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Ferries and trains green Turkish supply chain

British freight forwarder Davies Turner says it is offering a more environmentally friendly service to Turkey in partnership with Ekol Logistics. The Istanbul-based company has chartered three ro-ro ferries to run between Istanbul and Trieste with a capacity of 250 trailers per ferry and it also operates thrice-daily block trains between the Italian port and Cologne and Ostrava on the Czech-Poland border, cutting thousands of tonnes of pollution and emissions ... [+]

Davies Turner ships real-life plane kit

Freight forwarder, Davies Turner has delivered a full-sized 'Airfix kit' from Britain to South Africa. Parts from a de Havilland DH 100 Vampire discovered in a domestic garage in Dorset were moved to South Africa as part of a project to rebuild two classic post-War British fighters - one of the ... [+]

Make your buildings future-proof says Davies Turner

Think for the future when planning your next construction project, urges British-based freight forwarder Davies Turner, as it completed a major re-investment programme at its main regional hubs. The company acquired the 7,000 sq m (75,000 sq ft) Hams Hall Cross Dock in June of this year next to the Hams ... [+]

Stowaway

Staff at Davies Turner's Dartford depot have earned the praise of the Cats Protection society, no less, for their vigilance and kindness in rescuing a Turkish tabby that had stowed away on one of its trailers. The six-week-old, now christened Yonda, had taken an ill-dvised cat nap in an Ekol ... [+]

More space in the Midlands for Davies Turner

Davies Turner has bought a 7,000 sq m cross dock warehouse close to its existing distribution centre at Coleshill, Birmingham. The UK independent freight forwarder said it needed more capacity to handle its European and oceanfreight consolidation services. The cross dock terminal is purpose-built to handle fast-moving consignments for our daily ... [+]

Davies Turner makes Samaritans donation

Once again, Davies Turner had the responsibility for delivering the medals for this year's London Marathon – and, following the tragic death of Claire Squires at the end of this year's race, the company will be redirecting some of its annual charities budget to the Samaritans, the charity for which Claire was ... [+]