Logistics
AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough has gained a Gold award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Companies who receive a RoSPA award are recognised as being world leaders in health and safety, demonstrating well developed management systems and culture, outstanding control of risk and very low levels of error, harm and loss.
RoSPA Gold is the highest accolade in the health and safety industry.
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A new report on workplace satisfaction among UK workers in 2024 shows that transport and logistics professionals are the least happy sector.
The Career Happiness Index, collated by careers transformation specialist The Futures Group, also said that accounting and finance and healthcare appear to be the ...
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XPO is holding its fourth annual Female Drivers Forum today at the company’s national distribution centre in Crick, Northamptonshire.
As in previous years, all XPO Logistics female drivers are invited to attend the Forum, which is designed to provide a safe space to bring any matters ...
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An updated version of guidelines on preventing contamination of shipping containers is now available. The 2024 update to the document - Prevention of Pest Contamination of Containers: Joint Industry Guidelines for the Cleaning of Containers - provides further detail on the concept of custodial responsibility ...
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Cross-border ecommerce shipments to the US face being rejected under changes introduced to Entry Type 86 in April, warnings tech firm Hurricane Commerce.
Entry Type 86 is a customs clearance procedure for low value shipments imported by one person on one day with a value not ...
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Russell Group’s John G Russell arm is to acquire Freightliner’s Coatbridge Intermodal Rail Terminal near Glasgow and will set up a new entity, Russell RailRoad.
The site is next to John G Russell’s own Coatbridge base. The two locations will be run as separate entities ...
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Unsworth recently organised an exclusive tour of Defra’s Inland Border Clearance facility at Sevington for almost 100 of the forwarder’s clients and other stakeholders.
The event, which was held in association with Ashford Port Health, was designed specifically to provide first hand information about the next ...
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Almost two thirds of logistics companies report a shortage of digital talent, according to research by internet access providers Neos Networks.
It found that fewer than two in five logistics companies consider their employee skillset well-placed for digital growth.
Neos Networks surveyed business leaders and decision-makers from ...
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Getlink has acquired UK customs intermidary, ChannelPorts. Established in 1974 and based in Folkestone, Kent, ChannelPorts has 44 employees and a revenue in 2023 of around £10m.
Getlink said the move would allow it to offer a range of services and support to facilitate the exchanges ...
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Real estate firm Oxford Properties Group and developer Logistics Capital Partners have signed an exclusive agreement with Maritime Transport to operate West Midlands Interchange, which it describes as the UK’s largest logistics development.
Maritime Transport will become long-term operator of WMI’s rail freight interchange on the ...
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