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As earlier reported, DB Schenker Rail has added a second weekly rail freight service between Barking and Wroclaw in Poland, with the first train leaving East London on Monday 8 October at 23.36. The train is only the second regular rail freight service to use the High Speed 1 rail route, the only European sized railway in the UK. Chief executive of DB Schenker Rail UK, Alain Thauvette, said DBS's ultimate ...
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Up to 1,000 drivers organised by the ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation) demonstrated in outside the European Parliament in Brussels on 9 October demanding greater respect for professional drivers. The protests, part of a wider series of actions by the International Transport Workers Federation, singled out poor pay, employers ignoring ...
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Priority Freight is investing in a Polish business entity based in the Lower Silesia region near Wroclaw. Although the urgent delivery specialist has been active in the country for three years, it aims to strengthen its service offering , particularly automotive, aerospace, energy and pharmaceuticals.
Group managing director, Neal Williams said: “Wroclaw’s ...
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SSI UK has exported its millionth tonne of steel slab through PD Ports-owned Teesport since it reopened a local plant mothballed in 2010. The cargo was loaded on to the Yasa Eagle on 5 October as part of a 64,000 tonne shipment, destined for Thailand, SSI's home country.
David Robinson, PD ...
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FedEx Express has texpanded its Priority Alert and Priority Alert Plus services in over 70 international markets, including the UK.
FedEx Priority Alert is aimed at customers in the financial, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing and healthcare industries, where timing and visibility is of the essence. Customers also receive 24/7 support from a ...
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Ceva Logistics chief executive officer John Pattullo is to retire. He will be replaced by current chairman of the board, Marvin Schlanger. Pattullo, who will continue to serve on CEVA’s board of directors for five years, oversaw the the integration of TNT Logistics and EGL into Ceva Logistics, under the ...
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Maersk Line is to extend its daily Maersk concept to two more Far East origins from 21 November - Jakarta in Indonesia and Laem Chabang in Thailand to Felixstowe, along with Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. The line commits to delivering cargo in 31 days.
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Maersk Line's parent company AP Moller-Maersk said on 9 October that it was shifting investment away from container shipping to concentrate other core businesses including its Oil, APM Terminals and Drilling businesses. The latter would in future account for 50% of invested capital compared with 34% currently. Maersk said that ...
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Maersk Line has ceased port calls in Iran due to sanctions against the Middle Eastern country, Reuters reported. Latterly, the Danish-owned line had reduced its service to calls at the small northern port of Bushehr, following the earlier blacklisting by the US of the country's main port operator, Tidewater. However, ...
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South Coast-based shipping, logistics & supply chain industry specialist SDW Recruitment has celebrated its 1000th permanent placement by moving into a new office in Freemantle Business Centre in Southampton.
SDW Recruitment, now in its tenth year of trading, works with a number of leading freight forwarding & logistics companies in the ...
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