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New York based National Cargo Bureau (NCB) has acquired its dangerous goods partner, Exis Group. For over a decade the two organisations have been working together in containerised dangerous cargo management, including development of the Hazcheck Inspections web-supported container cargo inspection tool.
NCB president Ian Lennard said: “The combined operation will have the resources, expertise and global reach to better support customers in the critical area of containerised cargo regulatory compliance, ...
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American Airlines says it has become the first US passenger carrier to offer a cargo service in Cuba, albeit a mail rather than a full cargo operation. The service for letters, parcels and express is available on the carrier four daily flights from Miami - due to increase to five ...
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Danish-based logistics company Leman – which bought UK-based Maru group last year – has now acquired Finland-based FL Services (Finlogistics).
The company, based in Kerava, 35km north of Helsinki and Kotka, offers airfreight, sea freight and logistics solutions and has ten employees and a turnover of €9m.
Leman said the purchase would ...
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Xpediator has acquired fellow freight firm Anglia Forwarding Group for an initial cash payment £1.5 million, a further £700,000 payment at completion and a deferred cash consideration of up to £2.0 million contingent on profits by May 2020.
Anglia is headquartered in Rainham, Essex and has branches in Birmingham, Felixstowe, and ...
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Europa Worldwide Group has acquired Oostende-based part and full load operator, Continental Cargo Carriers.
Europa’s managing director, Andrew Baxter, said it would strengthen the Dartford-based groupage specialist’s part load service to and from the UK. He said: “This acquisition is not about Europa expanding outside of the UK market. It is ...
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DB Cargo UK chief executive Hans-Georg Werner has been appointed chairman the Rail Delivery Group Freight Board, an industry forum that exists to deliver leadership and strategic direction to the industry. The Board’s strategic priorities for 2018 would include ensuring sustainable track access charges, the development of the HS2 high ...
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Roadrunner Transportation Systems company, Active On-Demand, swung into action recently to move an urgent 87,000lb die tool from Ohio to Nottingham after a fire disrupted production at Ford Motor Company. A team member from the logistics firm accompanied the shipment on a chartered Antonov AN-124-100 aircraft.
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P&O Ferrymasters has opened an office in Istanbul. It will be headed by Ms. Duygu Can and a team of multilingual specialists and offering access to markets in Central Asia and the Middle East via daily departures to and from Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
Director of freight ...
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The OnTruck haulage platform has raised €25 million from a group of investors to fund its expansion across Europe and consolidation of its position in the UK and Spain. OnTruck’s network of vetted drivers and proprietary technology automates the matching of loads to trucks, and provides real-time GPS tracking of ...
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The Global Shippers Forum has described the emergency surcharges recently introduced by liner shipping conferences as “an unwelcome legacy of the cartel era”.
GSF said that in recent weeks, the world's leading liner shipping companies have announced bunker surcharges in response to rising fuel costs “almost in unison”. In most cases, ...
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