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Geodis is launching a Manage! program to support its 8,000 employees around the world, strengthening their skills and leadership through a 14-week program. The forwarder says it will stimulate commitment and creativity in its teams and partners, to achieve the goals of its Ambition 2023" strategic plan. The Manage! program includes six training modules, including a total of 24 hours of group sessions, combined with online resources and personal assignments. ...
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Antoine Pretin has joined Geodis as vice president engineering group. He will oversee automatisation of the forwarder’s service offerings to its customers.
He has since 2014 been head of the distribution business at a VINCI Group company specializing in automated intralogistics solutions.
He said: "The arrival of increasingly autonomous intelligent robots and ...
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Geodis has opened a multi-user facility in Icheon, South Korea in response to a surge in e-commerce channels demand. The new premises provide a variable ambient environment with temperatures ranging from 5°C to 34°C and maintain a maximum humidity of 87%. The location brings the forwarder’s footprint in South Korea ...
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The ultra-tight sea freight market from China to Europe prompted forwarder Geodis to go to extraordinary length of chartering its own vessels to move boxes from the Far East.
The first 1,000teu capacity vessel, operated exclusively by Geodis, is scheduled to arrive in Hamburg on 28 February, carrying 435 forty-foot containers ...
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Geodis Industrial Projects is to be renamed Geodis Project Logistics. The forwarder says the change reflects the more diversified service portfolio which now goes beyond the industrial segment. Geodis is also integrating its Aid & Relief business as well as its Marine Logistics teams into the expanded project logistics organization.
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Global forwarder Geodis, has welcomed the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in the Asia Pacific region. It says it represents a fundamental step in the development of what will become the largest international trading bloc over the next 20 years, eliminating 90% of import tariffs between the ...
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Geodis said it was aiming to have 25% of its leadership positions to be held by women by 2023 at its annual “Women’s Network” summit on 1 December. This compares with 18% in 2017 at the forwarder, where women make up 40% of the total workforce. Geodis has also set ...
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Freight forwarder Geodis has signed an agreement with Bureau Veritas to recognize its commitment to gender equality in the workplace and aims to achieve a recognized standard over the next three years.
By obtaining GEEIS (Gender Equality European & International Standard) designation, GEODIS would establish common gender equality and diversity in ...
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Geodis is to continue its scheduled Own Controlled Network airfreight service between Europe and the US throughout 2021.There will be three return flights a week between Amsterdam Schiphol and Chicago O’Hare. executive vice president, freight forwarding, Eric Martin-Neuville, said that there was a severe shortage of regular, guaranteed air freight ...
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An emissions calculator that determines the carbon footprint of a freight shipment is now available free on the Geodis website. It measures air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions generated by an individual shipment’s journey, comparing the performance of different modes of transport. https://geodis.com/geodis_carbon_calculator/form
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