September 2012
Humber-based port operator RMS Group Holdings has appointed Mike Kirby as chief operations officer.
The Group’s operations include the Boothferry Terminal and covered steel terminal at Goole where he started as yard foreman and worked his way up to nanaging director. He was a member of the management team behind the RMS secondary management buy-out in July 2007, led by the present CEO, Peter Aarosin.
Mike Kirby’s objective is: “To make the ...
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The Port of Felixstowe set a new record for the number of container moves in a 12 hour shift with the recent call of the Maersk Sarnia. A total of 3,431 exchanges were completed on the vessel and in a 12 hour shift, 602 moves were completed by an individual ...
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Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, will carry up to 14 tonnes of freight per flight between South Australia and Dubai when four weekly flights to Adelaide launch on 1 November 2012, significantly boosting trade between South Australia and Dubai.
The additional 56 tonnes will take the weekly capacity to ...
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The European Commission may send UPS and TNT a statement of objections to their proposed merger, reports the Europolitcs website. It said that this might force the US parcels giant into making concessions.
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, at a 20 September conference in the US said it was important to ...
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Logistics provider Agility has named Mike Bible as Chief executive officer of its Europe operations, following the decision by Beat Simon to depart the company and Chris Price as CEO of its Asia Pacific operations. Mike Bible will oversee over 140 offices in over 29 countries, and more than 3,000 ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Nick Jones to the new post of head of sales. He has been Virgin Atlantic Cargo's regional vice president, EMEA, since 2010.
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Talks between the freight industry and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on future controls for goods moving to Enhanced Remote Transit Sheds (ERTS) are starting to make progress, reports Peter MacSwiney, chairman of industry software company ASM and a key participant in the discussion.
Since the last sub group meeting finished ...
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DSV Road has achieved SQAS chemicals and dangerous goods assessment for its Manchester site. This is the second time DSV Road Limited’s Manchester facility has been assessed, as SQAS requires all sites to be reassessed every three years. The company’s Purfleet, Birmingham and Bristol also have SQAS certification.
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The Port of Liverpool has taken on 12 new engineering, the largest intake of for 20 years. They include the first ever female engineering apprentice, Megan Pickering, a 19-year-old from Runcorn.
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TNT Express chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard is to leave the company by the end of September to pursue an alternative career. Chief financial officer Bernard Bot will take over as interim CEO after her departure. The takeover of TNT by UPS would not be affected and would be completed by ...
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