Chris Lewis
Kuehne+Nagel is to discontinue its regional structure in favour of a new direct reporting by country organisations in a bit to boost efficiency and profitability. The historic regional structure will be discontinued and responsibilities integrated into Kuehne+Nagel's Group functions, as appropriate. Cluster and national managers will report directly into the management board of Kuehne+Nagel.
The Swiss-headquartered global forwarder says that the new structure will enable its business and functional units to ...
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Dachser is to acquire food logistics provider Brummer, a partner in the European Food Network for the transport of temperature-controlled food between Germany, Austria and neighbouring countries, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is subject to approval by the German and Austrian competition authorities.
Brummer owns a 40,000sq m facility for ...
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DFDS has signed an agreement to acquire the international transport network of Turkey’s Ekol Logistics.
Ekol operates extensive services between its home country and Europe with own offices and facilities in ten countries by road or intermodally using ferry, and rail and is the largest customer of DFDS’ Mediterranean ferry route ...
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Temperature-controlled packaging company Tower Cold Chain has unveiled a live tracking feature in collaboration with ELPRO - which specialises in monitoring solutions for pharmaceutical and life science industries. Customers renting a KTEvolution parcel-sized unit between 26 litre and 57 litre sizes can monitor of shock, tilt, altitude, location, and internal ...
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Hong Kong forwarder Kerry Logistics Network’s Kerry eCommerce subsidiary has signed a memorandum of understanding on global customs clearance with Menzies Aviation and Menzies Macau Airport Services. It aims to strengthen Macau Airport's e-commerce cargo competitiveness and provide seamless customs clearance services for Kerry eCommerce exports through the island.
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International development organisation Transaid has appointed Maddy Matheson as head of fundraising. She joined Transaid’s fundraising team in 2021, most recently serving as communications and corporate partnerships manager., taking over from Florence Bearman, who stood down at the end of 2023 to take on a new challenge with the charity ...
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Chair of Belfast Harbour, Dr Theresa Donaldson, was godmother to the port’s new pilot boat Hibernia this week. Northern Ireland’s largest port took delivery of its newest vessel, which will transport pilots to and from ships calling at Belfast.
The new vessel, built by Holyhead Marine Services, will replace PB4; the ...
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Maersk Group says that in 2023, it was able to avoid the emission of over 680,000 tonnes of CO2 - with the help of customers who paid the premium for more expensive, green fuels. Last year, these amounted to 212 shippers, some of them transporting many thousand boxes, a serious ...
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Stena Line has signed an agreement to acquire a 49% stake in Africa Morocco Link (AML).
AML is headquartered in Tangier and operates a freight and passenger oute between Tanger Med and Algeciras, Spain. It is also due to launch a high speed passenger and car-only route between Tangier Ville and ...
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Channel Tunnel shuttle operator Getlink says it is on track with building a pre-registration building at its French terminal in Coquelles ahead of new biometric controls due to be introduced for travellers to and from the EU later this year.
Getlink invested over €80 million in the last three years at ...
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