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A 35-year tradition cycling tradition is continuing – give or take a company logo. XPO Logistics, which has just taken overFrench transporter Norbert dentressangle, will continue the latter's status as official carrier of Tour de France
In servicing Le Tour for the 35th consecutive year, XPO Logistics has committed to transport 22 tonnes of equipment with a dedicated team of nearly 50 company trucks and drivers.
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Rotterdam-based Broekman Logistics has teamed up with materials handling specialist Van Scherpenzeel to offer a solution for abandoned cargo, which is not allowed into the country and cannot be returned to the owner. Instead of a costly trip to the incinerator, Broekman will ensure confidential destruction of the goods while ...
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Chairman of Parliament’s All-Party Freight Transport Group Rob Flello said that the secure waiting area in the port of Calais and plans to deploy 90 officers to an anti people-trafficking taskforce should only be the start of efforts to tackle the problem.
The measures were announced by Home Secretary Theresa May ...
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Food and agriculture supply chain analyst at Rabobank, Paul Bosch, and Steve Wiggins from the UK-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) will be among the speakers at the seventh Cool Logistics Global Conference in Bruges, 29 September – 1 October.
Mr Bosch will provide a unique perspective on the global food economy, ...
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UPS supply chain financial arm, is to buy the Insured Parcel Services (IPS) business of G4S International Logistics (G4Si). It follows UPS Capital's recent acquisition of jewellry logistics company Parcel Pro.
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Ceva Logistics has opened a global distribution centre for industrial spare parts in Born, the Netherlands. The new centre features 28,000 bin locations and 3,000 sq m floor storage in the warehouse and a yard of 4,000 racking locations and 4,500 sq m floor storage. The location offers full service, ...
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GAC UK has appointed Martin Kenney as chartering and project manager. A ship broker and agent for 27 years working with heavy lift carriers such as BigLift, Rolldock, Jumbo and CPC, he has managed turnkey projects worldwide and, for the last seven years, has managed his own company, Project Navigation. ...
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The European Commission has cleared IAG's acquisition of Irish airline Aer Lingus. Conditons imposed include IAG's release of five daily slot pairs at London-Gatwick airport to allow competition on routes from London to Dublin and Belfast. IAG is the holding company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling.
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The European Shippers’ Council has come out in favour of the merger between TNT and FedEx, despite opposing UPS's mooted takeover of TNT a few years ago. It says that while its members omplained about the possibility of losing one of the three European express carriers and resultant lack of ...
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MSC's Australia Express is now providing direct calls between London Gateway and Sydney, offering the fastest direct service between Australia and the UK and North West Continent. The service also calls at Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore and Colombo.
MSC has also added the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta as a ...
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