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Port of Tyne has appointed Hilary Florek as chairman of the board and Dr Jon Hargreaves as deputy chairman. The appointments follow the death of former chairman, Sir Les Elton, in July this year.
Hilary Florek is a strategic communications and marketing specialist with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. She was appointed deputy chairman of the Port of Tyne after six years as a non-executive director.
Dr Jon ...
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Davies Turner has recruited youngsters for its national apprenticeship and trainee programme for the fifth time since 2010. The new intake of 10 recruits will be based at the company’s main hubs throughout the UK, and will undertake an 18 month long apprenticeship with the forwarder, followed by an accredited ...
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Alastair Cairns has joined freight audit and pay company s enVista as sales director in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. It follows the company's setting up of a new a EMEA office at Ellesmere Port, near Liverpool by effectively taking over the EMEA representative office formerly operated by ...
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K Line has set up a joint venture cold storage business in Vietnam in partnership with Cool Japan Fund and Japan Logistic Systems. The parnters will build and operate a 9,300sq m cold store in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City.
Food consumption in Vietnam is changing, with a switch ...
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FedEx Express has completed integration of Polish shipping company Opek, acquired in 2012 into its global network. Poland is an important market for FedEx and over the last 12 months the number of packages sent by FedEx from Poland to the rest of Europe has increased by about one third compared ...
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The UK Major Ports Group is due to launch a Manifesto for the UK ports industry at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham on 29 September. Ports4Prosperity calls on the Government to work with the ports sector to support UK industry, pointing out that 95% of the nation’s trade in ...
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Containerships says it will be he first shortsea operator in Europe to run ships on LNG after it ordered two additional dual-fuel engine-technology ships. The Finnish-owned line has already ordered two similar vessels earlier this year. The first two ships will be delivered in 2016 and the others in 2017.
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The Port of Felixstowe says it has become the first UK port to receive full Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status. Clemence Cheng, CEO of owners, Hutchison Ports said: “It recognises the robustness and consistency of the port’s procedures, giving customers and UK Customs comfort that the high standards required to ...
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Stena Line warns that the new sulphur directive in North European waters will have a significant economic impact on its business when it comes into force on 1 January 2015. It was one of the key drivers behind Stena Line’s decision to implement a company-wide two year Change Programme in ...
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PD Ports has officially opened a £2.5 million new warehouse for Taylors of Harrogate in Billingham. Operations for the family tea and coffee merchants, best known for its Yorkshire Tea blend have been moved from two warehouses at Teesport to a 105,000sq ft space at Cowpen Lane. The move gives ...
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