March 2022
Suffolk forwarder Anchor Freight has sprung into action to help victims of the Ukraine crisis, dedicating part of its Ipswich warehouse to act as a hub for donations, to be sent to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
The company has appealed for essential items and is calling on international hauliers to support them in delivering aid to the country. More than 500 bags of clothing, almost 100 bags of toiletries and a further ...
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German terminal operator Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) has accepted the first families of staff members fleeing from the fighting in Ukraine in Hamburg. About 80 women, children and older people arrived at the company’s main building on two coaches chartered by the company, with a third with 40 more ...
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Supply chain visibility specialist FourKites has launched a Sustainability Hub, a suite of analytics tools to provide better visibility into resource consumption and waste generation. The platform will include new tools and capabilities that enable customers to input their sustainability goals and more accurately track saved emissions, benchmark progress against ...
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Against the background of the war in Ukraine, Deutsche Post DHL Group’s announcement of record results for 2021 – which would be major news under almost any other circumstances - seemed almost irrelevant.
At a press conference on 9 March, group chief executive Frank Appel said that everyone at the company ...
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American Airlines is to join Freightos’ WebCargo booking platform. It will provide over 10,000 global forwarders with access to live rates, capacity, and instant electronic bookings. Bookings will be available on the platform in parts of Europe and North America in the first half of 2022 before expanding to other ...
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Shipping lines are not accepting any new bookings to or from Russia except for humanitarian goods such as food and medical supplies while temporary suspensions have also been announced for air and rail movements, reports forwarder Woodland Group.
It says that the aim is to reduce the risk of overwhelming congestion ...
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FTA Ireland (FTAI) is calling on the Irish government to protect businesses from rising fuel prices.
Chief executive Aidan Flynn says that with fuel accounting for more than 41% of the cost of running articulated lorry fleets – and the price of a barrel of oil now breaching $120 – the ...
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Europa Worldwide Group’s Europa Road arm has created a new regional structure with a third regional manager role, covering the Midlands in addition to existing positions for the North and South
Internal candidates Jamie Hedgecox, Joe Partner and Mitch Clarke have been appointed to fulfil these three respective roles.
It follows the ...
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PD Ports has made a company-wide diversity pledge to mark International Women’s Day today (8 March).
The Teesport owner and operator has engaged diversity and inclusion consultancy Diverse Matters to begin a three month intensive audit process of the business that will enable PD Ports to build a benchmark Diversity and ...
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Falkirk East member of the Scottish Parliament, Michelle Thomson, visited Forth Ports’ Skills and Business Centre at Grangemouth to meet apprentices and to mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (7-11 March).
Forth Ports delivers its Scottish apprenticeship programmes through its Skills and Business Centre in the port of Grangemouth, blending academic learning with ...
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