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October 2018

Europa gains South Yorks presence

Europa Worldwide Group has also opened a road sales branch in Sheffield. The new office will offer collection and distribution services across South Yorkshire, via the operator’s Dartford hub. Branch manager is Nathan Lynn, who successfully launched Europa’s Leeds branch in 2018. Managing director of Europa Worldwide, Andrew Baxter, added: “Sheffield is an area I know well as I started my career there, and is an area forecast to see fast ... [+]

Strong start for new Rhenus hub

Rhenus UK says its Manchester facility has processed over 5,000 vehicle movements in the first year since its opening in October 2017. The figure included over 2,500 exports to destinations in Europe, Asia and South America. The hub, situated at Port Salford is also home to Staples International, which was acquired ... [+]

Agility gains carbon mark

The Carbon Trust has validated the methodology and processes that Agility uses to generate carbon footprint reports for logistics customers. It demonstrates that the freight forwarder’s  reporting methodology and processes comply with the organization’s reporting guidance for transparency and accuracy. Agility has been providing free carbon footprint reports to customers ... [+]

Wan Hai joins INTTRA

Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines has joined the INTTRA ocean network, software and information provider. In addition to its service network in Asia, Wan Hai has expanded to the US, South America and the Middle East in recent years. It will offer customers a full services including booking, shipping instructions, eVGM, ... [+]

New chair for Interferry

John Steen-Mikkelsen, chief executive of Danish operator Danske Faergerm is the new chairman of trade industry body, Interferry. He succeeds Mike Grainger – managing director of Liferaft Systems Australia and chairman of TT Line Spirit of Tasmania - who was an Interferry board member for 12 years and chairman for ... [+]

Tianjin via Baku

Silk Way West Airlines is to start a twice weekly 747 freighter service to Tianjin from its hub in Baku. It will fly every Friday and Sunday. [+]

Liverpool handles Cosco call

The Port of Liverpool handled a vessel operated by China’s largest shipping line, Cosco on 17 October. The MV Jork was on a feeder service from Rotterdam.  Peel ports described the call as “an important milestone”, adding that it would look to evolve the trial service into a permanent call. Peel ... [+]

B&H makes move into the Continent

Heathrow based aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide is to open new offices in Frankfurt and Prague and will be launching a Europe-wide road freight network to provide an alternative to airfreight. The Frankfurt office will be located at the Cargo City site at the airport and will include a high ... [+]

Rail service on the right lines

Militzer & Münch says it has achieved a 30% year-on-year growth in full container load shipments on its China/Europe rail service and 50% for less-than-containerloads. The forwarder added that it had recently won a new key account from the technology industry for eastbound as well as westbound FCL and LCL ... [+]

CMA ups Ceva stake to fend off DSV

Shipping line CMA CGM is increasing in its shareholding in logistics specialist Ceva, with the latter rejecting an advance by rival logistics firm DSV. CMA CGM announced that it would take a 25% share in Ceva Logistics in April, a deal which also allowed it to nominate two members to ... [+]

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