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The John Good Group has recruited a further seven apprentices to its national apprenticeship program, in Hull, Manchester, Felixstowe and London me. The programme began in 2014. Managing director, Seamus Jennings, said that almost all of the apprentices who have started with the business over the past four years are still working there, adding: “Our apprentices experience all aspects of the business and the roles within it to give them ...
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Freight volumes through the Port of Dover hit a record for the fifth consecutive year in 2017. The port handled 2,601,162 lorries, up by almost 10,000 on the previous record and bringing the total increase over the last five years to just under 650,000 units or 33% per cent. Chief ...
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Caribbean specialist operator Geest Line is to move its south of England call from Portsmouth to Dover following an increase in the size of its ships and to accommodate the need for weekend discharge of cargoes.
Geest has replaced its four chartered vessels with five larger and newer ships, increasing capacity ...
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P&O Ferries says it carried the highest volume of freight on its Larne-Cairnryan service in six years during 2017. It moved 210,533 lorries and trailers on its seven sailings a day during the last 12 months, a 1.3% increase on 2016 and is the best result since 2011.
There were strong ...
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Woodland Group is to fully acquire the assets of post-print magazine specialist Comag Forward. The Essex-headquartered forwarder will take on services including magazine finishing, subscription fulfilment, storage and reverse supply chain from Comag’s 87,000sq ft Coventry site on which it hgas agreed a long-term lease.
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The Freight Transport Association is demanding that the Government publishes the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC)’s recommendations on the future role of European workers in the UK immediately, instead of waiting until its proposed publication date next year. It says that waiting until the UK is on the point of leaving ...
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DFDS gained approval for its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Dutch abnormal load transport company Alphatrans from the German competition authority on 3 January. It follows the agreement signed in mid-November with owner, Martin Bos, who will continue to manage the business. Alphatrans specialises in the transport ...
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Bristol-based Kings Heavy Haulage is helping to bring a piece of aviation and freight history back to its home city. The outsized load specialist loaded an old Bristol Type 170 Freighter in Portbury Dock for delivery to the Aerospace Bristol museum in Filton.
The aircraft originated in New Zealand and has ...
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Sarah Hutley from the Maritime HR Association will discuss pay gap statistics in the UK’s shore-based maritime workforce and the challenges faced by women in the industry at a talk organised by WISTA on 18 January.
It takes place at noon for a 12:30 start at Reed Smith, Broadgate Tower, London EC2A ...
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Logistics provider CML is offering the chance to win Amazon vouchers in exchange for taking part in its Green Goods on Hanger survey. It aims to investigate businesses’ experiences surrounding GOH shipping from availability problems to general issues that arise when using GOH containers. Participants have until the 22nd of ...
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