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The Palletforce pallet network has been crowned Logistics Supplier of the Year at the Grocer Gold Awards.
Palletforce was one of six category finalists, including Bibby Distribution, Coca Cola Enterprises, Fowler Welch, Gist and Samworth Brothers.
The company had to demonstrate “tangible and meaningful” improvements across its entire logistics operation in the last 12 months, such as improving efficiency, extending shelf life, delivering better availability or simply saving money.
The award was judged ...
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The Freight Transport Association is pressing the French government to take action on the migrant situation in Calais, which it says now resembles as warzone.
FTA deputy chief executive James Hookham spoke to immigration and security minister James Brokenshire about drivers’ latest experiences at the port, where violent confrontations have ...
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Kerry Logistics has opened a new office in Porto, Portugal. It will be headed by general manager, Mário Silva and will provide air, ocean and road freight, freight forwarding, sea-air services, warehousing and distribution, insurance and risk management, and customs brokerage.
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Middlesbrough-based logistics specialist AV Dawson's new steel store has been awarded Best Large Commercial Building in the Northern heats of the Local Authority Building Control (LABC) Building Excellence Awards. The awards look for elements such as technical innovation, sustainability and performance. The warehouse will now be entered into the LABC ...
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Freightliner Group chairman, Peter Maybury, is to retire after 18 years with the company. He joined Freightliner in 1997 from the Ford Motor Company, subsequently became commercial director for the intermodal business and managing director in 2005. Soon after the sale of the business to Arcapita, he became Freightliner Group ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is alarmed at reports of a delay to the Airport's Commission's announcement on options for runway expansion in south-east England.
An announcement on one of three options outlined by the Commission last November was expected this month, but reports claim there will be no response ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo teamed up with motorsport freight forwarding specialists first-air to deliver two Chevrolet Corvette CR.7 cars and 16 tonnes of equipment to the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race. The cars travelled from the headquarters of Pratt & Miller Engineering in Hudson, Michigan, to London onboard Virgin Atlantic's daily ...
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Abnormal load forwarding and transport specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics Abnormal Load Services (WWL ALS) has opened a new office in Dubai. It is close to Jebel Ali Port and Dubai World Central airport. The company said it would allow it to take advantage of one of the world's pivotal trading ...
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Lufthansa Cargo is to extend its joint venture with Japan's ANA Cargo to the eastbound leg from 3 August. The two carriers launched a joint venture, initially between Japan and Europe, in December 2014. It will give customers in Europe access to the two carriers' shared network, including over 90 ...
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Menzies Distribution has acquired Inverness-based AJG Parcels in order to enter the e-commerce parcel market. It will focus on hard-to-reach areas, where it will act as a neutral consolidation partner for major parcel carriers. Beginning 20 years ago as an owner-managed operation, AJG Parcels now makes around 9,000 deliveries and ...
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