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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales. Starting his career with freight forwarder Emery Worldwide in 1984, he spent 14 years with American Airlines before becoming managing director of Walker Freight Services and later C.H. Robinson Worldwide (UK) following its acquisition of Walker in 2009. Prior to joining Virgin Atlantic, he spent three years as managing director UK & Ireland, at Toll Global Forwarding.
In his new ...
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Transaid has expanded its professional driver training programmes into Malawi, following the its success in Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
The international development organisation will be working alongside Malawi’s Directorate of Road Traffic and Safety Services to tackle the high road traffic fatality rate in the country.According to the World Health organisation, ...
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The Panama Canal expansion is more of an iPhone 7 than the original iPhone, says shipping intelligence platform Panjiva. While the opening of the wider waterway has created a buzz in the industry, the latest phase is more of “a slightly cool upgrade, but not nearly as transformative as the ...
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While the Benleux countries are often considered to be the heart of the European logistics industry, online retailers seeking the shortest route to major consumer markets would do well to consider Germany instead, says DK Fulfilment’s Robin Buxton.
While many, including, FedEx - the new owners of TNT, who recently moved ...
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Inland container logistics company Pentalver has taken delivery of ten new Carrier Transicold generator sets at its Felixstowe depot. They include the latest technology in autonomous power supply.
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The testing regime from perishable airfreight wastes about a day for urgent imports, argues the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in a report published on 22 June.
Currently up to 400 tonnes of perishables arrive by at Heathrow every morning, many of which need to be tested in laboratories for quality before ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added its voice to growing criticism of government plans to build a huge lorry park in Kent as an alternative solution to Operation Stack. It said that the government had not clearly demonstrated what options have been evaluated and that the decision to ...
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ABP South Wales has started work on a £2.3 million project to develop new warehousing space at Newport to cope with an increase in agriculture-related cargo.
The scheme, which is being delivered by local construction company Andrew Scott will provide an additional 3,500sq m of covered storage and the investment also ...
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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) is organising a five-day trade mission to China and Hong Kong for the UK logistics industry. It will include a stand within the dedicated UKWA Pavilion at the China International Logistics and Transportation Fair (CILF) in mid-October, site visits, business matching meetings, networking dinners ...
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UPS has enhanced its ground network to improve export services from the UK, including a one day faster standard services to Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. President of UPS Europe, Nando Cesarone, said: “While our fastest services will always be our suite of UPS express services, ...
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