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NYK Group Europe has won a major contract to move Jaguar Land Rover vehicles on its ro ro ships from Southampton to the Port Hueneme on the US West Coast.
NYK will operate a minimum of two sailings per month on this trade lane, to help the car maker satisfy booming sales. Corporate officer and general Manager at NYK Automotive Transportation, Hiroyuki (Alex) Okamoto, commented: "The trade lane to the US ...
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PD Ports won two North Lincs Health and Safety Group Annual Awards for itsoperations based around the Humber Region. The first award recognised companies that had achieved a better accident performance than the average for their industry. The second award won was the Special Safety award for the organisation that ...
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Cargo handled on the tidal Thames in 2013 was marginally down by 1.2% (0.5 million tonnes) at 43.2 million tonnes, according to the Port of London Authority's latest figures.
The PLA, which oversees shipping movements in and out of port terminals on the Thames, says the main reason for the fall ...
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Women in Logistics will hold its Annual Conference and Awards in Warwickshire on Friday 27 June. The conference theme is ‘Supply Chain Simplicity in a Complex World'. Headline speakers are Emile Naus, Partner and technical director at LCP Consulting and former head of logistics strategy at M&S, who will share ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo is to start freighter services London Stansted from 2 May. The Essex gateway will be served by five weekly Boeing 777F services from Doha.
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Forwarding and logistics company Panalpina says it has made steady financial progress in 2013, posting double earnings before interest and tax of CHF 48 million – or CHF 108 million when adjusted for non-recurring items. It also outperformed the market in air and ocean freight, it said. However, CEO Peter ...
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CEVA Logistics is expanding its operations in four strategic Mexico markets with new facilities in Guadalajara and Monterrey and the expansion of its existing locations in Mexico City and in Queretaro. Boris Franchomme, CEVA’s senior vice president for Mexico and Central America said the move reflected the strength of Mexico’s ...
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HM Revenue & Customs has set up a web page to update users on the planned replacement for the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system. Information will be added as the replacement programme moves on.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/customs-handling-of-import-and-export-freight-chief-replacement-programme
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TruckPol, the joint industry and and haulage industry partnership dedicated to fighting freight crime, is to reopen following sponsorship and support from the National Business Crime Solution (NBCS). TruckPol was shut down in March 2012 due to a withdrawal of Home Office funding.
NBCS will launch a freight and logistics crime ...
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Princes Anne - The Princess Royal - will take part in a Multimodal seminar session. She will talk about the work of charity Transaid, which supports transport initiatives in developing countries. The panel session will be chaired by Freight Transport Association (FTA) chief executive Theo de Pencier, joined by Maeve ...
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