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Hong Kong forwarder Tigers is the launch customer for tech start up Doozee’s instant freight rate quote engine. The new tool will be available to Tigers’ international agent network and will be hosted on the Tigers SmartHub:Connect portal following the release of future versions of Doozee. It will allow customers to access live quotes between all Tigers locations globally, and to customise the service they receive through SmartHub:Connect.
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The TSSA trade union says it has held “constructive talks” with the chief executive of rail freight operator DB Cargo, Hans-Georg Werner to avert a strike. The dispute centres on what the TSSA describes as “offloading jobs to haulage company Maritime”. It says that Maritime is currently refusing to recognise ...
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Dunkerque Port has elected Ms Emmanuelle Verger (left) as chair of its board of trustees for a period of 5 years. Currently the chief financial officer for EDF's Nuclear and Thermal Production Division, she joined the Dunkerque board in 2015. The Trustees also renewed the appointment of Stéphane Raison (right) ...
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Broekman Logistics has opened its new Logistic Campus at Venlo to take the pressure off its warehousing in the port of Rotterdam in anticipation of Brexit. Director of business development, Ron Kuijpers, said that the move would free up space for 10,000 pallets in the Dutch port.
Broekman has also strengthened ...
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The European Commission has completed its preparations for the UK to leave the European Union without a deal, an increasingly likely possibility, it said.
While the European Union continues to hope that it will not be the case, if the Withdrawal Agreement is not ratified by 29 March, a “no-deal” scenario ...
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Current TIACA vice chairman Steven Polmans will take over from Sebastiaan Scholte as chairman this summer, a few months earlier than planned. Scholte is to step down from TIACA following his departure from chief executive post at Jan de Rijk Logistics on 1 July. TIACA’s bylaws state that Board members ...
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Supply chain software firm BluJay Solutions says it has working with Fujitsu to set up a ‘drive-through’ border with Ireland with the full involvement of the UK Government.
The proof of concept will allow border checks to take place with no physical infrastructure, even in the event of a No Deal ...
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Davies Turner says that it is achieving record transit times on its Express China Rail weekly LCL import service. Last week’s box arrived and was unpacked after just 19 days, compared with a scheduled transit time from the Wuhan rail hub to the forwarder’s Dartford depot of 22-24 days.
Tony Cole, ...
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FedEx Express and the UEFA Foundation for Children are co-funding a community project that will use football as a tool to attract and engage young adults in employability programs. The aim is to guide young people who are furthest from the job market into education, training and, ultimately, sustainable employment.
A ...
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COSCO is to introduce a new weekly service between Southampton, Russia and Finland. It follows the Chinese-owned shipping line’s confirmation in February that DP World Southampton will be a permanent call on its feeder service.
The rotation of the new service includes St Petersburg, Kotka and Rotterdam with the first vessel ...
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