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FedEx Express has opened a new 20,000sq ft facility at Kilroot Business Park in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. The express carrier is also investing in a domestic ground delivery service within Ulster and a FedEx global service based on a daily flight from Belfast International, about 20 miles away. This will feed into the company’s international hubs and accelerate delivery times to many parts of the globe, notably North America and ...
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UK independent freight and logistics operator Simarco is launching new services to Bulgaria and Romania after striking a partnership with one of the region's largest freight companies, Unimasters Logistics. Services will operate to Sofia and Bucharest with weekly runs from Simarco's domestic depots at Witham, Manchester and Barton-under-Needwood - the ...
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WHITE Logistics has won a national design award following a radical company-wide re-brand.
The family-run haulage firm came top out of six finalists in the Re-brand category at the Marketing Design Awards 2011 on Tuesday, November 1.
The accolade follows a huge redesign of the company’s trucks, website, uniforms and logo earlier ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has launched another direct service from the UK to the east of Germany in conjunction with Deutsche Transport Compagnie. Operating from Basildon and Lichfield in the UK to Nuremberg and vice versa, it complements existing services to Osnabrück, Stuttgart, Hanover, Whittlich, Frankfurt and Hamburg. Unlike Osnabruck ...
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One of DP World Southampton's quay crane handled a record 535 boxes in a 12 hour shift on the appropriately named vessel OOCL Southampton on 30 October. The port said its quay crane rates had risen by almost a quarter during 2011, thanks to changes to working agreements, systems and equipment ...
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FedEx helped fund a charter flight arranged by its FedEx Trade Networks arm on 6 November to deliver 600 ShelterBoxes for relief efforts from the UK to Erzurumin Turkey, following the earthquake of October 22. Each ShelterBox is designed for a family of 10 and typically contains a disaster relief ...
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MOL Group is providing free transport of relief supplies by its containerships to flood-stricken areas in Thailand. The group has already provided ocean shipping containers to serve as a flood barrier wall and contributed THB 2 million (about Y5 million) in cash.
It will transport dry containers loaded with grant relief ...
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The Port of Dunkirk is again participating in the citrus and fresh produce import campaign from Morocco with CMA CGM's Agadir Express service, which operates weekly from Agadir with a transit time of five days. The port points out that there is ample availability of reefer road transport, generated by ...
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Culina Group has launched a new door-to-door, multimodal freight management service for fresh produce, horticulture and other perishable goods. Fresh Limited aims to overcome the current disconnects in existing supply chains by offering an integrated solution to manage the complete supply chain from source, whatever the country, to final delivery ...
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Air cargo general sales and service agency ECS Group has opened its first offices in India, supporting its 2011/2012 global expansion strategy. Branches in Mumbai and Delhi are now operational and ECS expects to open further outstations in India as its business grows. Mark Pulling has taken on the additional ...
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