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Redhead International, now part of DB Schenker Logistics, has invested in four new DAF trucks with a value of £250,000. They are the first to be branded ‘Redhead International DB Schenker’ and will become the latest addition to the company’s fleet of over 300 vehicles. DB Schenker merged in a reverse integration with Redhead International earlier this year.
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Peel Ports has formally opened what it describes as the UK’s first fully-automated steel terminal at the Port of Liverpool and has confirmed plans for a similar development at Sheerness in South-east England.
The a £9m investment at Liverpool’s Canada dock – with the support of Denholm Handling - will provide ...
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TNT – recently acquired by FedEx - is expanding the coverage area of its international express delivery service in Spain, and now offers next day delivery to and from an additional 1,300 postal codes, or 90% of businesses. It follows the addition of extra pickup and delivery vehicles and rounds, ...
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Don’t worry – it’s only the Forth Ports team in the gruelling 54mile ‘Cateran Yomp’ in Perthshire to raise money for The Soldiers’ Charity this weekend (11-12 June).
Cateran is an adventure challenge where teams trek across 54 miles of farmland and footpaths, as well as the hills of the Cairngorms ...
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Aviation services group Air Partner is launching a 'Rio Express' freight service before and after the Olympic Games this summer. In the run-up to the Games, Air Partner will have exclusive freight availability on a weekly Sunday MD11 freighter flight from Frankfurt to Rio de Janeiro, starting on 10 July ...
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Network Airline Management has signed a long term contract with TAAG Angola Airlines to provide a nose-door Boeing 747-400F to operate once a week from Liege, Belgium to Luanda. The aircraft will carry up to 120,000kg of oil related and general cargo and will also provide export capacity from Angola ...
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Cronus Logistics managing director Nicola Walker met Chancellor George Osborne during a visit to Warrenpoint Port in County Down on 6 June. He was shown round the docks and observed ro/ro and containerised operations along with the discharge of bulk grain ships. He was also shown timber that is imported ...
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Lufthansa Cargo will open a new station at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport, about 100km east of Dortmund, on 15 June. Consignments will be moved in regularly scheduled trucks under a flight number to and from Frankfurt.
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Confidence in the UK’s logistics industry is at a four year low, according to the Barclays 8th annual Logistics Confidence Index published on 7 June. The index has fallen significantly to 51.8 in the first half of 2016, down from 61.9 in the second half of 2015, the largest drop ...
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DP World has won a 50 year concession to develop a $1 billion greenfield multi-purpose port project at Posorja, Ecuador, 65km from the country’s main commercial city of Guayaquil. The $500 million phase 1 will include dredging a new access channel, a 20km access road and a 400 metre berth ...
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