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Food specialist Nagel-Group has expanded its chilled logistics centre at Eschweiler, near the Belgian and Dutch border. The new facility will be about 29,300sq m and will have warehouse space covering 8,330sq m and will be able to store and handle up to 1,600 tonnes of food per day in temperature ranges from 4 to 18 degrees Celsius. The facility is due to be completed later this year.
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Australia’s Shanon Gould won the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year (YIFFY) Award, presented at the FIATA annual congress in Dublin this year. Other regional finalists were
Lorraine Zhou, Zimbabwe (Africa/Middle East), Evgeny Kapustin, Canada (Americas) and Kostiantyn Hapii, Ukraine (Europe).
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Managing director of Manchester forwarder Rhenus Logistics, David Williams, is urging uk manufacturers to take advantage of the weak Pound to export more.
A new survey by the Markit/CIPS purchasing managers' index (PMI) shows that the weakening curency has boosted exports as UK goods become cheaper for overseas buyers.
He said: "If ...
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Deutsche Post DHL has sent its Panama-based Americas disaster response team (DRT) to Port-au-Prince in Haiti following the hurricane on 3 October. Volunteers provided logistics support at Port Au Prince’s Toussaint L’ouverture International Airport, coordinating incoming international aid and forwaarding it to affected areas. The DRT is part of Deutsche ...
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If one day the name Charlie Cooksey is on every footballing pundit’s lips, remember that he started his career courtesy of Röhlig UK.
The forwarder is sponsoring the promising youngster, as he plays for the Northampton Town Football Club Academy during the 2016/17 season.
Having started with the Academy aged eight, Charlie ...
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Bradford-based Advanced Supply Chain has agreed a strategic partnership with logistics agent, China Arts Intertrans. It has also opened an office in Guangdong on the South China Sea coast, to complement its existing office in Shanghai.
Advanced Supply Chain’s partnership with Sinotrans, China’s second largest logistics company, announced in 2011, will continue.
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Europa Road has launched an additional daily line to Como in Italy in conjunction with its local partner, Bianchi Group. The route is the company’s first ever long haul service to have two daily structured departures in each direction. The city is now the fourth most visited in the region, ...
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Delta Airlines is to launch a daily 757 passenger service between Boston and Dublin from 25 May. Departure from Ireland will be at 10.15 arriving 12.35 local time with return at 20.14, arriving Dublin 08.30.
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Egypt is to join the TIR transit system. The Federation of the Egyptian Chambers of Commerce (FEDCOC) will be the issuing and guaranteeing association.
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Forest products firm UPM is to centralise its shipping of paper and plywood to the UK from the Finnish ports of Rauma and Kotka on the port of Tilbury from the beginning of next year. The move would improve supply chain efficiency and bring greater service reliability, said the company.
UPM ...
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