Chris Lewis
Hong Kong headquartered global forwarding and supply chain services company EV Cargo is to acquire Hastings-based Dobbs Logistics from its founding family owners through its Palletforce subsidiary. Formed in 1961, Dobbs Logistics provides pallet distribution, general haulage, project cargo and warehousing services. Directors Stephen Morgan, Kevin Manser and Lynton Manser and their management team will continue to lead the business.
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Kuehne+Nagel is to open a 20,000sq m distribution centre for Japanese bicycle parts maker Shimano in Tessenderlo, in north-east Belgium. The Japanese multinational, which also sells fishing equipment, has a growing B2B e-commerce business in Europe. Operations go live in 2023 and will be supported by an automated picking technology ...
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AP Moller-Maersk is to open a cold storage facility at Mawani’s King Abdulaziz port in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The 13,300sq m facility will handle 168,000 pallet positions annually at Saudi Arabia’s second-largest port for refrigerated containers and will primarily handle frozen commodities such as poultry, meat, vegetables, confectionary processed food ...
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AP Moller-Maersk completed its acquisition of Danish project logistics forwarder Martin Bencher Group, on 2 January, for about US61 million. Founded in 1997, Martin Bencher is an asset-light company whose core capability is designing end-to-end project logistics solutions. It is headquartered in Aarhus and has 31 offices in 23 countries, ...
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Customs clearance experts the EORI Group has launched a white label version of its CABIE (Customs and Borders Import Export) simplified portal for GB imports.
The UK’s exit from the EU customs territory created the need for about 100 million new declarations a year, a substantial increase.
Working in the background CABIE ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has named Stephen Parker as its new director general to succeed Robert Keen, who will retire from full time employment with the trade association in 2023.Mr Parker has retired from his position as head of Customs UK at DHL Global Forwarding to start his ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) is to add an Altiplano Service feeder route from Callao (Peru) to Arica and Iquique (Chile) from February. It complements ONE’s existing Asia to West Coast Latin America services and provides more connections for intra-Latin American shippers.
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Portsmouth International Port’s Mike Sellers, has taken over as Chair of the British Ports Association. Mr Sellers, who is port director at the Hampshire ro ro and general cargo gateway was elected as Deputy Chair of the Association in 2022 and replaces Neil Glendinning of Harwich, who has retired. Mike ...
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Danish logistics operator DFDS has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Ulster-based McBurney Transport Group, its second acquisition on the island of Ireland in six months.
Ballymena-headquartered McBurney’s core activity is the transport of around 100,000 full and part-load trailers between Ireland and the UK by road and ferry, ...
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The Port of Dover says it handled its largest ever tonnage of fresh fruit during pre-Christmas build-up. The port’s cargo business unloaded five vessel calls in seven days from Seatrade and GreenSea, including melons from Brazil, bananas and fresh produce from Ecuador and grapes from South Africa.The terminal offers temperatures ...
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