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Europa Worldwide Group managing director Andrew Baxter, says he is delighted with the result of the recent general election, which sees the Conservatives and Boris Johnson in power with a commanding majority.
Mr Baxter, who publicly supported the Leave campaign in the referendum, said: “I am delighted with the result – with Boris Johnson now having the clear majority to follow through and deliver Brexit, we believe it gives a much ...
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Port of Tyne employees have helped fill two food banks south and north of the River Tyne. Donation boxes for Hebburn Helps in South Tyneside and The BAY Foodbank in North Tyneside, put in place in locations across the Port are filling up fast, says the port authority.
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Tom Willis has taken over as Shoreham Port chief executive from Rodney Lunn after ten years of service. His successor, who previously worked for Heathrow Airport has already joined the port after starting his handover in November.
Under Rodney Lunn’s leadership Shoreham Port has seen a 75% growth in revenue from ...
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DFDS has acquired 100% of the share capital of the Netherlands-based Huisman Group. Headquartered in Wijchen, near Nijmegen in the east of the country, the company specialises in part-load solutions between the Netherlands/Continent and the UK and Ireland. It has bases in Wijchen and Corby and operates 55 trailers and ...
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Maersk has opened a new logistics centre in Bac Ninh in North Vietnam market. The 11,000sq m warehouse is at the VSIP Industrial Park within 25km of Hanoi centre and 120km of Hai Phong port. About 40% of the new warehouse is occupied by Turkish home appliances company Vietbeko, with ...
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The African Development Bank has approved €345 million-worth of finance for new road schemes in Tanzania and Kenya. At a meeting in Abidjan it gave its support to loans for the Mombasa-Lunga Lunga/Horohoro and Tanga-Pangani-Bagamoyo roads Phase I. The road is a key component of the East African transport corridors ...
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UK Major Ports Group chief executive Tim Morris says he is looking forward to working “constructively and urgently” with the new Government following the general election on 12 December. However, “ there is now a tremendous amount of work to do both in terms of making the ‘one region two ...
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EV Cargo subsidiaries Jigsaw, forwarder Allport Cargo Services (ACS) and haulier CM Downton are cooperating on a new contract to import and distribute 200 containers of glass bottles a month across the UK from the Al Tajir glass bottle manufacturing facility in Dubai. It will help address the current shortage ...
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Eurotunnel's Le Shuttle Freight service carried 130,952 trucks in November, down 13% on November 2018, due to the after-effect of stock piling in October in anticipation of Brexit. Since the beginning of the year, almost 1.5 million trucks have crossed with Le Shuttle Freight, a decrease of 6% compared to ...
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The 2020 Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards are now open for nominations until 10 February.
The awards celebrate the crucial positions women hold in transport and logistics, showcasing progression, accomplishments and increasing avenues of opportunity within the industry.
They aim to create role models and reshape perception that transport and logistics ...
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