Chris Lewis
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has awarded forwarder Davies Turner a Gold Award for the third consecutive year.
Group health and safety, insurance and environmental manager, Carl Inman, said: “In a very competitive awards scheme, to receive a Gold Award once is an achievement. To score a hat trick, with a Gold Award in each of the last three years, signposts Davies Turner’s ongoing commitment to continually ...
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The Routescanner container planning platform has been accredited by the Global Logistics Emissions Council for its methods of calculating CO2 emissions. Routescanner says it calculates not just the fastest routes, but also those with the lowest climate impact.
Large deep sea operators and nearly all inland waterway, rail and shortsea logistics ...
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Trade tech company Nexxiot has appointed Roger Gloor as its new head of technical department. He previously worked for in tank container and dry bulk logistics operator Bertschi. Among other things, he designed and developed three types of ISO tank containers and supervised the sourcing and production of 22,000 units ...
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The organisers of Multimodal 2023 have published the shortlist for the show Awards. They recognise outstanding industry-leading supply chain businesses and individuals.
This year, two of the awards categories, Road and 3PL, have been split to ensure that smaller firms also get the recognition they deserve.
Event director Robert Jervis commented: “The ...
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Data analytics company Entopy has won a £150,000 share of the government's new £7 million fund to boost innovation in the freight industry. It will use the funding to extend the use of its software to help address issues caused by a lack of large-scale cross-industry data collection and sharing.
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Intermodal freight transport in the EU still cannot compete on an equal footing with trucks, says a report published by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on 27 March. Regulatory and infrastructure barriers need to be addressed if the EU is to achieve its green ambitions, it says.
Road remains the ...
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Swiss-owned forwarder Kuehne+Nagel has opened a contract logistics fulfilment centre for the healthcare sector at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The 400,000sq ft facility is fully pharma-grade compliant, and features four cold chambers, able to store products within temperature ranges required by the healthcare industry, including frozen.
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Freight forwarder Woodland has launched a direct all-water service from Los Angeles to the UK in response to growing demand and an easing of congestion at US West Coast ports. It offers weekly sailings and a 37 day port-to-port transit. It also produces less emissions than other options involving road ...
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Irish Ferries says it will operate the largest and fastest passenger cruise ferry on the Irish Sea from early June. It will introduce the Star, built in 2007 in Finland for Tallink Grupp, offering over 2,380 lane meters for vehicles, including freight. The ship will be renamed the Oscar Wilde.The ...
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Shortsea operator Samskip has launched a weekly service from the north-west Continent to Iceland. Port rotation is Gothenburg-Aarhus-Runavik-Reykjavik-Grundartangi-Vestmannaeyjar-Runavik-Rotterdam-Cuxhaven-Gothenburg.
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