October 2023
Two key members of staff at freight management software company Forward Solutions are moving into new roles.
Customer success manager Nigel Smith and integration specialist Kevin Bell are to switch their focus to providing help and support to the rest of the workforce, administering training to the entire team, to ensure their combined knowledge is passed to the entire business.
Nigel Smith said: ““Having worked in the freight industry for almost five ...
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The National Lottery has unveiled a wireframe recreation of the Empire Windrush at Tilbury Docks to commemorate Black History Month and the 75th anniversary of the ship’s docking in 1948.
The structure, created by Liam Hopkins of Lazerian Studios, in collaboration with abstract artist and creative designer, Jade Pearl, features portraits ...
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Bernhard zur Strassen is to be appointed managing director and chief executive of Lufthansa’s high-speed logistics arm, Time:matters. He will succeed Alexander Kohnen, who left the company in April 2023. Zur Strassen has extensive experience in international management of logistics service providers and shippers and most recently, was chief revenue ...
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BIFA has shortlisted 29 freight forwarding companies for the 2023 Freight Service Awards, with ten making the finalist shortlists in more than one category.
Air Cargo Services Award (sponsored by IAG Cargo): Cargo-partner, Deugro (UK), Hogg Global Logistics and Killick Martin & Company.
European Logistics Award (sponsored by TT Club): Atlantic Pacific ...
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Europa Road, the road freight division of Europa Worldwide Group says it is refining its training, promoting from within and boosting the engagement and skillset of its team in order to deal with the challenge of obtaining expert staff.
According to data analytics firm Raconteur, UK supply chains are at risk ...
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Sogestran Logistics has been delivering drinks to cafés, hotels and restaurants in the heart of Paris through Debilly, port opposite the Eiffel Tower. The scheme is being supported by the French waterways authority – Voies Navigables de France (VNF) – and Le Havre, Rouen and Paris port operator, Haropa, along ...
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Air Partner’s Global Cargo Division delivered humanitarian medical aid to Afghanistan following the earthquakes which struck the country in October. On 22 October, it delivered 82 tonnes of emergency relief from Copenhagen to Kabul, using a Boeing B747F.
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UPS has appointed Ufku Akaltan as president of its business in the UK, Ireland, Nordics and India. He began his career at UPS in 2002 as an intern, and in his new role will lead UPS’ operations and growth strategies across the expanded district, deploying the company’s global smart logistics ...
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A partnership between Teesside University and the Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation has won investment for two trade digitisation projects.
One will establish a national facility to test the innovative use of data across ports, customs, finance and the private sector and the other will improve the transparency of trade ...
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Logistics UK is warning that planned industrial action by Northern Ireland vets and meat inspectors next week could be highly disruptive to businesses and consumers. Employees of the Veterinary Service Animal Health Group, who carry out checks on live animals and food products are due to start five days of ...
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