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Cargo crime data recorded by Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) Europe, Middle East and Africa’s Incident Information Service (IIS) in the first quarter of 2015 shows the UK and the Netherlands with the highest levels of reported incidents, accounting for over 67% of the 206 freight thefts or attempted thefts in the three months to the end of March.
The UK recorded 70 cargo crimes in IIS in Q1 2015, a ...
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PD Ports has completed a £22m project, which included the reconstruction of 305m of quay to enhance handling facilities at Teesport. It will enable Teesport to accommodate fully laden panamax bulk vessels carrying 70,000 tonnes of cargo with loading ability at any level of tide.
The 12-month project, which is part ...
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's supply chain benchmarking club has published the findings of a recent Logmark survey on driver shortage.
The 100-plus participants from companies including Norbert Dentressangle, Marks & Spencers, Doddle, Mark Thompson Transport Ltd and Premier Foodsfound that 74% of club members surveyed were experiencing ...
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IAG Cargo is rolling out its new e-Booking system, starting in Spain. It says that enhanced features such as self-service registration, template bookings and auto-rating make it the easiest and fastest way yet for freight forwarders to book with the joint British Airways-Iberia-owned, with bookings taking less than three minutes ...
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XPO Logistics has completed its purchase of a 67% interest in Norbert Dentressangle, for €217.50 per share, in accordance with the previously announced agreement between the two companies. US-based XPO says the stage is now set for red trucks announcing #WEAREXPO (We are XPO) to take to the roads of ...
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Hutchison Ports has launched Boxreload, a web-based tool to help road hauliers tofind backhauls by sharing selected information. The project is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and co-financed by the European Union’s Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) programme, and has been tested in the Benelux area ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) and RMS Group have signed a new 15-year agreement to develop the role of the Humber estuary. RMS Group has facilities on all four of ABP's Humber ports, as well as its own terminal facilities on the River Trent, and offers stevedoring, cargo handling and inland ...
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The Princess Royal officially opened the Annual Convention of the International Federation of Warehousing Logistics Associations (IFWLA) at the Town Hall in Liverpool, Merseyside on 2 June. She met representatives from the UK and global logistics community, including IFWLA president, Derrick Potter (pictured, left) and secretary general Roger Williams, as ...
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Heavylift carriers Swire Shipping and Rickmers-Linie have signed a connecting carrier partnership. Swire Shipping will be able to connect its breakbulk and project cargoes in India and the Middle East, through Rickmers-Linie’s Middle East and India Connecting more than 12 ports. The monthly multipurpose service offers vessels with a lifting ...
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Pan-European groupage operator Europa is to move away from its current twin-hub operation, centralising its international groupage operations on its new Dartford hub. It will end international hub operations in Birmingham on 1 August, but services from Dartford will be expanded, with more services upgraded to daily departures.
The reorganisation ...
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