Chris Lewis
Colleagues and friends at logistics specialist Oakland International are training for an epic three-day bike ride from Great Yarmouth to Warwick on 27-29 June to raise funds for children’s charity Molly Ollys.
The team includes staff from the Bardon, Corby, and Redditch sites, as well as family members from Attwell Farm Park in Redditch and staff from Bakeaway in Corby. Together, they will join 30 cyclists taking on this challenging ride.
Oakland ...
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Kuehne+Nagel will appoint Marcus Claesson to its Management Board as Chief Information Officer from 1 September. He succeeds Martin Kolbe, who is retiring after 20 years. Claesson, a Swedish national, brings over 25 years of experience in international IT leadership roles including spells at Daimler Truck and Electrolux.
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Dublin Port and Irish Rail have completed a €9 million investment in the freight yard at North Wall. The facility will manage all rail freight operations during upcoming works on Alexandra Road, and creates additional capacity for potential future rail freight growth.
The works on Alexandra Road, starting shortly and lasting ...
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MSC officially opened its new Medlog Inland Terminal at Paris-Bruyères on 4 June. The multimodal platform provides a direct link between the port of Le Havre and inland destinations across Europe, combining road, rail and barge transportation.
Located 40km north of Paris, the 11-hectare hub began operations in late 2024. It ...
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A group of US forces veterans have set up a logistics company in Louisiana to offer solutions for capital projects sectors including LNG, petrochemicals, power generation and infrastructure across the Gulf Coast region. Gulf of America Logistics (GOAL), headquartered in Bossier City, is led by managing partner Brent Patterson, a ...
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The first phase of the Port of Brunei Darussalam’s Maritime Single Window, designed and implemented by Kale Logistics Solutions has gone live. Phase 2 will focus on the full digitalization and centralisation of all services including vessel registration, licensing, maritime training, financial systems, and online payments.
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Keith Baguley has succeeded Charles Hogg as the elected national chair the British International Freight Association for a two-year term.
Baguley (pictured, centre), senior manager at BIFA member company Grimaldi Group, has been the trade association’s vice chair for the last two years, as well as chair of BIFA’s Merseyside region ...
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BIFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with its equivalent in Ethiopia, EFFSAA to develop the forwarding industry in the country, following an approach by the Foreign Office Development Aid Group. Operators there face numerous challenges, not least the lack of a seaport, although Ethiopian Airlines is one of the ...
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DHL has launched Xcelerate, a premium fast-track airport-to-airport cargo service. It provides the fastest available options with guaranteed capacity and shorter transit times and is aimed at customers needing expedited logistics solutions.
Customers enjoy immediate booking confirmation and the service allows for last-minute cargo acceptance, close to flight departures, with high ...
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DP World Trade Finance and JP Morgan are collaborating to improve access to working capital in emerging markets, to help combat the effect of supply chain disruption and limited credit which continue to hinder trade.
They say that many businesses are underserved by traditional financial institutions due to limited data on ...
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