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Europa launches Leonardo IT system

Europa Worldwide Group has launched its Leonardo IT system across its road freight operations, following a “challenging” four weeks post launch period. It gives Europa in-house control over its systems and will improve responsiveness, efficiency, productivity and scalability across its 11 UK sites. Richard Litchfield, IT Director, said: “It is rare for a logistics business to move from outsourced software, and invest and employ a dedicated team of IT developers ... [+]

Europa launches Salzburg service

Europa Road has launched a new route to Salzburg, Austria from its hub in Dartford. The new service runs five times per week to the city which is located at the junction of two of Europe´s international E-road network routes, the north/south E55, which runs between Helsingborg in Sweden and ... [+]

New link to Baltics

Europa Worldwide Group's Road division has launched a new twice-weekly route to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia he Baltics which it says is one of ten new European services due to roll out over the next year. It is partnering with logistics group, CF&S, based in Tallinn, has strong road links ... [+]

Europa works through the pain

Europa Worldwide Group says that has completed a complex, two-year restructuring following managing director Andrew Baxter, acquisition of a 90% stake in the business in August 2013. It says that while there have been some operational problems and significant reorganisation costs, the benefits are now being felt internally and by ... [+]

New money man for Europa

Dartford-based Europa Worldwide has appointed Robert Ross as group Financial director. He joins the groupage operator from financial firm, PwC, has takes over from former financial director, Russell Keep. [+]

Europa adds LCL options

Europa Worldwide’s Air & Sea forwarding arm has added weekly less than container Load (LCL) shipments out of the US and the Far East by teaming up with strategic partners in the two regions. Europa is also a member of the FETA Freight Systems International Network (FFSI), a global agent ... [+]

Artwork among the artics

Has Europa Worldwide hit on a new source of labour to allow it to operate quintuple-manned trucks? No, the groupage operator recently welcomed local primary school pupils to its new £30m facility in Dartford, to unveil an art installation designed by student Akua Asamoah. Europa launched the art project with the ... [+]

Warehouse man for Europa

Europa Worldwide Group has appointed Richard Cronk as director of Europa Warehouse. A member of the Europa team for 36 years, in his previous role as operations director he played a key part in building the European and domestic network as well as developing Europa’s logistics business in Northampton and ... [+]

Dartford to be Europa’s central hub

Pan-European groupage operator Europa is to move away from its current twin-hub operation, centralising its international groupage operations on its new Dartford hub. It will end international hub operations in Birmingham on 1 August, but services from Dartford will be expanded, with more services upgraded to daily departures. The reorganisation ... [+]

Europa hub nearly ready

Europa Worldwide Group is all set to move into its new £30 million head office and hub facility in Dartford. The new 290,000 sq ft facility at Prologis Park is due to be completed later this month.  [+]

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