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OBE for Southampton boss

Former Southampton port director Doug Morrison has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list, in recognition of a lifetime devoted to working in the UK's ports. He was port director at Southampton until his retiredment in December 2013 overseeing, among other things, a £100 million investment in the container terminal. In a 45-year career with ABP, he also worked at Hull, Goole and Ayr, where he began ... [+]

Liverpool move for Transatlantic line

ICL Agencies UK Limited, the UK arm of transatlantic operator Independent Container Line, has moved from its existing office at Waterloo to a central Liverpool location at Peel-owned Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters. The Liverpool Waters is a regneration scheme for a 60 hectare historic dockland estate to create a waterfront ... [+]

MultiFreight

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Faster passage to Paraguay

Cargas Del Atlantico - the Uruguayan member of the Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) Group freight forwarding and consolidation system – has launched a new transhipment service to Paraguay via Montevideo that reduces transit times from Europe to as little as 25 days. During the Paraguayan annual dry season, from September to ... [+]

Descartes acquires Impatex

The UK’s largest and oldest-established customs and freight forwarding software company, Impatex has been acquired by US-based Descartes Systems. Owned by its founder, Peter Day, who launched the company in 1980 and was joined in the business by his wife Sue in 1982, Impatex provides its iCE (Integrated Customs for Europe) ... [+]

Learn to trade with TNT

TNT Express has published ‘The Art of Nimble’, a free white paper to help UK smaller companies take the first step into international trade and exporting. It looks at how understanding supply chains can bring competitive advantage. To download a free copy visit: www.tnt.co.uk/supplychainwhitepaper   [+]

Swissport-Servsair merger cleared

The European Commission cleared the merger between the airport ground and cargo handlers Swissport and Servisair on 18 December, conditional on Swissport disposing of its ground handling activities at Birmingham Airport and Servisair's of activities at London Gatwick Newcastle and Helsinki. The executive did not raise any competition concerns over ... [+]

FCL-LCL partnership

LCL shipping service provider ECU-Line and part of the Indian-owned Avvashya Group has signed a partnership with full-load specialist FCL Marine Agencies Rotterdam, a leading neutral NVO service provider in FCL segment, operating in Europe, USA and Canada. ECU-Line has a network of 90 countries and 200 offices. [+]

Memorial to Felixstowe ferry tragedy

A memorial has been unveiled at Wolsey Gardens in Felixstowe to the victims of a ferry disaster 31 years ago, the BBC reports. Six people were killed when Townsend Thoresen's European Gateway, capsized after colliding with the British Rail ferry Speedlink Vanguard on the night of 19 December 1982. The Townsend ... [+]

New deputy CEO for Eurotunnel

Eurotunnel has appointed Emmanuel Moulin, currently chief financial and corporate officer for corporate activities, as deputy chief executive officer. He will report to chairman and chief executive officer Jacques Gounon. Pascal Sainson, chief operating officer with responsibility for rail freight, will continue as before, under Emmanuel Moulin.   [+]

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