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US-based sports equipment company True Sports has chosen Geodis Netherlands as its European logistics partner, building on their longstanding partnership in its home country. Geodis Netherlands will start providing warehousing and distribution services out of its Rotterdam warehouse for the True Hockey brand. The sports company chose the Netherlands for its strategic location and excellent infrastructure. Geodis implemented a customized racking layout enabling an optimal and efficient storage of hockey-sticks.
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The International Port played host to postgraduate students from the University of Portsmouth, accompanied by principal lecturer Dr Jonathan Potts to help broaden their working knowledge of the maritime industry, with a specific focus on operations and sustainability.
The students are currently studying for their master's degree in coastal and marine ...
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Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics Network is setting up a new office in Bahrain and opening a new bonded logistics facility in Dubai, increasing its global network coverage to 55 countries and territories. The Bahrain office focuses on automotive, oil & gas, fashion & lifestyle and electronics & technology verticals with ...
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ABP has taken delivery of a Konecranes Gottwald Model 6 Mobile Harbour Crane to boost its scrap and bulk handling at Southampton’s Solent Stevedores bulks terminal.
The port is Britain’s largest export shipping hub, with £40 billion of goods passing through it every year. ABP needed a new crane at its ...
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The Port of Dover officially opened its new lo lo cargo terminal on 8 December with a call by Seatrade vessel Lady Rosebay at its new Dover Cargo Terminal West.
Dover has long handled general cargo including perishables from Central and South America but the new facility will open it up ...
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Maersk Line is to switch the UK call for its ECUBEX South America reefer box service from Portsmouth due to an increase in vessel size from 2,500 to 2,900teu. The new vessels are too large to fit in Portsmouth as it is currently configured.
The last Portsmouth call will be on ...
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Paul Davis Freight Services and Channel Island Lines have a new name for their combined companies following their merger – PDFS.
Founded 40 years ago, Paul Davis Freight merged with CI Lines 30 months ago, moving to new purpose-built 40,000sq ft premises in Southampton in November 2018.
The company also has an ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is encouraging its members to teams for The Big Logistics Diversity Challenge 2020. The event, for which BIFA is a supporting organisation, aims to promote the importance of equality, diversity and inclusion across the logistics industry, as well as the business benefits, through a ...
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The Freight Transport Association has welcomed opening of the Huntingdon Southern Bypass on the A14 between the Midlands and Felixstowe a year ahead of schedule. Head of east and south of England, Natalie Chapman, said the early launch “showcases the best in British ingenuity, hard work and efficiency; FTA and ...
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Around three quarters of Northern Ireland’s imports of goods from other locations, including Great Britain, would be subject to EU tariffs on arrival – which flies in the face of a recent government assertion that the province would remain within the UK customs territory, says director of the UK Trade ...
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