Chris Lewis
Transmec Group has opened a cross-dock warehouse at London Gateway Logistics Park.
Providing a new home for its London branch, the 165,000sq ft (15,329 sq m) hub has racking for almost 30,000 pallets and is 50% than its previous base at West Thurrock.
Relocation to DP World’s London Gateway will support the operator’s growth plans, said UK general manager, Imran Mohammed (pictured, right, with London branch manager, Duncan Grainger). “The move will ...
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a Member of the SATS Group, has begun rolling out a new dock management system in North America to reduce truck waiting times in New York JFK by more than 20%.
The solution is part of WFS’ in-house developed ePic Enterprise Solution, which is now operational at ...
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Basra Gateway Terminal (BGT), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) operation at the Port of Umm Qasr, has handled the first direct freight service between the United Arab Emirates and Iraq. Operated by DP World, the unaccompanied ro ro service connects Jebel Ali in Dubai with Umm Qasr in Iraq. ...
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Rhenus Warehousing Solutions UK has officially opened its new site in Nuneaton. Built by Baytree Logistics Developments, the Rhenus Campus is “BREEAM Outstanding” and has two warehouses, measuring 1 million sq ft - 210,000sq ft and 771,000sq ft - on 64 acres. The first warehouse totals 210,000 square feet, the ...
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Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner, which recently announced its sale to Japan’s Nippon Express, has opened new offices and warehouses in China. They include a Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Competence Center in Shanghai, a warehouse in Guangzhou in the south, and new offices in Nanjing in the east of the country and in ...
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Handler and ground services company Swissport International has opened a warehouse for temperature-controlled pharma at Dublin Airport.
It says the 400 sq m facility is the first of its size at the Irish capital’s airport. The new cold storeroom is fully dedicated to pharmaceuticals, and can hold up to 200 pallets.
The ...
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Bournemouth Airport on Britain’s South Coast is now host to the UK largest non-integrator freighter fleets – and will be by a considerable margin when current business plans are realised at the end of 2024.
Local carrier European Cargo has a fleet of 12 Airbus A340-6000 aircraft, either of them currently ...
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Groupage operator Transmec has installed a photovoltaic system on the roof of its Via Strasburgo headquarters in Campogalliano near Modena in Italy.
It says the energy generated will meet not only the energy needs of its offices but also its warehouses, significantly decreasing environmental impact of the entire company's operations.
Three systems ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) says that thefts from trucks left in unclassified parking locations in the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region have reduced dramatically since the pandemic. Companies are taking more action to protect cargo, according to new data.
Based on reports of criminal attacks on supply ...
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Europa Road is to add a weekly service to Greece in partnership with its partner Athens-based Orphee Beinoglou. Operations director, Dan Cook, described it as one of the final pieces of the jigsaw in Southern Europe: “Providing this new direct service fills a gap in our extensive network.”
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