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Unite says that the nine month dispute at UPS Parcels in central London has flared up again with the union accusing the company of victimising two of its reps. It has been involved in the dispute at Camden, the biggest UPS depot in Europe, over unreasonable workloads and alleged bullying since last October.
Unite, which represents about 150 workers at the Regis Street depot, said that one of its reps was ...
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DHL Express is investing US$177 million in new facilities in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE over the next two years with new facilities and gateways in Saudi Arabia, a new country office in Cairo, and its biggest ground operations facility in the region in Dubai.
Nour Suliman, CEO, Middle East and ...
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It is time to stand up and shout about the enormous benefits that the shipping industry brings to the UK and to international trade, panelists told a debate at the International Festival for Business on Merseyside.
Speakers at the at a forum organised by Women's International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) ...
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Independent logistics company Redhead International has opened a new 21,000sq ft facility in Tamworth. It offers direct daily services to many European destinations.
MD Tony Suggitt said: “The Midlands has been an important part of the company’s plans for many years, it remains at the heart of the UK’s recovering economy ...
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Yusen Logistics has expanded its cross border road services for in Indochina with temperature controlled less-than-truckload services for food products. With cross-border transportation, there can be cases where cargo needs to be transferred to another vehicle at border crossings. In order to avoid temperature increases during that task, thermal blankets ...
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Damco, the forwarding arm of the AP Moller Group says it has become the first company to open an international standard warehouse and Container Freight Station (CFS) facility in Myanmar. The brand-new world-class 4,000 square metre facility is C-TPAT compliant and located within 15 kilometres of Yangon ports and major ...
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Panalpina has appointed Karsten Breum as its new chief human resources officer and board member. He joins the Swiss-based forwarder Breum from the A.P. Møller - Maersk Group's forwarding arm, Damco where, most recently, he was regional CEO for Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.
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The fire at the Barnsley warehouse of online retailer, ASOS on the night of Friday 20 June highlights the risks to the modern supply chain, says the CEO of the Ti transport consultancy, John Manners-Bell.
The global retailer kept 70% of its stock at its distribution centre in Barnsley and it ...
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Freight and logistics operator Simarco says that it has has increased its staff numbers by almost one-fifth in the space of a year. The Essex-headquartered company described it a key factor in generating extra business during the same period.
In March, Simarco revealed that turnover had climbed more than 10% a ...
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Logistics provider Aramex will restate its commitment to the Egyptian market with the opening of a new 14,000sq m warehouse in the 6th of October City industrial complex near Cairo, in August 2014. It will bring Aramex Egypt’s cumulative warehousing capacity to 106,000sq m with the option to expand to ...
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