Chris Lewis
France’s SPI Group has formally taken over the management of packaging activities and associated logistics of a consumer goods company in the Cambridgeshire area, its first move into the UK market.
The company has created dedicated subsidiary, SPI UK and is now in charge of managing the various technologies and the 400 people at the 30,000sq m site.
The SPI group already carries out similar operations in France
The group will start a ...
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Qatar Airways will resume thrice weekly flights from its home hub Doha to Damascus, Syria, from 7 January. The carrier says it is working closely with the authorities to ensure safety and security ahead of the relaunch.
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UK forwarding and logistics company Uniserve has appointed Lodewijk Bottelier as its new chief executive for the Netherlands. He has spent the last 19 years of his career at Seko Logistics as commercial director and brings over 25 years of experience in the logistics industry. In his new role Bottelier ...
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The Port of Felixstowe has suspended some truck charges that were due to be introduced as part of its new Container Booking System (CBS) launched 1 January. It says that there will be no charge to hauliers for Late Notification Period (LNP) changes, or peak time bookings during January, although ...
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Germany’s Arvato – the logistics subsidiary of owned subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Group – has completed its acquisition of Irish and New Zealand-based ATC Computer Transport & Logistics following regulatory and antitrust approvals. The Irish company provides specialized high[1]security transport, white glove delivery, and technical services for data centre operators, ...
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Freight customs specialist Derry Bros has opened new offices in London and Poznan, Poland, bringing its network to four locations.
The Poznan office will be headed by sales manager for Poland and Europe, Monika Kicińska, who brings extensive customs and logistics experience to the position, having spent over seven years in ...
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Olympic rower, adventurer and TV sports present James Cracknell will now host the BIFA Freight Services Awards at the association’s annual dinner in London on 16 January.The event was originally due to be MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace.Mr Wallace has stepped away from his role on MasterChef, and also the Inside ...
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Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has launched an ultra-thin cargo tracking label. Only slightly larger than a credit card, the G+D Smart Label proposition has been jointly developed by G+D in conjunction with its hardware partner, Sensos for a range of applications. These include parcel delivery and shipping, fleet management and monitoring the ...
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West Midlands freight forwarder and logistics specialist Masterfreight has completed the first phase of works on its premises in Oldbury, supported by a £2.74million funding package from NatWest and the bank’s asset finance partner Lombard.
It supports the company’s green credentials by way of insulated cladding and improving roof height to ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has deployed a dedicated weekly freighter to Copenhagen, increasing the Dubai-based carrier’s network of destinations served by all-cargo aircraft to 38.
Previously served only by bellyhold capacity in passenger aircraft, the Boeing 777 freighter will operate on Wednesdays. It increases capacity to the Danish capital – and to neighbouring ...
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