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Swedish forwarder Greencarrier Freight Services has opened an office in Polarbase, Norway’s main hub for oil and gas activities in the Barents Sea, after winning a contract to provide transport solutions and port logistics for ENI Norge. Under the new contract, Greencarrier will support ENI Norge’s activities at the Goliat offshore oil field. The new office in Polarbase, 5km from Hammerfest in northern Norway, will be set up by Kyrre ...
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Beverage logistics specialist JF Hillebrand Group has appointed Thorsten Beer as chief financial officer from 1 April. He succeeds Kevin Brock who is retiring after 24 years with the company.
Thorsten Beer, a native of Germany, brings 20 years of experience in finance, 15 of them in the pharmaceutical supply chain ...
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P&O Ferrymasters has promoted trailer operations general manager Mark Timmermans to the company board in the new post of trailer director. The new role is designed to strengthen major growth plans by the company’s Assets division, where intermodal director Wim Blomme was previously responsible for both container and trailer own-fleet ...
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Pony Express Couriers completed the first ever Ireland’s first Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) approved parcel delivery by drone in late January.
The flight, at Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin was performed by the country’s largest same-day courier, and took just two minutes to complete from take-off to parcel drop, with the DJI ...
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A consortium of lenders has agreed a £200m package to support the Port of Dover’s Western Docks Revival project including a purpose-built cargo and logistics facility.
Allianz Global Investors has agreed to provide the programme with a £55million private placement bond; RBS and Lloyds Bank have each provided a £35million revolving ...
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Stena Line has increased the height of the cargo deck of its Rosslare-Fishguard ferry Stena Europe to allow access for high top trailers, a key requirement of more and more freight customers operating between Britain and Ireland.
Trade director for the southern Irish Sea, Ian Davies, said that Stena had taken ...
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FTA Ireland general manager Aidan Flynn stressed the importance of free movement and ensuring trade continues unhindered at an all-island meeting on the impact of Brexit in Dundalk on 23 January. Mr Flynn attended the meeting alongside representatives from Ireland’s transport and logistics industry, Minister of Transport Shane Ross and ...
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ABP’s Port of Silloth had a good year in 2016 handling 54 ships, an increase of 15% compared to 2015. Cargo throughput, at 142,000 tonnes was18,000 tonnes more than the port handled in 2015. Traffic includes imported wheat on behalf of Carr’s Solway Mill, molasses for use in animal feed ...
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David Bronczek is to take on a new role as president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corporation from 1 February. He will be responsible for marketing, sales, and all FedEx operating companies. President and chief operating officer Fred Smith said the move, announced last September, had been brought forward ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) revealed the winners of its Freight Service Awards competition 2016 at its annual luncheon in London on 19 January, hosted by former swimmer and now TV presenter, Sharron Davies.
The winners of the nine General, Modal and Specialist categories were Delamode, DSV Road, Greenshields Cowie, ...
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