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EV Cargo expands in Malaysia
Hong Kong-based EV Cargo – owner of the Palletforce network and forwarder Allport in the UK – has opened new offices and freight centres in Malaysia. It includes new country office on the outskirts of capital Kuala Lumpur, warehouse facilities at Kuala Lumpur International Airport and container freight stations at Port Klang, Penang and Johor Port. [+]
DP World wins funds for Romania upgrade
DP World has received a €38m grant from the Ministry of Transport in Romania and the European Union to upgrade the Port of Constanta. DP World Constanta has become one of the Black Sea’s most important cargo and vehicle ports, and the investment will help turn ... [+]
Insurers call on ports to join the war on drugs
Insurers TT Club have called on the freight industry to resist the tidal wave of drug smuggling in response to an exponential growth in contraband entering Europe via ports on the Atlantic seaboard. Reports in the last two months include cocaine in containers of fruit through ... [+]
UPS appoints John Bolla to head up healthcare
UPS has appointed John Bolla as its president of its Healthcare arm. He joined UPS in April 2022, having previously worked for Adare Pharma Solutions and GSK, where he eventually became vice president of North American supply chain and then senior vice president of third-party ... [+]
Peel Ports to build new warehouse for Liverpool
Peel Ports Group is investing £28 million in the Port of Liverpool in its biggest single investment in warehousing this year. Construction of the 240,000sq ft Alexandra Dock Multi-User Warehouse will begin shortly. It will be the length of up to five football pitches (400 metres) ... [+]
Fast robots for fast fashion
Kerry Logistics Network is using sorting robots for a global fast fashion brand The KOOLBee is an intelligent and flexible sorting solution that boosts speed, productivity and accuracy in logistics operations and has been used in Hong Kong, Tianjin and Dongguan since November 2022. Kerry ... [+]
TT Club joins the fight against corruption
TT Club has joined MACN, a global business network that is working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption. It has a current membership of over 180 organisations globally, but TT Club is the only non-P&I insurer member. It says it is ... [+]
DP World to donate £15 million to Thames region
DP World is to distribute up to £15 million to community projects in the Thames Estuary region. DP World is entering into agreements with its new occupants at London Gateway Logistics Park – part of the Thames Freeport tax zone – to fund a joint levy ... [+]
Cardinal Maritime to become world’s biggest employee-owned forwarder
Manchester forwarding and consolidation firm Cardinal Maritime says it will become the biggest employee-owned company in its sector in the world . The company, which is based in Sharston, Wythenshawe in the south of the city says it is marking 25 years in business by transitioning ... [+]