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David Cheslin is relinquishing his chairmanship of Coastlink from the end of the year. He will be no longer involved in the organisation but will still maintain the Coastlink LinkedIn news site. He will now focus on his public relations interests. For further information on Coastlink, contact Gavin Roser on gavinroser@coastlink.co.uk
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German based logistics firm Dachser is to acquire Spanish logistics provider, Azkar – in which it has held a 10% stake since 2008 – subject to a green light from the anti-trust authorities. Azkar is one of the biggest Iberian logistics providers and market leader in Spanish groupage, with revenue ...
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London Gateway recently welcomed 16 promising students from Palmer’s College to take part in its Next Top Boss Business Challenge. Students from the first and second year learned about the new port - one of the UK’s largest job creation projects - while working to develop skills such as critical ...
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Logistics and shipping company GAC has been appointed the official logistics partner for the Gulf 12 hour race for the second year running. International teams with specially-designed sports cars are competing at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marine Circuit in an intense two-part endurance event on 14 December. GAC Abu Dhabi will ...
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Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global services provider DB Schenker Logistics, has formally opened its 5,200sq m contract logistics building near Tamworth in the Midlands. The Shared Logistics Centre is for multiple customers with similar requirements and, says UK contract logistics director, Jochen Johann offers 12,000 pallet positions ...
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A new 'association of associations' has been formed to improve standards among global freight forwarding networks and differentiate bona-fide, high-quality logistics networks from what its founders say is a growing number of ‘rogue’ networks .
The Elite Association of Logistic Networks (ELITE) was officially launched on 11 December with nine major ...
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Sinergy Cargo – the Italian member of the FPS forwarder and consolidator network – has opened a container- and bulk cargo handling and storage centre, at Arquata Scrivia, 40km from Genoa Port.
As well as 20,000 sq m of warehousing there are five cereal silos and large truck parking and manouevring ...
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DHL Aviation has leased the adjoining 81,000 sq ft building at the Heathrow Cargo Centre 'Horseshoe' Road area of London Heathrow, through the joint SEGRO-Aviva Investors Airport Property Partnership. The move almost double's DHL's existing 100,000sq ft of space at Heathrow. The Horseshoe Road (officially, Shoreham Road East and West) ...
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Yorkshire logistics firm Brian Yeardley Continental has been re-assessed for the European Chemical Industry Council's SQAS safety and quality assessment scheme. The company handles a variety of chemicals and hazardous goods delivered across Europe by its ADR trained drivers. Each assessment and report is stored in a central database which ...
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A new freight and passenger ro ro service has been started between Iskenderun in Turley to Port Said Egypt to help traffic bypass the unrest in Syria. Ro pax vessels have been chartered from Greece's Sisa Denizyolları.
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