Chris Lewis
Forest products specialist stevedore Jenkins Group has purchased Humber Storage Solutions. The business will be renamed Jenkins Humber. HSS operates a 136,000sq ft warehouse in Hull. Jenkins Group operates facilities in Liverpool, Belfast, Sheerness, Hull, Dublin, Sunderland and Warrenpoint.
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Peel Ports Group has appointed Captain Susan Cloggie-Holden as its new group harbour master following the retirement of Gary Doyle.
Capt Cloggie Holden joins the port operator after a distinguished career with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary where she became the organisation’s first female commanding officer in its 120-year history in 2021.
She ...
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St Helens-based logistics company SSO Group has appointed Mike Brown to oversee the SSO Logistics side of its business, which specialises in BRCGS food grade warehousing and palletised distribution through the Pallet-Track network.
As part of the same restructure, Simon Haslam has moved across to the SSO International Forwarding arm of ...
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LeShuttle Freight Village in Calais welcomed its one millionth visitor on 9 July, five years after its opening.
Driver Enus Ionut was presented with a certificate welcomed by the LeShuttle Freight team.
He said that he “always made sure to stop off at LeShuttle Freight Village”, and that his favourite things ...
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Dachser has introduced a Smart Landbridge Connect service from Ireland to continental Europe via the UK. The German-owned forwarder says that, compared to Ireland/Continent ferry connections, the route offers more flexibility, shorter transit times and more frequent departures. Direct ferry connections between Irish ports and mainland Europe have limited capacity, ...
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Customs Support Group (CSG) has officially opened its European TechHub in Warsaw. The Hub will act as the digital innovation centre for CSG’s European business, currently spanning 14 markets and focus on the development, deployment and operational support of automation and digitalisation solutions.
CSG aims to eliminate manual preparation of customs ...
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Tesco is to invest in a new distribution centre at DP World London Gateway, expected to open in 2029.
It will be an energy-efficient site and is expected to achieve BREEAM Outstanding certification, demonstrating its commitment to sustainable building practices.
Tesco is collaborating with logistics automation specialist Witron, to bolster its network ...
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Executive director of the Airforwarders Association, Brandon Fried, has described President Trump’s budget bill – signed into law on July 4 as “a landmark moment for the air cargo and logistics industry.”
He said: "This legislation delivers the modernization our industry has long needed from billions in Federal Aviation Administration funding ...
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FedEx has opened a facility in Vianen, near Utrecht in the Netherlands. It includes 5,865sq m warehouse space, ten dock doors for trailers - one equipped with a scissor lift and nine with loose load capabilities – 48 direct loading positions for vans and maximum sorting capacity of 3,600 parcels ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Michael Young as chief executive for the US, succeeding Robert Reiter.
Michael Young is currently chief executive of DHL Global Forwarding UK & Ireland and president of Global Motorsports. He has more than 30 years of experience within DHL Global Forwarding, having held senior roles at ...
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