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The Gardenia Seaways, one of two new DFDS freight superferries for the Immingham-Rotterdam service made its maiden voyage to the UK on the night of 24 July.
She is one of two new generation cargo-only superferries (sister vessel Tulipa Seaways) commissioned to handle increased volumes on DFDS' busy North Sea freight route. Each vessel is 210 metres long, with the capacity for 262 trailers and a load space of 4,076 lane ...
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Hungarian-owned European full truckload specialist Waberer has finalised its acquisition of Polish-based transport operator Link and Link Services for €32.5 million. Waberer concluded a preliminary agreement for the purchase in May this year.
Waberer chief executive, Ferenc Lajkócommented: “Link is a highly complementary business to Waberer, with a very similar growth-based ...
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WWG Consolidators Ltd (WWGC), the WACO System member for Pakistan, has launched a dedicated cross-border Pakistan-Afghan transit desk. It comes after the Pakistan Government announced it will establish new transit facilities at the country’s borders with Torkham and Chaman, Afghanistan and Wagah, India, under the Integrated Transit Trade Management Systems ...
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DHL is warning of a growing talent crisis in supply chain. While the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that jobs in logistics are estimated to grow by 26% between 2010 and 2020, one global study estimates that demand for supply chain professionals exceeds supply by a ratio of 6:1, ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, headquartered in Osnabrueck, Germany generated a consolidated turnover of €2.3 billion in 2016, and increased its gross profit by around 14% from €75.6 million to €607.9 million. The company said the results reflected the successful realignment of the Hellmann Group launched in 2015, including the creation of ...
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Freight software specialist AEB and the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport are inviting trade and supply chain to attend a free conference on global trade compliance, sanctions, trade agreements and Brexit developments.
It aims to help businesses to modernise compliance programmes and master today’s and tomorrow’s global trade challenges and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is offering all shippers using its passive refrigeration shipments free reflective film. The product, produced exclusively for the airline, protects shipments against strong sunlight on airport tarmac, even on hot summer days.
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UK independent freight forwarder Davies Turner has completed the expansion of its regional distribution centre at Cumbernauld.
The development of an additional 20,000 sq ft of warehousing with an eaves height of 10 m has doubled the capacity of the existing warehouse: the amount of racking has been increased and five ...
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The Port of Felixstowe has ordered two new gantry cranes for its Berths 8 and 9 and work has started to raise ten of the existing cranes on Trinity Terminal.
The new cranes, ordered from ZPMC in Shanghai and due to be delivered in February 2018, will bring the fleet at ...
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Highways England has removed a 40mph speed limit on the last few miles of the A20 into Dover that has been plaguing drivers since 2015. The limit was imposed to allow upgrade works to be carried out in Dover town centre.
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