June 2019
Europa Worldwide has appointed Vanita Dass-Puri (left) as group recruitment and talent manager and promoted Nicola Laidlaw-Rolph (right) to deputy head of property and facilities. Vanita Dass-Puri joined Europa as internal recruitment and acquisition manager in September 2017.
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CCS-UK User Group, which represents users of the air cargo community data system, is hosting a series of seminars to showcase its solution for streamlining collections and deliveries of airfreight at Heathrow. Advance Information System (AIS) is a bolt-on module for CCS-UK that has been in full operational use for ...
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Freight must be at the forefront of the government’s aviation strategy to help achieve Britain’s future trading ambitions post-Brexit, said the Freight Transport Association in its response to Government consultation. It is calling for the Aviation 2050 White Paper to include a dedicated freight chapter.
Head of multimodal policy Alex Veitch, ...
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Northern Ireland-based Pamela Dennison (left) and Charlene Quayle (right) have been elected to the Freight Transport Assocation’s national Freight Council as chair and vice chair, respectively. Dennison, from Antrim-based haulier WS Dennison is also national officer for the Chartered Institute of Transport & Logistics. Quayle is group transport compliance supervisor ...
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Brittany Ferries is to charter an additional ship for a year ahead of the 2020 season to offer more flexibility on its routes between France, the UK, Spain and Ireland.
The Stena Ro-Ro vessel - which currently sails between Ancona and Trieste in Italy – will be the third Visentini-class vessel ...
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Geodis has opened a logistics campus in Douvrin in northern France. A team of 300 GEODIS employees will primarily serve retail and textile customers at the 48,000sq m site and over €3 million has been invested in technology such as corrugators, pick-to-light equipment and automated conveyors.
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Jeremy Nixon, chief executive of Ocean Network Express (ONE) picked up the Multimodal 2019 Personality of the Year award, at the awards evening on 19 June.
He was awarded the accolade by a judging panel comprising the Multimodal selection group and 2018 winner and Managing director DP World and chief executive ...
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Solent Stevedores and ABP Southampton have completed a project to lengthen the tracks at the port’s Solent Rail Terminal.
The 70 metre extension allows two 645-metre container trains to be serviced simultaneously compared with only one shorter train previously.
It doubles the terminals daily capacity from five to 12 trains and from ...
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Palletforce has partnered with French logistics company Heppner, to boost its continental coverage.
It is the latest in a series of collaborations by Palletforce, now part of EV Cargo.
Heppner has 70 regional agencies across France and a turnover of more than €700m. It will integrates its IT systems with Palletforce’s own ...
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Eddie Stobart is to run a new weekly rail serve between the rail terminals at Forth Ports' Tilbury and Grangemouth locations, via Daventry in the English Midlands. The new two-way train service will be operated by DRS and will start on 28 June, departing Tilbury on Friday and arriving in ...
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