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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) annual Freight Service Awards competition is open for entries.
Now in their 31st year, the awards are open to all members of the trade association, and are free to enter.
The deadline for entry is 11:00 on Tuesday, 8 October and entry forms can be downloaded from www.bifa.org/awards
Finalists will be announced in late October 2019, with the winners revealed at the BIFA Service Awards ceremony on ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has added services from Budapest to Rotterdam and Duisburg to its intermodal network, and is offering onward connections between the three Continental hubs and the UK. There will be six departures per week in each direction between Budapest and Rotterdam, with a stop in Duisburg. Transit time between ...
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Brookfield Infrastructure, owner of Teesport operator PD Ports in the UK as well as a range of ports, transport and other infrastructure throughout the world, is to take over Genesee & Wyoming, which owns UK rail firm Freightliner and container services firm Pentalver. Canadian-based Brookfield is part of a consortium ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Angela Morgan as general counsel and company secretary, completing the new executive leadership team. She was previously senior solicitor, and has been with ABP since 2008.
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Completion of the structure of the largest building in Budapest Airport’s (BUD) dedicated freight terminal, BUD Cargo City, has been celebrated with a topping out ceremony. Work will now continue on the interior of the building with completion set for the fourth quarter of 2019.
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Europa has appointed Matthew Preston as general manager at its facility at Express Park, Rushden (Northants) following its acquisition of some of the trade and assets of Menzies Response earlier this year. He has worked for companies including Argos, DPD, Snap-On Tools and Marks & Spencer.
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Maersk Line has introduced a new Spot online service that provides customers a cargo loading guarantee at a fixed price upfront. It aims to counteract the high level of overbookings in shipping – often of around 30%, which in turn leads to high levels of cargo rollovers, and in turn ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has appointed Alyazeya Saeed and Fatma Ahli as cargo managers in Oman and Kuwait respectively. The first Emirati female cargo managers graduated from Emirates SkyCargo’s Commercial Management Programme, which is designed to provide UAE Nationals with the skills and knowledge to prepare them for jobs in the industry.
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APM Terminals has opened its second terminal in Morocco, MedPort Tangier was inaugurated this week. Part of the Tanger Med Port complex, it has an annual capacity of 5 million teu. With this new capacity, Morocco is establishing itself as one of the most important transshipment locations in the world.
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Shoreham Port has confirmed Tom Willis as its next chief executive, who will take over from Rodney Lunn in December 2019. Willis spent many years at Heathrow Airport and the Royal Mail.
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