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Wincanton is considering a bid for multimodal transport and logistics operator Eddie Stobart. However, Stobart’s largest shareholder DBAY Advisors is also considering a bid. It follows a troubled time for Eddie Stobart. Chief executive Alex Laffey stood down in the summer following an accounting error that overstated profits by £2 million, leading to a collapse in its share price.
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) members K Line, Mitsui OSK NYK have begun sharing perational data. The Ship Data Center IoS-Open Platform carries out data conversion. ONE aims to use this data to improve the accuracy of performance evaluations and to achieve safer and more efficient vessel operations.
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IAG Cargo has chosen with AllRead MLT, which has developed cost-efficient software that simplifies data extraction using machine learning technology for cargo as one of the winners of its Hangar 51 global innovation programme. AllRead will be embedded in the programme for 10 weeks where it will work side by ...
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Brexit could lead to delays to freight and increased smuggling of goods and people, according to a National Audit Office report published on 16 October, barely two weeks before the official date on which the UK is due to leave the European Union.
NAO says that the government accepts that the ...
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GAC UK has launched a new service to move pets by air to and from the UK in partnership with airline general sales agent, ECS Group. PetCare allows animals to travel on the same flight as their owners (subject to aircraft limitations and routes), in a temperature-controlled environment. In addition, ...
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Groupage operator Transmec UK has appointed Imran Mohammed as its new branch manager at its West Thurrock headquarters. Mohammed, who has worked for the logistics company for 18 years, was previously UK finance director.
UK general manager, John Simkins, said: “Imran is the ideal person to help us build on the ...
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Shortsea shipping line Samskip has launched a new, direct weekly service between Portugal and the UK, introducing its own vessel operating between Tilbury, Lisbon, Leixões and Rotterdam. The chartered 1,000teu ship will sustain a UK-Portugal transit times of five days, while continuing to offer four-times weekly services from Rotterdam to Leixões ...
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Former managing director of Dachser Air and Sea Logistics’ Asia Pacific region Edoardo Podestá has become chief operations officer. He replaces Jochen Müller who has agreed not to extend his contract when it expires in 2020 but will stop working for Dachser with immediate effect. Podestá joined Dachser in 2003 ...
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Aerospace group Avia Solutions has completed its 100% acquisition of UK-headquartered aircraft charter firm Chapman Freeborn after obtaining all necessary approvals. Chapman Freeborn’s expertise include delivering time-critical shipments, heavy and outsize equipment, humanitarian goods and other types of freight. It will maintain its existing product portfolio and continue to operate ...
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Hermes Logistics Technologies is to implement its cargo management system at Menzies Aviation facilities across six continents. The most recent version of HLT’s CMS, Hermes 5 (H5), will be rolled out at cargo facilities from the first quarter of next year. Menzies Aviation operates cargo handling facilities in nearly 40 ...
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