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French-owned forwarder Geodis Wilson has made permanent the interim appointment of regional EMEA vice president, Matthias Hansen. He replaces Alain Chimene. He will also retain his responsibilities as managing director North Europe (including UK, Belgium and the Netherlands until a successor is nominated.
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Dutch Electronics giant Philips has been defrauded of an estimated €20 million by freight audit and pay companies, according to a report in the Het Financieele Dagblad (HD) newspaper on 19 February.
The fraud, which came to light during bankruptcy hearings, took place in Germany and US and were perpetrated by ...
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Multipurpose shipping line SafmarineMPV will upgrade its SAFWAF multi-purpose shipping service between South and West Africa in mid-April from six-weekly to monthly. Core ports of call on the SAFWAF service are Walvis Bay, Durban, Cape Town, Sonils (Luanda), Matadi, Pointe Noire and Port Gentil and inducement calls are available in ...
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The Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism and Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committees visited the Port of Grangemouth recently on fact-finding missions inquiries into freight transport and exports. The first is looking into why small firms don’t export and the second is identifying the main obstacles to freight flows in ...
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France looks set to follow Germany in imposing a minimum wage for foreign drivers on its territory. The French National Assembly said on 15 February that it planned to adopt a measure imposing France's minimum hourly wage of €9.61 for drivers involved in cabotage operations on its territory.
Germany introduced its ...
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Hamburg Süd has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire the container liner activities of Chile-based CCNI. The takeover, which had already been announced, is scheduled to take place at the end of March. Hamburg Süd will operate the CCNI container liner business under its brand name in the ...
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AV Dawson - which recently opened a new 102,000sq ft, £6.5m steel store - has handled its largest ship to date at its North Sea Supply Base in Middlesbrough. The 12,500dwt MV Lone owned by SAL Heavy Lift arrived during the night of 12 February to collect materials for the ...
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C.H. Robinson Europe, a steering member of the Green Freight Europe initiative, has received the First Leaf Award, bestowed on companies that have shared CO2 data and information on policies, strategy, and intentions to reduce transport emissions. The award is part of a four-tier labelling program by Green Freight Europe ...
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Freight forwarder Rhenus Logistics has launched a new graduate programme to attract students with skills from non traditional subjects to encourage the next generation to take up a career in the logistics sector.
Separate placements focus on managerial skills and the other on engineering and both will run for 24 months.
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Specialist freight marketing consultancy Actualis has joined forces with CILT to highlight the performance gap and how forwarders can reduce it, with a workshop for Heathrow forwarders on 24 March, at the Holiday Inn, Sipson. ‘Grow your business 20 times faster' will demonstrate how management can use existing resources and ...
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