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Winners of the FTA everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards for 2015 were unveiled in London on 3 June. They are:
Woman of the Year Award 2015:
Fiona Kerr – Managing Director, First Glasgow
Rising Star of the Year Award – sponsored by Wincanton:
Zoë Dobell - Project Engineer, London Underground, from London
Driver of the Year Award – sponsored by Motor Transport:
Kerryn Hedley - Bus Driver, Reading Buses, from Reading
The Warehousing Award – sponsored ...
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Etihad Cargo has launched a new platform in conjunction with the World Cargo Alliance (WCA) network of independent freight forwarders, and IT provider, Worldwide Information Network (WIN). It provides special rates for selected origins and destinations on the Etihad Cargo network for WCA members who are also members of ...
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A Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Point has been set up at Edmonton International Airport in western Canada. FTZ Points are strategic locations identified for international trade and foreign direct investment, supported by the federal government, acting as a single point of access to information on relevant government policies and programs. ...
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The Belgian arm of forwarder a. hartrodt's 20 years' expereince in moving live animals came to the fore recently when it moved three Brazilian Tapirs and four Patagonian Maras by air from Brussels to Istanbul last April. The animals, destined for Bursa zoo in Turkey were shipped in custom-made transport ...
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Freight forwarding company, Allport Cargo Services (ACS), is set to expand its presence in Europe with the opening of ACS Belgium.
Founded over 50 years ago, ACS already has operations in over 30 countries worldwide, with representation in 100 more. The move forms part of a clear growth directive and on ...
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TNT has transported a Tyrannosaurus rex skull from the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research in South Dakota, US to the Fraunhofer EZRT research institute in Fuerth, Germany for a high-resolution CT scan.
The well-preserved skull, property of the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (Netherlands) belongs to a 66 million-year-old female T. rex ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has written to Prime Minister David Cameron asking that air freight should not be overlooked when considering the options for creating new airport capacity in south east England.
In a letter to the Prime Minister FTA chief executive David Wells, outlined the essential work of air ...
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There has been “a worrisome decline” in optimism among seafreight users, according to the May issue of the the Stifel Logistics Confidence Index. It decline by 2.6 points to 47.7, the first time since October 2013 that the present sea freight sub-index fell below the 50 level. Furthermore, three of ...
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Swedish forwarder Greencarrier Freight Services has appointed Mikael Forsberg (left) as its first head of global sales and has promoted Jarmo Halonen (right) to group director road freight. Forsberg, who takes the title of chief commercial officer, will be responsible for the execution and development of the global sales ...
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Transport for the North, the body set up by the Government last October to improve links across the region, is to develop a Northern Freight and Logistics Strategy. Following the publication of The Northern Powerhouse report in March 2015, which set out the ambitions of Transport for the North (TfN), ...
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