Chris Lewis

Europa opens Gatwick office

Europa Worldwide Group has opened a road sales branch at Gatwick. The new team of five headed is led by branch manager Carys Shears (main picture, with regional manager, Mitch Clarke) who joins the company with eight years management experience at Sainsbury’s and Marks & Spencer. The new sales office, in the Manor Royal area, is aimed at businesses in the greater London area looking for local road freight services. ... [+]

DP World breaks another kind of record

DP World in the UK says it raised a record £120,000 for its charitable partners in 2022. DP World Southampton partnered with the Saints Foundation – the charitable arm of Southampton Football Club – to raise £65,000 from a fundraising dinner and other activities. DP World London Gateway raised £55,000 for ... [+]

Grimaldi orders more car carriers

The Grimaldi Group has ordered five more ammonia-ready car-carrying vessels from China State Shipbuilding Corporation, together with an option for another two. With a length of 200 meters, a width of 38 meters and loading capacity of 9,000 CEU (Car Equivalent Unit), the new buildings have been designed to transport ... [+]

Maersk unveils new leadership team

AP Moller-Maersk has announced a new organisational structure and a new executive leadership team from 1 February, following the appointment of Vincent Clerc as chief executive on 1 January. The new structure is shaped around 15 roles and areas of responsibility and include Aymeric Chandavoine -president, Europe region; Ditlev Blicher, ... [+]

Priority for Maersk at Dubai Jebel Ali

AP Moller-Maersk DP World Jebel Ali Port have entered a partnership through to collaborate on service delivery and work towards decarbonising logistics.  The deal will give priority berthing for Maersk vessels and implement new processes at Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. Maersk’s customers gain real-time information relayed by DP World ... [+]

Green light for Hapag’s Spinelli stake

Antitrust authorities approved Hapag-Lloyd’s acquisition of a 49% minority stake in Italian terminal and transport operator Spinelli Group on 12 January, for an undisclosed amount. The remaining 51% of the shares in the corporate group remain in the hands of the Spinelli family. The parties have agreed to not disclose ... [+]

Not so bonny for Clyde as Inverness and Forth win Scottish freeports bid

The Scottish and UK governments have selected the Forth Green Freeport and Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport to become the country’s first Green Freeports. The Forth Green Freeport consortium includes Forth Ports and its operations at sites at Leith, Grangemouth, Rosyth and Burntisland. It says its proposal will generate up to ... [+]

Fraud poses biggest threat to cargo, says TT Club

Fraud is the biggest threat to cargo, says insurer the TT Club. The Club says that the almost exclusive use of online facilities to process business transactions allows a myriad of fraudulent pursuits including payment fraud that involves existing mandates and impersonation of executives to procurement fraud featuring false invoicing. Carrier fraud, ... [+]

Entries open for Multimodal Awards

The Multimodal Awards 2023 are now open for entries. This year two of the Awards categories, Road and 3PL, have been split to ensure that smaller firms also get the recognition they deserve during the voting stages. Winners will be chosen by Multimodal newsletter readers and the exhibitors and visitors to ... [+]

Fast, clean and green – DHL signs new deal with Formula E

DHL has renewed its contract with electric car race organisers, Formula E and DHL, with a multi-year partnership. With 40 years of international motorsport experience, DHL is Formula E’s official founding partner helping to set up the inaugural race in Beijing in 2014. Since then, DHL has supported Formula E through ... [+]

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