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Stéphane Cassagne has been appointed executive vice president of the distribution & express line of business at French-owned forwarder, Geodis.
A member of the group’s management committee, he began his career in the legal affairs department at Calberson in 1993, becoming department head in 1998. In 2003, he was named senior vice president, legal affairs for the Geodis Group. In 2007, he took responsibility for the group’s real estate, insurance and ...
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CEVA Logistics has launched a Medical Equipment Installation Service in India. A dedicated team of engineers and technicians will be responsible for unpacking, installing and setting up equipment such as MRI scanners, cath labs, digital radiography machines and CT scanners on behalf of a number of global manufacturers. Initially based ...
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Kintetsu World Express’s Sri Lanka subsidiary has started operations. Trans Global Lanka is a KWE trading as KWE/Lanka. Recently, major European and American apparel brands have expanded their manufacturing bases to Sri Lanka, increasing the country’s exports of textiles and clothing.
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Post-Brexit systems for Dover, Calais and Dunkerque have been tested successfully by cross-Channel ferry operator DFDS, says freight director, Wayne Bullen, who is confident it can meet the challenge of any UK exit from the EU. It follows a full-scale Brexit exercise using real trucks and full ships and was ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) is to set up an ‘IT hub’ at the Port of Cardiff. It will also create a range of career opportunities for IT professionals to support a number of existing systems including SAP ERP, as well as looking at how technology can improve the service offered ...
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Operation Brock, which creates a truck holding area on the M20 to provide resilience in the event of disruption to services across the English Channel has gone live in preparation for the UK’s originally planned exit from the EU on 31 October. It creates a permanent speed restriction and potential ...
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The Port of Tilbury has partnered with building materials and construction firm Tarmac to set up what it says is the UK’s largest construction materials terminal at its new Tilbury2 port on the north bank of the River Thames. It will include aggregate processing and manufacturing facilities, including an asphalt ...
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A total of 33 freight forwarding companies have been shortlisted for the ten categories of this year's British International Freight Association’s Freight Service Awards, due to take place in London on Thursday 16 January next year.
They are:
Air Cargo Services award – sponsored by IAG Cargo - Charles Kendall Freight, Dimerco ...
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PD Ports won the Water Business of the Year at the Freight Transport Association (FTA) Logistics Annual awards in London. The judges commended PD Ports for offering the ‘highest standards of service’ for its customers across its road, sea and rail networks when moving freight inland.
Antonov Airlines took the Air ...
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U-Freight group has launched a new online shipping platform to deliver online shipments to the Philippines, to which many retailers do not offer a delivery service. Users can register for an iShipmore account to gain access to a US or Hong Kong address to which purchases can be delivered. They ...
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