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AP Moller-Maersk chief executive, is to have his sick leave extended by six to eight weeks pending further surgery to fix a heart problem, according to Reuters. Andersen, aged 53, has been off work since the end of December when he was admitted to hospital in Switzerland and underwent an operation for a leaky heart valve. He was initially expected to be away for a month, but his sick ...
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DFDS and Louis Dreyfus Lines have formed a new joint company combining all their Channel routes plus an LDA Mediterranean service. From 1 July, the new company will operate nine passenger and freight ferries on four routes in the Channel and one in the Mediterranean, with DFDS owning 82 % ...
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The SmartWay Europe industry-led initiative to improve the environmental performance of road freight transport in Europe has been renamed Green Freight Europe. The group, which includes shippers, carriers, retailers and associations, helps companies reduce carbon emissions by calculating and monitoring them through a central database, with shippers encouraged to compare ...
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Seatruck Precision, the final vessel in Seatruck’s series of four new ro-ro freight vessels, was launched at FSG Flensburg Yard, Germany, on 23 March. She will join her three sisters on Seatruck’s unaccompanied freight routes across the Irish Sea in June.
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Suffolk logistics provider, Dooley Rumble celebrated its 25th anniversary on 23 March. Neil Dooley and Simon Rumble founded Dooley Rumble in 1987, with the main area of business being freight forwarding. Now the company has customers around the globe and find ourselves moving goods as diverse as Formula One cars ...
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A UK transport lawyer has warned that hauliers can lose their vehicles through ignorance of smuggling and is calling for more definitive ways for companies to defend themselves as Customs appear to be taking stricter measures against errant operators. Anton Balkitis, a partner at Rothera Dowson solicitors, told a International ...
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Danish-owned logistics and forwarding specialist DSV Air & Sea Limited has launched a new daily air freight service from the Far East to the UK. DSV Everyday, offers daily flights from Hong Kong and South China to the UK.
Three service levels - Priority, Classic and Economy – offer, respectively, a ...
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Manchester-based frozen food sales, storage and distribution specialist Yearsley Group has launched a new global logistics and freight forwarding division. The group will take control of the logistics and import operations for products imported from overseas by UK food manufacturing customers, making full use of Yearsley Group’s logistics network.
Yearsley will ...
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Members of ‘C’ Shift has won the Port of Felixstowe's John Bubb Safety Trophy, the second year in a row it has gone to an operational shift. The shift, which includes berth operators, crane drivers, internal movement vehicle drivers, and terminal managers, reduced the number of reportable accidents on the ...
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Container logistics company Maritime Transport has promoted Simon Smart to Managing director, container transport and David Boomer to managing director, distribution. They were previously operations directors in the business. The move aims to strengthen the senior management of the company and to provide greater focus on the two key areas ...
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