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The two MyFerryLink ships, the Rodin and the Berlioz, which were at the centre of the recent problems in Calais, were officially handed over to the DFDS Group, in Dunkirk, today (15 September). They will operate under a bareboat charter agreement in accordance with the contract signed at the start of June 2015. However, as a result of damage suffered by the ships whilst they were under the care of ...
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Inland container service operator, Pentalver – which recently opened a new nine acre site at DP World London Gateway – has added 52 new Scania trucks to its fleet. Forty-five of the fifty-two new vehicles are based out of Pentalver’s Cannock depot and the remaining seven are located at Felixstowe.
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DP World London Gateway has appointed Oliver Treneman as development director for its new Logistics Park. He replaces Graeme Clarke who is retiring.
Oliver Treneman was previously managing director and country head for The Redwood Group, a specialised logistics real estate investment firm, in China and Japan. He is fluent in ...
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TNT is strengthening its express services to the Nordic region with improved air connections to Sweden and Finland and additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres. It can now serve 15% more post codes and 34% more businesses in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland by noon the next ...
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Transport Security Expo is set to welcome over 30 government delegations from across the globe including Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and South America – including four new countries. It will widen the opportunity for increasing knowledge and strengthening global defences against the threat of terrorist attacks, say the ...
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Priority Freight is ramping up operations at its Polish office in Wroclaw, to provide a 24-hours a day service, five days a week. The company provides door-to-door logistics solutions for the automotive, aerospace and pharmaceutical industries, often in emergency and crisis situations. Priority now has six offices in four countries ...
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ABP’s ports of King’s Lynn and Ipswich have handled record grain exports in August, following extensive investment.
A strong harvest has seen more than 47,400 tonnes on behalf of FennGrain and Openfield pass through King’s Lynn in August, surpassing the previous record by 715 tonnes. This follows significant investment by ...
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The European Commission has announced a €143million (£104million) cash injection to develop ferry services on both sides of the Channel as part of the BRIDGE (Building the Resilience of International and Dependent Gateways in Europe) project, co-funded by the European Union under the Motorways of the Sea priority.
In the ...
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Seko Logistics has appointed Seán Birkhead has chief technology officer, based in Chicago. He joined SEKO a year ago and prior to this latest promotion was implementation and integration manager based in Ireland. Earlier in his career, he worked for Kuehne + Nagel, Flextronics and also spent two years as ...
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Freight forwarder Panalpina has opened its own office in Myanmar, in the largest city, Yangon. It can handle ocean and air freight shipments, both imports and exports.
Myanmar had been isolated from international trade for decades until 2011, when a new civilian government was elected. As economic sanctions against Myanmar have ...
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