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German forwarder the Rhenus Group has signed an agreement to acquire Ireland’s Avant Air and Sea, subject to approval. Avant, based in Dublin and founded in 1990, specialises in temperature-controlled and pharmaceutical shipments as well as hazardous consignments.
It also operates branches in Shanghai and Hong Kong and provides weekly consolidation and groupage freight services from China, the US and other Asian and Oceanic origins. Its portfolio of services includes consolidation, ...
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A key road link for the port of Belfast is being delays because of procurement errors, reports the Freight Transport Association.
It says that the £130m York Street Interchange project says that the long-awaited improvement faced a further delay after the High Court ruled there were mistakes in the way the ...
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While the rest of us are thinking of summer holidays, Chris Polwart, commercial director at trucking services firm Motis Ireland will be heading for Australia’s Gold Coast in September, not for a break but to compete in the gruelling ITU Triathlon (Age Group) World Championships, representing team GB.
He will be ...
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BIFA director general Robert Keen said on 8 August that members still face significant problems at the port of Felixstowe despite a statement by the owners that its recently introduced new terminal operating system is now ‘stable’.
He said that shipping lines continue to cancel calls or operating a cut-and-run policy, ...
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The Port of Tyne is welcoming a new non-executive director to its board.
Chartered Engineer Mike Comerford has joined the Port of Tyne board as a non-executive director. He brings over 30 years of experience in shipping, maritime safety and engineering, having held previous senior roles at the Maritime and Coastguard ...
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Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group has promoted assistant general manager Joey Cheung and e-commerce assistant general manager Alex Wong to vice president and to its ‘Navigators’ team. The Navigators are senior managers selected from various U-Freight national offices around the world giving in-depth experience and wide expertise.
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Logistics specialist Ekol has entered the second phase of its cooperation with British outdoor clothing company Regatta. Currently, Ekol serves about handles nearly 4000 SKUs stored on over 2,000 sq m of a high rack warehousing and sends shipments to Poland, Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. In the second phase of ...
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Supply chain software provider BluJay Solutions is to buy UK and European customs and compliance specialist Grosvenor International Systems. Grosvenor's customs duty management systems help importers and exporters to increase efficiency, improve cashflow and reduce costs.
Grosvenor's customs development director Lorenzo Rossetti, said: “Our solution is a great match for BluJay’s ...
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Port and terminal operator DP World has acquired 100% of shortsea shipping operator Unifeeder Group for €660 million from Nordic Capital Fund and minority shareholders. Based in Aarhus (Denmark), Unifeeder operates the largest and most densely connected common user container feeder and a growing shortsea network in Europe, serving both ...
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The British Ports Association will be holding a short targeted seminar on Thursday 29 November to discuss coastal shipping in the UK with ports and operators.
It will provide a platform for individual ports to highlight what they have been doing, and for shipping companies and freight operators to discuss their ...
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