Chris Lewis
UPS has appointed Cathy O’Brien as its healthcare vice president for international sales. Based in Ireland, she will be responsible for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America the pharmaceutical, medical device, laboratory and dental segments.
She joined UPS in July 2016 as a managing director for UPS Healthcare’s European business and took on further responsibility for the ISMEA region in 2020. Before joining UPS, she held several commercial management ...
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As the pound freefalls to near parity with the US dollar, the silver lining is that British-made goods are now cheaper in the US, says head of consumer research at ParcelHero.
Following Chancellor Kwarteng's mini-budget, the pound tumbled to its lowest value against the dollar in almost 50 years. While ...
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Global shipping and logistics operator has signed a lease for two new distribution centres in Dublin Along with a 15-year lease for a new warehouse in Doncaster.
In Ireland, it will rent two new warehouses in the Quantum Logistics Park in the North of Dublin with a combined space of 250,000sq ...
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CMA CGM’s Containerships arm has launched a new service between of Hamburg, Rotterdam and Teesport. The DUKE service will operate weekly and will also offer intermodal access across mainland Europe and UK with a daily connection from Italy to Rotterdam by rail.
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The Palletways Group, a subsidiary of DP World’s Imperial, has rolled out its new direct injection Hubdrop service across the UK and in its networks in the Benelux, Iberia, Italy, Germany and Hungary for customers that ship large volumes of international freight.
The service allows shippers to consolidate their orders and ...
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has become the latest global container shipping company to develop an air freight arm.
MSC, which by some counts in the world’s largest container shipping operator is developing an MSC Air Cargo solution to complement its seafreight services.
It follows similar moves by Maersk and CMA CGM.
The service ...
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Freight forwarder Aramex UK has joined the Pallet-Track network. Dubai-headquartered Aramex’s UK operation is based in an 80,000sq ft warehouse complex in Poyle nbear Heathrow Airport. It will service the SL3-6 and RG10 postcodes for Pallet-Track.
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Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Diagnose are pioneering detection of undeclared lithium batteries using dogs. It follows a six-month trial in France.
Currently, there are few means to physically check for undeclared lithium batteries, which pose one of the biggest threats to flight safety due to their fire risk.
WFS and Diagnose ...
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Associated British Ports and Solent Stevedores are to invest £17.5m in upgrading the rail terminal at the port of Southampton.
The project will create an 18-acre facility, which will link the existing intermodal rail transport site with laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance and repair within a single site boundary ...
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DP World London Gateway has handled its 10 millionth container since it opened nine years ago
Last year the port handled 1.8m TEU, an increase of almost 650 per cent compared with its first full year of operation in 2014. A new £350m fourth berth will further increase capacity by a ...
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