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Europa gains green certificates

Europa Worldwide Group has gained ISO 14001 (environmental protection) and ISO 50001 (energy management) accreditations for its Europa Air & Sea, Europa Warehouse and Europa Road divisions in the UK. By adhering to the ISA standard, businesses can ensure they are taking proactive measures to minimise their environmental footprint, comply with legal requirements, and achieve environmental objectives. Europa spent six months analysing and benchmarking activities at its 17 UK sites, including ... [+]

Europa goes with the Flow to Ireland

Europa Road is extending its Delivery Duty Paid (DDP) service, Europa Flow, to all its daily routes between Ireland and Great Britain. It has also invested over £1m in its infrastructure in Ireland to establish a dedicated team in Dublin (pictured below) and a specialist customs brokerage service to support ... [+]

Europa Warehouse ties up packaging deal

Europa Warehouse has signed a contract with US-based packaging firm Paramount Global. California-based Paramount specialises in plastic, glass, metal containers, closures and dispensing systems. Paramount, which has been operating in the UK since 2006, will be use Europa’s 180,000sq ft Birmingham 3PL site for storage, fulfilment and transportation. It complements ... [+]

Europa defies China downturn

Europa Air & Sea says it has increased its customer base in Shanghai despite challenging economic conditions. The forwarder, which is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of its office in the Chinese city, says that it has grown its sales team by 15%. General manager for Europa Air & ... [+]

Back to the future for Europa

On the fourth anniversary of Britain’s departure from the European Union, Europa Road says it has returned to offering guaranteed pre-Brexit delivery times across Europe. It attributes this to its investment in its Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) Europa Flow product which it says was first to offer businesses a customs ... [+]

Europa appoints full load manager

Europa Road has appointed Guy Dunmow as national full load sales manager. He helped launch Europa Road in Rotterdam as branch manager and has grown its customer base for full load, part load and groupage road freight between the Netherlands and the UK. In his new role, he will support ... [+]

Europa adds dry bond status

Europa Group has achieved full Customs Warehouse Authorisation from HMRC, allowing it to store general goods that are subject to customs and VAT, in addition to its existing wet bond accreditations. It allows customers to import goods and hold them in the warehouse without having to outlay duty and VAT ... [+]

Europa appoints chief warehouseman

John Shah is to become Europa’s first UK head of warehouse operations. He brings 25 years’ experience with leading logistics operators, ecommerce and multichain suppliers across the UK and North America. Europa operates sites in Dartford, Birmingham and Corby with a combined total of over 1 million sq ft of ... [+]

Europa Invests in its people to tackle skills shortage

Europa Road, the road freight division of Europa Worldwide Group says it is refining its training, promoting from within and boosting the engagement and skillset of its team in order to deal with the challenge of obtaining expert staff. According to data analytics firm Raconteur, UK supply chains are at risk ... [+]

Miles O’Donnell takes charge of Europa Air & Sea in UK and Ireland

Europa Worldwide Group’s Air & Sea forwarding arm has appointed Miles O’Donnell as general manager for the UK and Ireland as part of a restructure. He is responsible for the sales and operational sides of the UK team.  Director of Europa Air & Sea, Angus Hind, said: “Miles’ new role will ... [+]

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