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Multimodal set to soar

Organisers of the Multimodal show in Birmingham say that the 2015 show is already larger than the 2012 event, and well ahead of this time last year. New companies that have signed up include Port of Dover, Peel Ports, IFB, Charles Kendall, Impact Handling and Röhlig alongside the longstanding Multimodal supporters including Howard Tenens, ABP, Jigsaw, MSC, Samskip and Freightliner. Once again there will be seminar sessions from the FTA and the ... [+]

Hamburg Süd opens second Gujarat office

Hamburg Süd has opened an office in Gandhidham, India, the shipping line's second in Gujarat. It already has three offices in Mumbai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad and Gandhidham office will take over all commercial activities in Gujarat from Seabridge Maritime Agency. Hamburg Sud has a weekly Europe-Pakistan/India service ... [+]

Kuehne + Nagel starts building Singapore centre

Kuehne + Nagel launched construction of a new logistics centre in the west of Singapore with a ground-breaking ceremony on 1 October. Close to major manufacturers and ports, it will have 55 loading bays and five floors dedicated to storage, with a total warehouse floor area of over 46,000 sqm. ... [+]

Cargolux names eleventh freighter

Cargolux Airlines International has welcomed its 11th Boeing 747-8 freighter, named City of Zhengzhou in honour of its recently established hub in the Chinese city. Cargolux plans to increase its flights between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou to multiple daily. [+]

Safe packing seminars

ICHCA Internationa and BIFA are hosting a series of practical seminars on the new IMO/ILO/UNECE Code of Practice for the Packing of Cargo Transport Units (CTUs) on 21-30 October. The half-day events will be in Hull, Grimsby, West Yorkshire and Tees will focus on the new Code’s contents, its potential ... [+]

UTi opens Southampton site

Supply chain specialist UTi Worldwide has opened a combined freight forwarding and contract logistics facility at Eastleigh, near Southampton, aimed at the cruise and maritime sector. The new 30,000sq ft facility is 30 minutes from Southampton Cruise Terminal and specialises in freight forwarding to all verticals including pharmaceutical, fashion, beauty, ... [+]

Kenya fruit and veg trade at risk as EU hikes duties

The EU is imposing higher import duties on vegetables and flowers from Kenya as negotiations due to a lack of progress in signing an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the East African Community (EAC). The EPAs has signed EPAs with most groups of countries in the African, Caribbean and Pacific ... [+]

Dover ready to build

Dover Harbour Board is inviting tenders for the first major phase of its Western Docks Revival project. Chief executive Tim Waggott said it represents a further investment of up to £120 million in Dover and the employment prospects of current and future generations of local people over the next few ... [+]

IJS recruits pharma expert

Forwarder IJS Global has appointed Josette Wells to the new position of director – healthcare service solutions at London Heathrow where she will be responsible for enhancing pharma processes. She joins the multi-modal operator from Shire Pharmaceuticals where she was associate director responsible for global logistics and distribution. [+]

Yusen Logistics signs up Turkish partner

NYK Group's global logistics company Yusen Logistics signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Turkish İnci Logistics in Istanbul on 30 September. A member company of İnci Holding, İnci Logistics was founded in 1997 and provides domestic and international logistics, supply chain solutions and supply chain consultancy services. Yusen Logistics started its ... [+]

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