-week, placement programme in conjunction with the Career Transition Partnership, offers former service personnel the opportunity to work in rotation across Palletways’ business.
Managing director of the pallet network, Rob Gittins, said: “Supporting veterans and those currently serving in our military isn’t ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has become the first in its sector to invest in wearable safety devices, designed by Rombit. They been extensively tested in busy mainland European ports, like Antwerp. The new safety devices, worn on the wrist, arm or ankle, and are also attached to machinery. For example, ...
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Supply chain visibility platform FourKites says is has achieved 148% growth in European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) shipments over the last 12 months. The number of customers tracking loads with FourKites in the region has grown by 59% in while the number of carriers tracking shipments has increased by ...
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Thames Enterprise Park, a joint venture between Almcor and Greenergy, has been given the green light from Thurrock Council for a 412 acre brownfield regeneration project within the Thames Freeport zone.
Thames Enterprise Park will revive the former Coryton oil refinery site, initially delivering 3.7 million sq ft of logistics, manufacturing ...
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European digital freight forwarder Sennder has appointed Anja Maassen van den Brink as chief people officer. She joins from electric air mobility company, Lilium and in her new role will the company’s over 1,000 employees and further expanding its talent pool.
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Peel Ports has moved most of its straddle carriers and plant equipment from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), saying it is the first port operator to make the transition.
It is part of its target to become a net zero port operator by 2040.
The group hit the million litre HVO ...
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The logistics industry has launched an awareness and recruitment campaign, Generation Logistics. Co-ordinated by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and Logistics UK, in partnership with the Department for Transport, it aims to shine a spotlight on the skilled, complex nature of the UK’s interconnected logistics industry.
The campaign aims ...
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FedEx Express has launched a new route from Beijing to its Charles de Gaulle hub in Paris, France along with connections via Osaka, Japan. |It will extend cut-off times for same day outbound shipments from Beijing to Europe and will also benefit Japanese businesses shipping time- or temperature-sensitive packages. The ...
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FedEx is making a three-year grant to environmental non-profit, Rewilding Europe, to support rewilding of the Affric Highlands in Scotland. The project seeks to create a vast nature recovery area across a spectacular sweep of the Highlands, supporting work with local communities, organisations, and landowners to enhance biodiversity, address climate ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss says its campaign to circle the globe by bicycle, launched on 1 April, reached its original goal after just 45 days.It was open to participants around the world with cyclists using an app to record and count the kilometers covered. They circled the Earth a second ...
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