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The Eurotunnel Group is to sell its MyFerryLink to DFDS, including the Rodin and Berlioz vessels. Eurotunnel anticipates that the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) should not object as it will lead to two maritime operators of equal importance. Moreover, the sale should ensure that the activity remains in Calais, unlike the sale of the SeaFrance Moliere by MyFerryLink's predecessor, Le Credit Lyonnais, which ended up being operated in ...
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Panalpina has promoted Andy Weber to chief operating officer, while Ralf Morawietz will assume the position of chief information officer, taking over from Rod Angwin who is leaving the company for personal reasons. Andy Weber, who started his career with Panalpina, re-joined the company in January 2015 as global head ...
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Dover-based East European specialist, John Shirley says that one of its hauliers Autotransport Cucek, from Krapina, Croatia has installed its its new logo on six of its 13.6m straighframe trailers, free-of-charge. The eponymous John Shirley adds that following its advertising campaign in FBJ, there has been a peak in enquiries ...
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Specialist yacht forwarder GAC Pindar sprang into action when one of the seven boats involved in the Volvo Ocean Race, the Vestas Wind ran aground on a shallow reef in the Indian Ocean in November last year. GAC Pindar, the official logistics supplier for the event, helped the team recover, ...
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Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has granted approval to plans by global wind energy firm Siemens for a turbine blade factory and associated facilities on the port's Alexandra Dock. This now means that the entire Siemens development has full planning approval. It follows a Siemens decision last November to bring ...
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Maersk Line signed a contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding for 11 second generation Triple-E 19,630teu container vessels plus an option for a further six on 2 June. The new vessels will be the largest in Maersk Line’s fleet and are intended for the Asia-Europe service, joining the fleet between April 2017 ...
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Bibby Distribution, one of the top ten UK logistics providers, is expanding its European operations to support food manufacturer Kellogg's increased production capacity in Poland.
Bibby Distribution has been operating the Kellogg distribution centre (DC) in Kutno, Central Poland since July 2014, supporting a Pringles factory located on the same site ...
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Red-faced Pentagon officials have been forced to admit that they have been sending live samples of anthrax to laboratories across the US and to Australia, Canada and South Korea in standard
According to a BBC report, the samples were sent by mistake as part of a training programme, but the ...
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Forth Ports is again sponsoring Scotland’s under-12s girls basketball squad who recently competed in the Tim Pirineus tournament in Andorra against some of the best teams in Europe. The sponsorship will support Basketball Scotland's continued player development.
John Kerray, Head Coach for the team said: “All the girls rose to ...
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Classified documents published on 3 June by Wikileaks on the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) included several measures that would enhance the power of shipping lines, air carriers and mulitmodal transport operators, says the International Transport Workers’ Federation.
ITF that the proposed agreement would enhance the bargaining power of major shipping ...
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