Chris Lewis
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK chief executive, Sharon Kindleysides, has announced her resignation for personal reasons with immediate effect. To ensure a smooth transition, director of finance and company secretary of CILT (UK), Andrew Weatherill, has been appointed interim chief executive, while the search for a permanent replacement is completed. Immediate past chair Alan Jones, said:“During Sharon’s tenure CILT(UK) has achieved significant milestones and while saddened by Sharon’s departure, ...
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Hexagon International Transport celebrates 50 years in business in August.
The company was originally incorporated in Manchester in 1973, with a Leeds office opening in 1984, later relocated to Normanton.
Hexagon currently has 25 employees servicing multi-national companies as well as privately owned firms. It specialises in European freight, express, groupage and ...
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Stena Line’s new ferry for the Rosslare– Cherbourg service is en route from the shipyard in Gdansk, Poland to Ireland.
Following a major refit, the Stena Vision is due to go into service on 30 June.
She willincrease Stena Line’s service frequency on the route to six departure days providing 12 sailings ...
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DHL and Mars UK have opened a new warehouse at London Thames Gateway. The £350 million investment will reduce the food firm‘s UK logistics carbon footprint by 7.7% and remove a million miles a year from roads.
The new facility, at 42 meters makes it one of the tallest distribution centres in Europe and features ...
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IAG Cargo has appointed Jordan Kohlbeck as head of pharmaceutical. He will assume the responsibility of overseeing IAG Cargo’s temperature control pharmaceutical product and set the vision and strategic direction of its pharmaceutical and life sciences division. He will also manage IAG Cargo’s Constant Climate product. Since joining IAG Cargo ...
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The British Ports Association has welcomed the government’s extension of its Floating Offshore Wind Manufacturing Investment Scheme (FLOWMIS) has been extended but says that further funding is needed.
Chief executive Richard Ballantyne said: “Whilst we certainly appreciate the government’s recognition that ports need more time to prepare and deliver projects, unfortunately ...
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Climate technology specialist Pledge launched its free-to-access freight emissions calculator on 14 June at Multimodal, Birmingham.
Pledge says it enables freight forwarders to offer carbon emissions measurement, reporting, analytics, and offsetting for their customers.
The calculator is available on Pledge’s website and breaks down how the carbon emissions are calculated at every ...
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Heavylift operator Reimer has acquired out of gauge forwarder Specialist Logistics Services and its partner company Martin Burgess Logistics following the retirement of owner and founder, Martin Burgess.
Reimer already owns Luton-based low loader and specialist trailer operator Doherty Heavy Haulage.
The new managing director of SLS, Hasan Huseyin said: “I’m excited about the new ...
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Freight software firm Agency Sector Management urged forwarders to prepare for to switch export entries from HMRC’s existing Chief computer to the new CDS system towards the end of the year.
CDS (Customs Declaration Service) has been handling imports into the UK since October last year. The deadline for exports to ...
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DP World is investing £12m in eight electric straddle carriers at its new fourth berth at its London Gateway logistics hub. They will be part of the first all-electric fleet in the world. Each carrier reduces carbon emissions by 54% compared with non-electric machine, a figure that will increase over ...
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