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A team of 17 Peel Ports apprentices from Group will take part in the inaugural Apprentice Ship Cup challenge, sailing from Liverpool to Whitehaven and back again this June.
Organised by the Merseyside Adventure Sailing Trust (MAST) the event will see 173 apprentices, aged between 16 and 25, put their sailing and team working skills to the test on board one of four specially commissioned tall ships.
Peel Ports Group has committed ...
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DBL Logistics has become the first warehousing and distribution company to become a Member of the Logistics Hub UK, a private-public partnership that aims to establish the Sheffield City Region as the North of England's leading multimodal logistics location.
DBL Logistics managing director, David Clarkson, said: “As a leading warehousing and ...
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Emirates Group Security has become the first aviation organisation in the region Middle East to be awarded TAPA (Transported Asset Protection Association) Air Cargo Security Standard (TACSS) certifications for its cargo facilities. TACSS is a new TAPA certification program which consolidates security solutions for air cargo, including best known methods ...
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Henderson Insurance Brokers has set up a new marine division and has won new insurance work for ports movement of goods, and storage of high value items. It can cover most types of marine cargo, plus vessels, ports and harbours.
Steve Gordon, associate director, marine, said: “We identified an opportunity in ...
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Japanese Nishitetsu Group's NNR Global Logistics subsidiary has opened a new DC in Northampton. The multi user facility at the Crow Lane Industrial Estate offers 63,000sq ft with six loading bay doors and can store over 7,000 pallets. NNR Global Logistics offers international transportation management combined with value-added warehousing and ...
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A group of 11 EU member states, led by the French and including Denmark Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain but not the UK - signed a declaration against 'social dumping' in road transport in Europe at a meeting outside the 5 June Transport Council in Luxembourg.
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TNT Express operated a trial freight train from Rugby to London Euston Station on the night of 4/5 June. Run in conjunction with Colas Rail, Network Rail and Transport for London, the specially-commissioned train of parcels vans carried supplies for Staples and Bristan. The goods were sorted on the platform ...
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Manchester based forwarder FFG is now offer a groupage and full load rail container service covering Slovakia, Hungary, Southern Poland and North West Romania, following the success of its rail container operations for the tile trade from the Czech Republic. The service is also provided in cooperation with Czech Partner, ...
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LV Shipping's Heathrow office is offering a weekly Australian consolidation service to Sydney and all other areas of the country. Close out is at 16.00 on Friday for a weekend departure and there are special rates for dense or volumetric cargo. A door- to-door service is available and the service ...
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UPS has named David Abney, currently the company’s chief operating officer, as its new chief executive officer. Scott Davis, who has served as the company’s chairman and CEO since 2008, will retire from UPS and will become non-executive chairman. Both moves are effective on 1 September. Abney (pictured below) is ...
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