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Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics in Poland has signed a new contract with UK-based outdoor clothing firm and Regatta. The two companies have been cooperating since January 2018 with Ekol operating a 10,000sq m, 10,000 pallet warehouse offering value-added services, returns and e-commerce shipments adds 23,000sq m, in Poznan. Cooperation has been extended for another six years, with a potential for expanding the range of countries covered to beyond the EU, for example Russia or ...
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Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss is opening its first national subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand with Air & Sea locations in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. Regional manager for East Asia and Oceania Michael Zankel (pictured) said the new locations would focus primarily on import business from Asian, American, and European ...
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The UK Major Ports Group is launching an open data project to gather, organise and present data on the UK’s coastal communities. The goal is to provide a large-scale resource of data, interactive and open to all, to inform and improve policy making and revitalise the UK’s ‘Coastal Powerhouse’.
Working with ...
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Stevedoring company, Solent Stevedores, has started work on expanding its empty container handling facility at DP World London Gateway.
Solent Stevedores first opened its five-acre facility at London Gateway in 2016. The expansion will increase the site’s capacity by 82% to 4,300teu and will be fully operational by the end of ...
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US-headquartered global logistics and forwarding company CH Robinson is targeting the UK for growth in the wake of the coronavirus saying it has seen strong uptake in the last six months.
UK general manager Nick Ghia said that increasing UK market share was integral to its future growth strategy.
He added: “The ...
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Portsmouth stevedore Portico has taken delivery of a new 432-tonne mobile harbour crane. Able to provide tandem lifts up to 250 tonnes, it is expected to boost the south coast port’s presence in the heavylift market and will be essential to handle the business of current customer MHI Vestas in ...
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Hull-based heavylift transport operator Abnormal Load Services and sister company within the Wilhelmsen Group, Norsea are launching a new logistics company, Elevon, focusing solely on the wind industry. It will provide project advisory services, logistics management and solutions, as well as technical services.
ALS says that while transporting large and delicate ...
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Xpediator chief executive Stephen Blyth is to step down from his position but will continue as a director and non-executive deputy chairman, due to health issues. A new permanent chief executive will be appointed Meanwhile, chief financial officer Robert Ross and chief operating officer Logistics Romania Danor Ionescu will jointly ...
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National Windrush Day at Tilbury will this year be celebrated by a short video to celebrate the contribution - to the NHS especially - of immigrants from the West Indies and the role of the Port of Tilbury in their arrival in the 72 years ago on 22 June 1948.
Stuart ...
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Worldwide Flight Services says its investment in 12 dedicated pharma facilities at airports in Europe (including London) the US and Africa has paid off with significant increases in time- and temperature-sensitive volumes in the first five months of 2020. They will also provide vital support to airlines, freight forwarders and ...
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