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Freight forwarder Leman has signed a global cooperation agreement with Xellia Pharmaceuticals. The manufacturer, which produces treatments for serious and often life-threatening infections, selected Leman for its understanding of the pharmaceutical world, high flexibility and focus on optimisation. Leman has also dedicated a number of specialists to the business.
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Chinese firm Beijing Construction Engineering Group International (BCEGI) has begun work on the Alpha logistics site at Manchester airport, reports Bdaily International. The £15m logistics scheme is part of a wider £1bn Airport City development comprising industrial, hotel and retail space.
The new 130,000sq ft logistics centre will include units ranging ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis is delivering 13,000 bags and 120 tonnes of goods to be delivered to ten French football stadiums for the Euro 2016 toruament which starts on 10 June.
It has already shipped Super Victor, the competition mascot standing 1.90m tall and weighing 70kg, and installed it at the head ...
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Trouble is again brewing on the roads of France, reports the Freight Transport Association.
Motorway blockades and protests at fuel refineries have led to dozens of petrol stations near Calais running dry and truck drivers have been struggling to fill their tanks.
FTA warns that the problem is expected to get ...
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Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, has been awarded full Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status by HMRC. The forwarder can now enjoy faster application for customs authorisations and reduced financial guarantees in the EU and other countries including the US, Japan and China.
Managing director, David Johnson, managing director, said: “The accreditation means ...
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Volker Manger has joined Rugby-based Exact Logistics as German sales consultant, based in Monchengladbach. Exact Logistics specialises in delivering palletised freight across the UK and Europe and most of its customers are in Germany. Volker Manger will be working to expand on Exact Logistics’ client base and promote the services ...
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The International Road Transport Union (IRU) says that allegations have been made to the Geneva State Prosecutor’s Office against the TIR (Transport International Routier) insurance scheme and the calculation of IRU’s reserves. IRU says that it “strongly and categorically rejects all of these unfounded allegations and that all funds are fully ...
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Two MSC ships altered their course to help search for missing EgyptAir flight MS804 which disappeared from radar screens over the Meditrranean yesterday morning (19 March).
MSC Caitlin and MSC Beatrice, which had been Crete and Rhodes, joined various other cargo vessels in the vicinity.
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DFDS has signed an agreement with the Siem Group to bareboat-charter two new 4,076 lane metre, 262 trailer capacity ro-ro freight vessels for five years, with options to purchase the ships. Delivery is expected to take place in May and September 2017 and they will be used on the North ...
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DB Cargo has run the UK’s first zero-carbon train which at the same time has helped fund an eco-project in Rwanda to offset the emissions. The carbon neutral train delivered finished vehicles from Germany to DB Cargo’s London Eurohub, the calculated cost of its emissions being used to support a ...
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