November 2024
DHL Express has appointed Abdulaziz Busbate as chief executive of its Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, succeeding Nour Suliman, who becomes president MENA. Abdulaziz Busbate will be based in Bahrain and will report to chief executive, John Pearson and brings 24 years of management experience to the role.
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There is a widespread lack of awareness of the upcoming ICS2-ENS regulations and EORI requirements, according to logistics platform Trade Tech.
The company carried out a survey on its website over the last few months of stakeholders involved in cargo shipments to and throughout the EU.
It found that 47% of respondents ...
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Freight forwarder Unsworth Group is celebrating its golden jubilee in the UK. Over five decades it has transformed itself from a small freight forwarding operation into a global logistics provider, expanding its multimodal freight management services to include a robust Customs solutions team. Chief executive Richard Hogg (pictured, centre, with ...
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The British International Freight Association has elected new chairs in three of its six-strong Young Forwarder Network (YFN) regions.Brooke Flower, EU customs import entry clerk at KWL Logistics becomes the new chair of YFN’s Anglia region; Nicole Page, recruitment and HR admin assistant at Unsworth as chair for the London ...
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The British International Freight Association is warning that criminals could be attempting to mount a rerun of last year’s mango fraud when an importer accumulated large bills with its members before disappearing leaving them out of pocket.The 2023 fraud, perpetrated by a Preston-based importer with apparent Belgian connections, involved mangoes ...
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Forwarding, logistics and customs clearance specialist Toga Group has opened an Irish Pallet Hub in Coleshill, Birmingham. The 160,000sq ft shared user facility at Hams Hall Distribution Park houses staff from Toga Freight and the Group’s UK subsidiary, Irish Sea Logistics.
Toga loads over 20 groupage trailers every day in Great ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is to make changes to its management board and international executive board. It follows the appointment of Jens Drewes as chief executive in June this year.
Chief operating officer Jens Wollesen is to leave the company at the end of the year to initially focus on his personal ...
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DP World has opened its fourth berth at London Gateway, billed as the world’s first all-electric facility. The MSC Sena was serviced by a fleet of battery-powered vehicles and equipment, including four of Europe’s largest quay cranes, straddle carriers, and automatic stacking cranes.
The new 430m berth also adds a further ...
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Four Northern European ports are to receive EU Funding of €18,8 million for onshore power for container ships under the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility.
The EU.OPS.Network is set to go into operation at Aarhus, Gothenburg, Bremerhaven and Stockholm by 2030.
The project has a large reduction potential not only of CO2, but ...
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Priority Freight has appointed Andreas Schwertfeger as its new director of marine logistics sales. He joins Priority Freight from Crane Worldwide Logistics, where he led account management for the EMEA region. At Priority Freight, Schwertfeger will oversee sales strategies across Europe for the marine logistics sector and lead initiatives to ...
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