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The port of Dunkerque has introduced a new container rail service to and from the eastern city of Metz. It will initially operate a weekly round trip but plans to quickly this to two round trips per week to provide greater flexibility. Traction provider FRET SNCF has already allocated resources for the second service.
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Dover forwarder John Shirley Ltd has joined forces with anti-slavery charity Unseen, women’s rights group Canterbury Soroptimists and the United Nations in a campaign to raise awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK and Europe.
Stickers plastered on around 200 freight vehicles are urging anyone who suspects human ...
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CEVA Logistics, recently taken over by CMA CGM, has appointed Criss Edwards as senior vice president automotive and industrial inbound logistics. He is based at the new CEVA Logistics operations centre in Marseilles, France and joins from XPO Logistics where he was most recently senior vice president of operations. CEVA ...
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Hapag Lloyd unveiled its new ‘LIVE’ real-time GPS location, temperature information and power-off alert system at the Transport Logistic show in Munich on 4 June. The line will eventually equip its entire 100,000-strong reefer fleet with the system.
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UK offshore islands and Ireland specialist Paul Davis Freight Services has appointed Andy Jehan as chief executive. He has worked for Jersey Post for 37 years, latterly as operations director and also served as chairman of Portsmouth-based European logistics company, Fraser Freight. He is also currently non-executive chairman of Jersey ...
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Three quarters of a century on from D-Day on 6 June 1944, ABP is reflecting on the incredible courage and sacrifice made when Allied forces landed on the Normandy coast - and the part that many of its ports played in those momentous events.
"Many of our ports in ABP played ...
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The Container Owners Association (COA)'s telematics/track trace work group is to provide an open standard (at the application layer level) to permit interoperability of telematics device data from solution providers in the maritime shipping sector.
The open standard will start with refrigerated units but will be expanded to cover all container ...
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Challenging times lie ahead for the rail freight sector, according to FTA’s 2019 Logistics Report, launched in association with Santander Corporate and Commercial Banking.
While domestic bulk and semi-bulk rail freight grew beyond all expectations in 2018 more challenging times lie ahead for the sector, with the uncertainty surrounding Brexit, it ...
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Europa Worldwide Group’s Air & Sea division has secured a new long-term agreement with existing client, The Works Stores Ltd, to oversee and manage the retailer’s inbound movements. The Works is a multi-channel specialist retailer of value books, arts, crafts, toys, gifts and stationery with 500 stores across the UK. ...
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Dachser is to rebrand its Irish arm, Johnston Logistics as Dachser Ireland in September. Dachser acquired a majority share in the Irish logistics company two years ago and has the integration process is nearing completion. The two companies have been partners since 2007. Johnson’s migration to Dachser’s DOMINO and MIKADO ...
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