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Port operator DP World has become the first sponsor of the Global version of the popular logistics board game, Business on the Move.
The initial launch of the UK version of Business on the Move was backed by 50 corporate sponsors enabling a production run of 2,800 copies of the original game. Around 1,900 of these have either already been or are due to be distributed free-of-charge to schools and ...
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A little-known fact is that the first UK port to handle a regular container was not, as one might expect, London or Southampton, but Grangemouth, in Scotland. Now Scotland’s largest port, Grangemouth is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the day when the Sea-land freight service called into the port on ...
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IAG Cargo will launch a three time a week B777-200 service between London Gatwick and Cape Town, South Africa from 24 November. It supplements existing London Heathrow - Cape Town and Johannesburg and brings total flights to the country from IAG’s London and Madrid hubs to 27 per week by ...
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Lord Mayor of London officially opened chilled food logistics specialist NFT’s London Logistics Facility at the port of Tilbury last week.
NFT marked the occasion by inviting over 170 key industry movers and shakers from 75 companies to a celebratory lunch on board the Dixie Queen paddle steamer, berthed outside the ...
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The German railways (Deutsche Bahn) has confirmed that it will sell a stake in its DB Schenker forwarding and logistics arm, estimated by market experts at 40-45% of the business, valued at around €5bn.
On 5 May it said that it would develop an implementation plan for a third-party minority holding ...
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TNT Express is to sell its TNT Innight overnight distribution subsidiary to private equity firm Special Situations Venture Partners III to allow it to concentrate on its core express delivery business. TNT Innight provides night-time distribution services in and employs about 1,300 people across 40 facilities in Northern and Central ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is warning the UK and French governments not to allow demonstrations planned in Calais this weekend to be the trigger for another summer of discontent on the French coast.
FTA says it has been alerted to possible disruption caused by a demonstration due be held on ...
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Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when its feeder vessel, Antwerp, arrived in port on 27 April.
The 1,100teu ship made its first call as part of a new service by Maersk’s Seago short-sea arm on a new route between Algeciras, Liverpool and Dublin. This is the first ...
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A group from ABP’s Humber ports got the chance to test their sea legs when they were given a training day by seafaring charity Maybe Sailing.
Fifteen staff from Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham set out from Hull Marina to learn how to sail the 80-foot vessel.
The training was a thank ...
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Elisabeth Rodriguez has become the new country manager for UPS Ireland. She takes over from Andy Smith who becomes transportation operations manager for the UK, Ireland and Nordics District, based out of London.
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