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Forwarder a.hartrodt (UK) has bought new UK headquarters in the Hatton Cross area of Heathrow. Hartrodt House dates back to around 1900 and initially hosted a school but was converted to offices in the 1980s and a modern annexe added.
The company moved into the new premises in January after extensive modifications had been carried out, while retaining the original features and character of the building.
Managing director, Andreas Russ, ...
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Japan-based forwarder Kintetsu World Express has agreed terms to buy APL Logistics from Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines, for US$1.2 billion, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. The move would allow NOL to focus on its main liner shipping businesssaid president and CEO, Ng Yat Chung. At the same time strengthen ...
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Ecommerce-Europe identified 20 priorities for “breaking down the barriers" in the EU e-commerce sector, including the VAT system and updating the consumer rights and legal framework an 'Agenda for e-commerce' on 12 February, ahead of a stakeholders’ meeting on the digital single market in Brussels on 24 February.
Ecommerce-Europe, which represents ...
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Middle East-owned container line UASC has signed another partnership – with CMA CGM and Hamburg Süd, to bring it onto the North Atlantic service for the first time. Under a vessel sharing agreement, the service will call at north-west Europe, Southampton, New York, Norfolk, Charleston and Savannah and vice-versa, with ...
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The CKYHE shipping alliance - COSCON, “K”Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen Line - is reorganizing its Asia-Europe service but will remain faithful to the port of Felixstowe in the UK. Felixstowe will be the sole UK call for four of the North Europe services, which will be operated by ...
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GEFCO UK has been appointed a key logistics provider to Laminar Medica, experts in the design, test, manufacture and qualification of insulated shipping systems for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. The forwarder will collect from Laminar Medica’s manufacturing facilities in Tring, Hertfordshire, for seafreight shipment to pharmaceutical customers in India, ...
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Agility has become ExCeL London's exclusive supplier of logistics services, following a tender process. Under the new three-year contract, Agility Fairs & Events will partner with ExCeL to provide event organizers, exhibitors and contractors with specialist event transportation and logistics, pre- and post-show storage, on-site receiving and delivery, forklift/mechanical handling ...
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A team of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ experts moved an urgent shipment of oil production equipment from Scotland to Turkey recently. The 35-ton load was flown one of its IL-76TD- aircraft from in Prestwick to Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen airport. The process took just three days from the initial customer enquiry to delivery.
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Lufthansa Cargo has taken delivery of its fifth and final Boeing 777F freighter aircraft. D-ALFE landed in Frankfurt for the first time on 12 February on its delivery flight from Everett near Seattle.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo's Steve Hughes is to move from regional vice president sales for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to the newly-created post of vice president sales Transatlantic. He will also develop Virgin Atlantic’s transatlantic joint venture with Delta Air Lines. In Hong Kong, Neil Vernon (below) becomes vice ...
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