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UPS is offering its Returns Manager online tool in 44 countries, including the UK. It offers e-commerce merchants a customised return shipments without having to integrate new technology into their own IT systems. Consumers using the service can print a return shipping label directly from ups.com tracking (website and mobile) and from email alerts. Users can pre-authorize return shipments for specified accounts and the process is similar to those at ...
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FM Logistic has set up a base in Vietnam to support its customer, Auchan Retail. It has opened a 5,000sq m tri-temperature logistics site in Bắc Ninh - 20 km from Hanoi which will supply all Auchan stores in the northern half of the country. It is also preparing to ...
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Europa Worldwide’ s Europa Road arm has launched a Money Back Express (MBX) service offering a full refund of freight charges if the groupage operator fails to deliver to the customer’s defined and agreed transit. Sales director Dionne Redpath, said it would demonstrate Europa’s confidence in its reliability and quality.
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P&O Ferries has launched a free Commercial Drivers Club on its overnight North Sea routes. Members using terminals at Hull, Zeebrugge or Europoort can enjoy a TV lounge, free refreshments and dedicated lavatory facilities. They are also allocated a cabin with bathroom on board solely for their own use, subject ...
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The Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) has won the Bureau International des Containers 2017 Award. Presented annually, the award honours an individual or organisation for notable contributions to safety, security, standardization, or sustainability in containerised transportation. It was presented to CINS vice-chairman Ken Rohlmann of Hapag Lloyd, and Jean-Christophe Triat ...
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The new edition of the British International Freight Association's (BIFA) Standard Trading Conditions (STC), last revised in 2005, will be launched on 1 October.
The revised edition has been produced following an extensive review of the existing STC by the BIFA Legal and Insurance Policy Group, taking advice from specialist solicitors.
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Qatar Airways has confirmed that it will launch daily Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger flights between its home hub at Doha and Cardiff on 1 May 2018.
First Minister of Wales, Carwyn Jones, said the service would be “a huge boost for Wales. Providing a direct route into the world's fastest growing ...
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Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has launched KN BatteryChain, described as the first supply chain solution for lithium batteries, which increasingly being used to power road vehicles.
Large-format lithium batteries as used for electric vehicles require a high level of handling expertise to comply with international dangerous goods regulations and restrictions.
KN ...
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ABP chief executive James Cooper is to step down after ten years with the port operator. A successor is expected to be appointed in 2018. Cooper became chief executive and executive director of Associated British Ports Holdings in April 2013. Prior to this he was a non-executive director and has ...
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Davies Turner says it its new distribution centre at Central Park at Avonmouth, Bristol is on course to open in October. Following the purchase of its second freehold site in Avonmouth last June, the company is in the process of completing and commissioning its new 150,000sq ft (14,000 sqm) logistics ...
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