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Middle East owned logistics company Aramex has bought New Zealnd-based Fastway Couriers. The deal is Aramex’s second acquisition in the Asia-Pacific region to date and is a 100% buyout of the company’s business in New Zealand and Australia for NZD $125 million. Established in New Zealand in 1983, Fastway Couriers' global network includes 63 regional depots and 1,500 courier franchisees across Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Northern Ireland and South Africa. ...
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Software specialist AEB’s free 2016 webinar programme is now open for registration. The one-hour sessions run from 12 January 2016 to 13 December and include: Securing your Supply Chain; Compliance and Risk Management; Transport and Freight Management; Warehouse Management; and Visibility and Collaboration.
www.aeb.com/uk.
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Colchester-based logistics firm and Palletways member SLi has delivered a World War I memorial from Essex to Monchy-le-Preux in northern France.
The memorial marks the 100th anniversary of the battle in which 700 soldiers of the 1st and 9th Service Battalions of the Essex Regiment and of the Essex Yeomanry lost ...
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US-owned C.H. Robinson has appointed Ivo Aris as vice president of its Europe Global Forwarding division. He has served as a director of Europe Global Forwarding since joining the company in 2013. The company says his appointment strengthens its commitment to the European market, which can be fragmented and diverse. ...
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The Auto Premier ship operated the first commercial freight ro ro service into Ramsgate today (19 January) according to the Thanet Gazette. The ship imported 1,000 trade cars on behalf of Gefco UK. Ferry services have not operated into Ramsgate since the demise of the TransEuropa ferry service about 18 ...
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Brittany Ferries has the freight ro ro vessel Pelican to operate between Poole and Bilbao, in northern Spain. The vessel has a capacity for around 100 unaccompanied trailers and twelve drivers and will begin service with the company in early February.
She will operate two round-trips per week. The charter, which ...
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Former Woodland Group managing director Andy Dennis has launched Advisory Training - a comprehensive e-learning resource for the freight forwarding community.
The courses are accredited and certified by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's CPD scheme. Delegates can complete a full suite of training courses covering freight forwarding, international logistics ...
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The Cargolux board has approved an investment of US$77 million in ‘Cargolux China’, a new joint venture Chinese cargo airline based at Zhengzhou, the Luxembourg-based carrier’s new hub in China. The new venture is expected to start operations in 2017, focusing on transpacific and intra-Asian routes with a fleet is ...
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DP World has been granted a 25 year concession to develop and operate a £35m new logistics centre in Kigali, Rwanda. The first phase will be built on 90,000sq with a 12,000sq m container yard and 19,600sq m of warehousing facility. Estimated annual capacity is 50,000teu and 640,000 tonnes of ...
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Hull based John Good Shipping has launched a new air freight division. John Good Air will be based in Manchester and headed by air freight manager, Ed Clarke. He and his team will develop the company’s airfreight activities and import and export services to and from all main UK airports ...
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