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Chapman Freeborn strengthens in South America

Aircraft charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has appointed ATC Aviation Services as its commercial representative for South America including Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. [+]

Logistics Awards – more time to enter

Logistics UK (formerly FTA) has extended the deadline for submissions for the Logistics Awards 2020 to 12pm 21 August. Taking place at the Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, London on 10 December 2020, the awards – sponsored by Port of Dover – will celebrate the companies and individuals that have made a ... [+]

Stena adds Swedish link

Stena Line will start a new freight focused service between Latvia, Sweden and Germany on 13 August by adding a port call in Karlskrona on its existing ferry route between Liepaja and Travemünde. The new weekly call in Karlskrona will initially be in the Liepaja-Travemünde direction on Thursday evenings. The ... [+]

Maurice Ward opens Antwerp office

Forwarding and logistics company Maurice Ward Group has opened a new office in Antwerp, with Nancy Verstraeten (pictured) as branch manager. She said:  “As a branch manager with more than 20 years of experience in the Antwerp forwarding field, we see Belgium as the ideal hub for supporting the other Maurice ... [+]

WE Deane opens Calais office

UK-based freight forwarder WE Deane has opened a new site near Calais, France. The new office will act as a customs office in response to Brexit and specialise in the management of traffic to and from the UK, particularly for automotive customers. It will take the company’s total number of ... [+]

Brittany expands Ireland-France links

Brittany Ferries is to expand its services between Ireland and France including a new Rosslare-Cherbourg route due to open in March 2021. Earlier this year, Brittany Ferries opened a new mainly freight service connecting Rosslare with Bilbao and Roscoff. Hauliers have asked for the weekly French rotation to be moved from ... [+]

Secure truck sites break the 7,000 barrier

The number of secure truck parking places in TAPA EMEA’s Parking Security Requirement (PSR) database reached 7,000 in July. The most recent growth has been driven by SNAP Account, the cashless payment system working with over 220 HGV parking sites across the UK and Europe, which is actively encouraging parking ... [+]

CM Downton becomes EV Cargo Logistics

Distribution business CM Downton is to be rebranded as EV Cargo Logistics. It will be one of five business divisions within the EV Cargo global logistics and technology business, offering UK-wide chilled and ambient logistics. CM Downton was formed in 1955 by Conrad Michael Downton and was acquired by EmergeVest in ... [+]

Green cert for Davies Turner sites

The Environmental Management System (EMS) at four of Davies Turner Group’s regional distribution centres have gained ISO14001:2015 certification. Three of the hubs are operated by the company’s surface freight subsidiary, Davies Turner & Co, whilst the fourth is the Heathrow-based headquarters of airfreight subsidiary, Davies Turner Air Cargo. Measures are ... [+]

Drewry sees slowdown in port growth

Container port expansion will contract at least 40% over the next five years in the wake of the Covid crisis and slowdown in port throughput, warns consultancy Drewry. In its latest Global Container Terminal Operators Annual Review and Forecast it says that global terminal capacity is projected to grow at an ... [+]

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