September 2013
Skills for Logistics chief executive Mick Jackson is stepping down from Skills for Logistics and will be replaced by his deputy, Ross Moloney, whilst the boards for a permanent successor. It is part of the sector council's plan to become a more commercial organisation over the next five years.
SfL chairman Paul Brooks said Mr Jackson had been “an outstanding servant for Skills for Logistics and a passionate champion for skills development in ...
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Former Kimberley-Clark European supply chain director Peter Surtees has launched a new consultancy to will help businesses make their supply chains leaner and more efficient. He will work with manufacturers and shippers focusing on collaboration, network optimisation, customer service and transport planning, with a particular focus on innovative, collaborative, technology-led ...
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DSV Air & Sea has expanded its Everyday airfreight service from the UK to include major US destinations. The Everyday service was launched last year between the UK and China / Hong Kong. It offers assured capacity on flights with premium carriers and has also negotiated some of the most ...
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The winners of the 2013 Women in Logistics UK awards were revealed on 20 September at a Women in Logistics founder, Ruth Waring said the number of entries to this year's awards had increased threefold with almost 6000 votes cast to decide the winners.
She said "The winning companies and individuals showed ...
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Pall-Ex has opened its Polish network, Pall-Ex Polska, the pallet delivery specialist's fifth continental network and its second in Central Eastern Europe.
The hub is in the Lodz region and logistics company KMC Services is principal national partner for the 19-strong network. Pall-Ex Polska joins Pall-Ex Groups operations in the UK ...
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Brittany Ferries' is to end its weekend Poole-Santander freighter service due to weakness in the cross-Channel freight market, from the end of September. The ship operating the service will probably be chartered out.
A spokesman for the company said that the move had been forced on Britanny, not so much by ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) officially opened its new Grimsby River Terminal on 20 September – although the facility actually handled its first vessel, the MV Ems Highway, on 1 August. GRT is a £26 million investment and can berth two vessels simultaneously, each carrying up to 3000 cars. Part of ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has earmarked Atlanta, Chicago, New York as the first three scheduled destinations for its new 777 freighter aircraft when it goes into service in November 2013. The new plane can fly for 10½ hours with a payload of 103 tons while meeting the latest noise protection standards in ...
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The UK P&I Club has revised and reissued the four booklets in its ‘Book it Right and Pack it Tight’ series. First produced eight years ago, the guides have been updated to embrace changes brought in by amendments to the the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code
The booklets explain how ...
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Supply chain management services to the oil and gas sector, Achilles has opened a new office in Dubai and appointed Gareth Palmer as its new regional director for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Achilles works on behalf of the biggest oil and gas companies in the world ...
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