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Peel Ports has added a new 160teu coaster vessel for its Liverpool-Manchester barge service and introduced a new 40-tonne harbour mobile crane at its Irlam Container Terminal.
The Monica will be deployed on the existing thrice weekly service between Liverpool and Irlam Container Terminal, on the outskirts of Manchester and will enable the service to call more regularly at Ellesmere Port, which was added as a new destination to the service ...
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Women in Logistics has unveiled the shortlist for its inaugural awards at www.womeninlogistics.org.uk. Voting ends on 4 July at 8pm.
The awards ceremony will be held at Kenilworth's Chesford Grange Hotel on 6 July.
Vying for the corporate award are three businesses that have demonstrated commitment and innovation in attracting, developing and retaining ...
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EU Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas has decided to allow longer 25metre trucks of up to 60 tonnes – so-called 'gigaliners – to operate cross-border between two member states that authorise them on their territory. However, his interpretation of Directive 96/53/EC on the weight and dimension of vehicles could put him ...
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FedEx Express has completed acquisition of the Polish courier company Opek. It gives the express carrier access to a nationwide domestic ground network with an estimated $70 million in annual revenue and 12.5 million shipments annually. Family-owned Opek operates an automated hub in Lomianki, near Warsaw, and additional hubs in ...
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Mandatory pre-notification of export goods to Russian Customs, aimed at speeding up border formalities, begins on 17 June, reports Finnish logistics company Nuriman. Pre-notification can be made free of charge on the Russian Customs website service (in Russian) or by an authorised third party. It is recommended that goods imported ...
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Hard on the heels of DSV's announcement that it was to set up a pan-European palletised freight network, UK network Pall-Ex has announced the launch of its own European network covering 38 countries, including Turkey and Russia.
Pall-Ex has already launched domestic networks in Italy, the Iberian Peninsula and Romania and ...
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The Indonesian authorities were reported on 12 June to have returned 89 20ft containers containing scrap metal to Felixstowe after "seepage" was detected in one of them, said the BBC. Environmental crime officer Jeff Warburton was quoted as saying that forensic tests were being carried out to see if they contained any hazardous substances.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-18407363
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Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new aerospace industry regional hub at Singapore Airport Logistics Park's free trade zone. It forms part of the forwarder's global spare parts logistics solutions and enables aerospace customers to supply their clients flexibly with parts and subsystems according to their individual needs and time ...
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More importers should take control of freight purchasing themselves, says a Turkish logistics expert. Sacha Gemili, sales and marketing manager at Daily Groupage Services, based at Erith in Kent, says that many buyers underestimate the cost of letting sellers in Turkey take care of the freighting arrangements while overestimating the ...
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DHL's Global Forwarding air and sea freight arm has launched an intercontinental door-to-door distribution service from Asia-Pacific to Europe, following introduction of its DHL Door-To-More intra-Asia Pacific service. DHL Door-To-More combines DHL’s intercontinental air freight transportation capabilities with its European ground distribution network and, says the logistics specialist, customers will ...
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