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International development organisation Transaid has launched an appeal to find a second-hand tractor unit and trailer to support its new driver training project in Uganda.
Transaid urgently requires an artic combination to train hundreds of new commercial vehicle drivers in the Mukono district, east of Kampala, where Transaid has embarked on a major new training initiative.
Neil Rettie, Transaid’s Road Safety Project Manager, says: “Uganda is a right-hand drive market, so ex-UK ...
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Ceva Logistics has opened a 15,000sq ft temperature-controlled facility at its Dublin warehouse. The new building has been constructed as an insulated building-within-a-building on the city's airport industrial park and cater for medical products in 15-25 degrees temperature range. For medical devices and equipment which require specialist handling, the new ...
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Humberside logistics operator East Trans has invested £1.6m in a 40,000sq ft, high-bay warehouse to cater for rapid growth in online transactions.it has won a new UK-wide contract with a medical supplies and is East Trans’ first move into “pick and pack” logistics.
The new 8m high, heavy duty flexible warehouse ...
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DHL Parcel held a ground-breaking ceremony on 21 August for its new parcels centre at Bochum in the heart of the Ruhr region. It will be able to process up to 50,000 shipments per hour when it opens in autumn 2019.
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Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association UK (WISTA UK) is to host a conference on the growing concerns in logistics about automation, the Internet of Things and how robotics will have an impact on supply chains and the human work environment. It is part of London International Shipping Week on ...
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Rail freight operator Swisstrain has put a contingency plan into operation after an engineering mishap cut a vital north-south rail line.
On 12 August the trackbed between Rastatt and Baden-Baden subsided during construction of a new tunnel, cutting an important route between northern European sea ports and southern Germany, Switzerland and Italy until further notice. ...
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Consumer delivery specialist Hermes has officially opened an automated parcel distribution hub in Rugby, the biggest of its kind in the UK, it says. The £31m, 270,000sq ft Midlands Super Hub at Rugby Gateway can process over a million parcels per day, boosting Hermes’ capacity by 45%.
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ABP South Wales is investing over £4 million into warehouse improvements and handling equipment at the port of Cardiff for steel, forest products, and other general cargo. The port operator took over the stevedoring of steel and general cargo operations at Cardiff from a third party provider in 2016 and ...
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CMA CGM’s seasonal SEANE (South East Asia Northern Europe) service made its first UK port of call on 11 August at DP World Southampton. The new service caters to the ‘Christmas peak’ and provides the only direct call from Jakarta, Indonesia to UK and northern Europe. Southampton is the first ...
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MSC and Hapag Lloyd are introducing a new service between South America’s east coast and Northern Europe, improving port coverage and transit times. The new NWC/SAEC service will call at London Gateway and ports in North-West Europe, Rio Sepetiba, Santos, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Navegantes, Paranagua and returning ...
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