Chris Lewis
The Port of Gothenburg says it is on course to achieve another all-time high year for container volumes in 2024, following its record year in 2023.
The first half of 2024 saw a 5% increase in container volumes, reaching 467,000 TEU, with the upward trend in import volumes observed during the first quarter continuing.
The second quarter of 2024 was also the 15th consecutive quarter of growth in total container volumes.
Vice president ...
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Following the opening of its first e-fulfilment centre in the UK in Northampton, online distribution specialist Active Ants has signed a deal with Swedish brand Oriflame. Its robots will handle 85% of the picking and packing processes for the beauty brand saying that it can process orders more accurately and ...
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The Bloomberg news agency is reporting that Danish transport and logistics group DSV and a consortium led by CVC Capital Partners have separately put in binding bids for DB Schenker, the forwarding and logistics arm of Germany’s Deutsche Bahn rail group.
The bids value the company at about €14 billion ($15.6 ...
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DHL Express has moved a partially disabled orphaned chimpanzee to a new home in Dorset.
Chocolat fell victim to the Congo’s illegal bushmeat poachers 20 years ago, ending orphaned and with shotgun injuries that paralyzed hand and foot. She spent two decades in Kenya but has now found a long-term home ...
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The Port of Los Angeles has appointed Erica Calhoun as its deputy executive director overseeing the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department’s Administrative Bureau. In this new position, she will be responsible for the planning, direction and management of several key divisions at the gateway. Calhoun has served as interim ...
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Fluent Cargo, which styles itself as ‘Google Maps for freight’, has launched a multimodal tracking software as a service solution. It offers real-time updates and milestone tracking, estimated time of arrival predictions and flexible subscriptions. It uses a unified tracking platform that works across different carriers, modes of transport, and ...
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Richard Litchfield, managing director of recruitment specialist Innovate Freight has become a non-executive director of software firm CocoonFMS. Staffordshire-based CocoonFMS provides Cloud-based transport management system in the UK. Richard Litchfield was formerly group IT director at Europa Worldwide Group and vice president and global head of road logistics at Kuehne ...
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Forwarding and logistics company DSV has signed an agreement to buy 300 Volvo electric trucks, one of the largest such orders to date for the Swedish manufacturer. The agreement also includes 500 Volvo trucks with fuel-efficient diesel and gas drive lines.
All trucks are expected to be delivered between 2024 and ...
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Forth Ports is to name its new deep water riverside berth at the Port of Leith – designed to host the world’s largest offshore wind construction vessels – the Charles Hammond Berth, in honour of the company’s former chief executive who stepped down from the role in June, after 23 ...
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Thames Freeport has gained £1.2 million of funding to support its Skills Fund. The Thames Freeport Community Skills Fund, established as part of Thames Freeport’s ongoing commitment to economic regeneration, aims to create a workforce capable of seizing new opportunities within the Freeport zone. It will support training programs, apprenticeships, ...
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