Chris Lewis
Parcel delivery company DPD has officially opened a new £40m regional sorting centre in Bromley-By-Bow, East London that will deliver up to 80,000 parcels into the capital each day.
A 430 metre long conveyor system will automatically sort all intra-London parcels for next-day delivery on-site, instead of trunking them to the Midlands and back for sorting.
The ceremony was performed by the Secretary of State for Transport, The Rt Hon Mark Harper ...
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An independent study carried out on behalf of the Cargo Integrity Group by researchers at Italian University Politecnico di Torino into shipper and forwarder application of the CTU Code found benefits to including improved safety, reputation and supply chain coordination and decreased cargo damage, environmental impact and operational inefficiencies.
Those using ...
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Mersey Maritime interim chief executive Ruth Wood has become permanent chief executive of representative body for the Liverpool city region’s £5bn maritime sector. The former senior manager at Peel Ports Group and latterly head of commercial at Mersey Maritime, took the helm in July following the departure of Chris Shirling-Rooke, ...
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Kerry Logistics Network was named Logistics Company of the Year for the seventh time in a row at the 2023 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards in Malaysia on 8 November. Organised annually by the global business consulting firm, the awards celebrate outstanding companies, determined through industry trends analysis ...
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Kale Logistics Solutions is implementing a cargo community system at Istanbul Grand Airport (İGA), the first of its kind at a Turkish airport.
The ACS platform will help turn İGA into a transfer centre and will give agents, airlines, transporters, handlers, Customs, and security agencies access to all cargo-related information on ...
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Swissport International has opened an air cargo centre at Zaragoza Airport, in north-east Spain, its fifth in the country along with Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Valencia and Zaragoza. It offers over 4,000sq and provides cargo handling services for general and express cargo. The facility has 14 truck docks. Swissport has provided ...
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NVOCC Mannson Freight says a new feature on its customer portal, MFS Pro, allows UK customers to track import deliveries in real time from Felixstowe warehouse to final destination in the UK. It gives live tracking information for each shipment on the day of delivery, as well as an estimated ...
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Nova Innovation has installed a marine floating solar demonstrator to power Forth Ports’ headquarters in the Port of Leith as part of the latter’s commitment to achieve Net Zero by 2042.
The marine solar demonstrator was built and installed by Nova over the summer and has already successfully passed its ...
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Varamar DMCC has signed a commercial partnership with COSCO Shipping group company ASL Shipping & Logistics to strengthen their respective trades.
Varamar, a liner and tramp carrier that specialises in breakbulk, dry-bulk, oversized and containerized cargo, has up to now focussed on trade lanes connecting Europe with the Middle East, Asia ...
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The Incoterms that define responsibilities in the global supply chain have a crucial bearing on who bears the risks relating to the cargo in transit, especially when it comes to packing and securing, says a leading insurer.
Intermodal specialist TT Club says that 65% of cargo damage claims can be attributed ...
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