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Avery Weigh-Tronix has launched a forklift scale, combined with a digital dimensioning solution to accurately capture the weight and dimension of parcels large freight pieces. It says it can help to protect problems caused by under declaration of consignment weights, while removing the extra processing time and floor space often needed for additional checks.
An inbuilt barcode scanner can be used to capture the consignment ID, customer details and routing data, which is ...
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DHL Global Forwarding and DHL Freight have started work on a ‘Campus’ development at Vienna Airport. The 60,000sq m site in the Fischamend district will be a freight hub for Eastern Europe bringing together the global logistics specialist’s forwarding and road transport activities at a single location.
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Trans Global Projects (TGP) has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey. It offers project logistics management, ship chartering, aviation logistics, supply chain management, logistics consultancy and procurement. The office will be managed by Murat Aksu. Turkey is an important market for the project logistics industry with numerous projects ongoing ...
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CEVA has officially opened a new multi-user site in Penang, Malaysia. Situated within the Bayan Lepas Free Industrial Zone Phase IV, the 70,000 sq ft facility is close to Penang International Airport and Penang Bridge, connecting the island to mainland Malaysia. It will house under one roof CEVA's contract logistics ...
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The UK is in a strong position, according to the first issue of Heathrow Airport’s quarterly Export Climate Index published on 7 March. Carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), It tracks the health of the UK’s export economy using eight measures such as the number ...
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The Port of Dunkerque triumphed at the Oscars on 3 March, with Christopher Nolan's film ‘Dunkirk’ winning the awards for best editing, best sound mixing and best sound editing.
The film was shot in the port in 2015-16.
While the actual honours went to film industry people, the staff of the port’s ...
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A serious fire broke out on board the 15,262teu Maersk Honam while she was en route from Singapore to Suez at 15.20GMT on 6 March, 900 nautical miles southeast of Salalah, Oman. Following unsuccessful attempts to fight the fire, 23 crew members were safely evacuated to the ALS Ceres, but ...
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The House of Commons International Trade Committee has warned that the Government needs to act quickly to roll over the trade deals it currently enjoys as a member of the EU trade, otherwise it “risks falling off a cliff edge”.
The Committee did however welcome the Government's latest move to ask that the ...
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DFDS’ Italian activities are to be restructured following unsatisfactory results, said the Danish-owned forwarder and logistics company.
Much of its business are rail services between Italy and the UK, Sweden and Denmark/ which will either be offered by other operators or cease by 1 April.
Warehousing and distribution operations at Fagnano, north ...
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Digital freight forwarder Twill has added Mexico to its platform, bringing its network to five import countries and four export countries. Serving full container load, ocean services from port to door Twill is partnering with Damco, allowing it to use its existing footprint across the globe. Dedicated Twill customer care ...
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