August 2015
The migrant crisis could shift from Calais to other ports, Home Secretary Theresa May warned while on a visit to the area on 20 August.
According to the BBC, she said she was "well aware of the possibility of displacement" of the issues at Calais, and was considering beefing up security at other ports, such as Dunkirk, adding that ministers were also in talks with Belgium and the Netherlands ...
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FBJ's editor Chris Lewis was invited onto BBC Radio 4's You & Yours programme this month to discuss the effect of the Calais crisis on the freight industry.
In a varied discussion Chris made it clear that as there is no real alternative to the Calais - Dover route for companies ...
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Christopher Hewlett, CEO of one of the UK's leading freight management and supply chain software companies , is heading up BoxTop Technologies’ expansion in the USA. He will be based in Houston, Texas.
As Christopher states
'Houston offers a well-educated and highly motivated workforce within a busy and professional business-friendly city. Also, ...
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DHL Parcel plans to set up its own network in Austria by 2016 to take advantage of an expected boom in e-commerce. After the Benelux countries, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Austria will be the latest market to be tapped by the European parcel division launched last year by ...
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French-owned forwarder Geodis has acquired Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL ) in the US. Founded in 1951, OHL is one of the leading 3PL companies in the world, operating more than 120 value-added distribution centers in North America with over 36 million sq ft of flexible warehouse space. It provides integrated global ...
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PD Ports has ordered three new rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Liebherr to help it cope with an upsurge in container traffic. Teesport has experienced uplift in container volumes of 13% year on year since 2007 and handled 420,000teu in 2014 making it the second largest container port in ...
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Elevator and escalator maker Kone has appointed Damco as its global logistics partner for shipping completed units and spares to selected overseas destinations. The services Damco provided include ocean freight and landside services.
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FedEx Trade Networks, the express operator's forwarding arm, has appointed Dr Udo Lange as executive vice president and chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing all global air and ocean freight forwarding and customs brokerage operations. Prior to joining FedEx Trade Networks, Lange worked for international transportation providers including DHL and ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has rolled out an integrated road freight network linking five key Asian cities - Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Hanoi and Shenzhen. Delivered under DHL AsiaConnect's Less-than-Truckload (LTL) banner, it offers daily departures and a consistent level of service. DHL AsiaConnect was launched in 2011 connecting Singapore, Malaysia and ...
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Rhenus Logistics has launched an extended service to Japan, with an increased of its air and ocean freight routes as part of its strategic plan to improve its UK and EU gateways to global markets and following the recent opening of its London Heathrow facility.
The company now operates weekly ocean ...
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