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Rhenus man moves to Clugston

Former Rhenus Logistics general manager in the North West, Tim Doggett, has joined Clugston Distribution as distribution director. He brings over 25 years in the logistics industry across road, air, sea and warehousing with senior roles at UPS, RH Stevens and H&S Handel und Transport. [+]

Rhenus to buy Northants’ RCS

Manchester-headquartered Rhenus UK has acquired Corby, Northamptonshire-based RCS Logistics. RCS currently operates 350,000sq ft of warehousing but Rhenus UK has underwritten an investment to add a further 90,000sq ft, due to open in November 2017. RCS Logistics’ directors Steve Gray and Richard Robinson join the Rhenus UK board, and all ... [+]

Rhenus Offshore gets down to business in Great Yarmouth

Rhenus’s Offshore Logistics arm has started its first major project at its new Great Yarmouth offshore base. Its Blue Betria platform supply vessel will be performing regular supply duties to the Galloper Wind Farm during the commissioning phase of the offshore sub-station. The first in a series of cargo runs ... [+]

Rhenus opens in Surabaya and Semarang

The Rhenus Group says it plans to launch services at Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-largest city, in early August following the opening of an office in the port city of Semarang in February. The Rhenus national company in Indonesia has now been certified by IATA since the end of May, it adds. Rhenus ... [+]

Irish exporters to talk supply chains

The Irish Exporters Association (IEA), Ulster Bank, Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, Rhenus Logistics and Fleet Transport have launched the IEA Supply Chain Series 2017 in Dublin. The series will consist of four IEA Supply Chain Large Seminars, four IEA Multimodal Working Group meetings and four IEA Exporters Working Group meetings around ... [+]

Rhenus sees opportunities offshore

Rhenus Offshore Logistics is starting operation of two new offshore supply bases at the ports of Great Yarmouth and Aberdeen through its recently opened UK office. After successfully supplying around 90% of all German wind farms since 2014, Rhenus Offshore Logistics entered the UK market in 2016 by opening its own ... [+]

Rhenus to move HQ to Port Salford

Forwarder Rhenus Logistics has confirmed started building its new headquarters and warehouse at Port Salford, on the Manchester Ship Canal, expected to be fully operational by late 2017. Rhenus says it has enjoyed strong and sustainable growth, with the past year seeing a 10% increase in volumes and is relocating its ... [+]

Rhenus urges firms to be export-ready

Managing director of Manchester forwarder Rhenus Logistics, David Williams, is urging uk manufacturers to take advantage of the weak Pound to export more. A new survey by the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) shows that the weakening curency has boosted exports as UK goods become cheaper for overseas buyers. He said: "If ... [+]

A moving memorial

Rhenus Logistics UK waived its fee to move a 1.5-tonne memorial stone to the First World War Bradford Pals battalion to France. It is estimated that more than three-quarters of the 1,394 troops from the battalion who went 'over the top' on the first day of the battle of the Somme ... [+]

Rhenus in Japan joint venture

German forwarder Rhenus Group has signed a joint venture with Japan’s Sankyo Corporation. Rhenus Sankyo Logistics will handle imports and exports domestic distribution and warehousing in Japan. Board member Tobias Bartz said the deal would help Rhenus gain a foothold in a difficult market for foreign companies. [+]

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