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XPO Logistics has finalised a long-term agreement with lifestyle brand Ted Baker to manage its new pan-European distribution centre. The company is consolidating its existing distribution sites into a single centre near Derby.
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The ‘Training Trucks for Transaid’ initiative was officially launched at last night’s FTA Multimodal Awards in Birmingham – a daring cross-continent challenge to source and drive a bulk liquid tanker and a coach from Europe to Africa.
The initiative aims to deliver the vehicles to Transaid’s professional driver training programme in ...
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Immingham-based Modal Training will open what it says will be the UK's only freight forwarding academy and the first formal qualification for the industry in over 20 years.
The company, jointly funded by the Grimsby Institute and the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, is set to open a training centre on Humberside ...
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French rail SNCF's VIIA logistics arm announced a new service from Italy to the UK during Multimodal. Following the announcement in March this year of a route from the Spanish-French border to Dover via Calais, a further new service will transport unaccompanied trailers by rail between Orbassano (near Torino) and ...
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MSC managing director Dan Everitt was named FTA Multimodal Personality of the Year on 10 May, the opening day of the show, which welcomed a record numbers of visitors.
Peel Ports was Multimodal Exhibitor of the Year, Joseph Peak of Expeditors won the Young Logistics Professional Award, and Marks and Spencer ...
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Long-time partners Knights of Old and Nelson Distribution are to merge, creating one of the largest privately owned logistics companies in the UK with a turnover approaching £65 million. The companies will keep their separate identities but will have a combined fleet of 300 trucks and 350 trailers, plus 700 ...
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The UK's international trade continued to flow on 3 May despite the introduction of the first major changes to EU customs legislation in a quarter of a century, a BIFA expert told a Multimodal seminar.
Addressing a workshop session on the new Union Customs Code yesterday (Wednesday 11 May), Robert Windsor, ...
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The US Teamsters union says that XPO Logistics broke promises to not lay off any workers for at least 18 months after it took over Norbert Dentressangle. French workers and their unions have been facing attempts to slash jobs and that similar struggles are taking place in the UK and ...
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PD Ports chief executive David Robinson has been appointed chairman of the High Tide Foundation, a charity aiming to raise the aspirations of young people in Teesside and co-founded by the port and logistics company. His vision for the future of the Foundation includes a new automotive cadetship with Stockton-based ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said it welcomed Heathrow's airports response to the Airports Commission on 11 May including promises to limit night flights and steps to control emissions. It would bring the construction of a third runway a step closer.
The association's comments coincided with a presentation at the Multimodal ...
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