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The growth of online retailer Amazon has had a huge effect on the balance between supply and demand in available UK warehouse space, delegates at the Multimodal event in Birmingham have heard.
According to Mark Thornton, marketing director of Omnichannel and e-commerce technology provider Maginus, the online giant holds a quarter of the country’s available warehouse space. It currently own 13 fulfilment centres and 22 delivery stations in the UK, and ...
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UK-based Trans Global Projects Group (TGP) has appointed Joerg Roehl as chief executive of its Natco Switzerland forwarding subsidary with overall responsibility for Europe. Natco Switzerland has been part of the TGP Group since 2015 and is based in Ruemlang/Zurich. Roehl takes over from Guenther Knotz, who is set to retire this ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has certified its Dublin air freight station to IATA’s CEIV Pharma Standard. DHL started to certify its global stations according to the IATA CEIV Pharma Standard in the third quarter of 2016. Following independent audits by third parties and training courses for employees on site, the DHL ...
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P&O Ferries carried more freight across the English Channel in the first three months of the year than at any time in its modern history. It moved 361,100 lorries during January-March, almost 11% higher than the corresponding period in 2016 and 9% higher than the previous best ever first quarter ...
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The Irish Exporters Association (IEA), Ulster Bank, Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, Rhenus Logistics and Fleet Transport have launched the IEA Supply Chain Series 2017 in Dublin.
The series will consist of four IEA Supply Chain Large Seminars, four IEA Multimodal Working Group meetings and four IEA Exporters Working Group meetings around ...
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GB Railfreight founder and managing director, John Smith was named Multimodal Personality of the Year at an after-show awards evening on 5 April.
Smith, who founded GB Railfreight in 1977, was recognised for his inspirational leadership and support of young people in the industry.
Groupage operator and forwarder Dachser was recognised as ...
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Forwarders’ grouping Combined Logistics Networks (CLN) attracted 250 members to its meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam in mid-March. CLN says it is one of the most established freight forwarding networks, having been set up in 2002 and now comprises 300 forwarders in 73 counties.
At the gathering, CLN director and co-founder ...
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Peel Ports has hit its target of securing 200 advocates for its campaign encouraging shipping lines to introduce direct deep-sea services to the Port of Liverpool. The milestone was announced on 5 April at Multimodal, almost exactly two years since the campaign was launched at the same event.
Warburtons, the UK’s ...
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CMA CGM subsidiary, MacAndrews, is launching a new ro ro service Bilbao in Spain and Poole through a space purchase agreement with Brittany Ferries. Branded Macpak (a name last used to market a container service between Southampton and Bilbao which started in the 1970s) it provides a door to door ...
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A re-run of the China Rail train service between China and and the UK is set to place – this time in the return direction from the UK.The return train back to China will depart DP World London Gateway's rail terminal on 10 April.
China Railway subsidiary CRIMT, DB Schenker, InterRail ...
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