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Transport and logistics operator, Maritime Transport has agreed terms to acquire Wincanton container transport business, Wincanton Container Logistics. The move follows a strategic review by Wincanton and its decision to focus on its core activities.
Formed in 2008, when Wincanton acquired Hanbury Davies and CEL Group in the same year, Wincanton Container Logistics provides container transport and ancillary services to shipping lines, freight forwarders and cargo owners,.
Under the deal, all employees ...
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Hamburg-based heavylift shipping specialist SAL is to acquires major stake in North America, South America and Caribbean breakbulk operator Intermarine and will create a new organisationin the Americas and for cross-Atlantic trade. Operating as an independent brand within the SAL Heavy Lift Group, Intermarine will tie its Americas liner service ...
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Time-critical logistics specialist Priority Freight has been awarded Investors in People accreditation, demonstrating its good people management. Investors in People is the international standard for people management, defining what it takes to lead, support and manage people effectively to achieve sustainable results.
Group managing director, Neal Williams, said: “We are passionate ...
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FTA Ireland will introduce the second edition of its Managers Guide to Distribution Costs at a webinar at 10am on Thursday 8 October.
As the country ties to deal with the coronavirus, the freight distribution and logistics sector are acutely aware that the end of the Brexit transition period is just ...
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Le Shuttle Freight traffic in September was up 2% on the same month in 2019, said Eurotunnel operator Getlink. It follows a sustained recovery from the Covid crisis during the summer; during August trucks transported were 7% below the levels seen in August 2019.
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The British Ports Association says that planned changes to red 'diesel' tax rebates on the industry will add additional costs of 3.1% of turnover when they come into effect in 2022. It suggests that an average terminal will be hit with additional fuel costs of nearly £500,000 a year, with ...
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OOCL is to move its Liverpool operations for its Europe-Canada trade to the port’s new deepwater terminal Liverpool2, as part of a first step to accommodate a larger vessel on the route. The 5,024teu, 294m long OOCL St Lawrence will replace the 2,992teu, 245 m long OOCL Belgium from 29 ...
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Two freight firms have been powering up the Sunday Times PwC Top Track 250 league of the UK’s most profitable companies.
Freight forwarder Davies Turner has jumped 42 places to 119th position in the latest Sunday Times PwC Top Track 250 league of the UK’s most profitable companies.
Dartford headquartered Europa Worldwide ...
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The government has launched a £200 million fund for ports to build new facilities as part of its preparations for the end of the Brexit transition period.
The fund is targeted at those ports that have the space to build new border infrastructure on their current sites so that they are ...
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The CMA CGM Group said on 28 September that it was dealing with a cyber-attack that had affected its peripheral servers. As soon as the security breach was detected, external access to applications was interrupted to prevent the malware from spreading, it said.
An investigation is underway by internal and independent ...
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