Davies Turner Air Cargo has doubled the size of its branch in Glasgow following a recent move on the Hillington Park business estate. The airfreight subsidiary of the UK’s largest independent freight forwarding company has had a base on the estate since 2004 and has moved into a 10,000 sq… Read more »
One in a million – DP World London Gateway’s one millionth TEU of the year is unloaded from MOL Truth
Last month, DP World London Gateway handled its millionth TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) of 2018 – the first time it has handled a six-figure number of containers in a calendar year. It was an Ocean Network Express (ONE) container that was arriving in the UK on the MOL Truth, a… Read more »
Flagship Vessel arrives to mark start of 2M Asia-Europe Service at DP World London Gateway
The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller arrived at DP World London Gateway today, the first vessel on the AE7/Condor service to call at the port. The flagship Maersk Line vessel, which is 399 metres long and able to hold 18,270 twenty-foot equivalent container units, berthed on the River Thames in the early… Read more »
Clipper taps into premium beer market with Adnams partnership
Clipper Logistics is pleased to announce a new partnership agreement with Adnams, the award-winning brewer, distiller and retailer. Clipper Logistics will provide Adnams with end-to-end supply chain management, packing, storage and online order fulfilment capabilities. The Suffolk-based brewery, established in 1872 by George and Ernest Adnams, has been brewing beer… Read more »
A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express plan to establish container shipping association
Ocean Network Express announces that five container shipping companies intend to create an association with the purpose of paving the way for digitalization, standardization and interoperability in the container shipping industry. IT executives from A.P. Moller – Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express are currently discussing the… Read more »
Dennis Eagle renews major service contract with TotalKare
Dennis Eagle, the global manufacturer of refuse collection vehicles, has signed a major deal to renew the national service contract for all of its heavy-duty mobile columns lifts in the UK. The Warwick-based company has agreed to continue its long-standing relationship with Halesowen-based TotalKare, who will be responsible for servicing… Read more »
Fuel savings and smarter working for forklift fleet
Managers at George Walker Transport have been working with engineers at Sheffield-based CAM Forklift Trucks developing new techniques to improve the crucial role forklifts play in their intensive materials handling operation as part of a productivity and £1/2 million cost reduction platform. Plans to up-date their forklift fleet began back… Read more »
Planet Mark™ recognises trio of sustainability successes at DP World London Gateway
A bespoke temperature controlled warehouse located at DP World London Gateway Logistics Park has become the latest development at the site to receive Planet Mark™ accreditation. Consideration given to the construction of Halo Handling, the base for SH Pratt Group’s new value-adding venture for temperature controlled produce, ensured a 16%… Read more »
Mixed signals for Britain’s rail freight
The welcome announcement of £24.3 bn funding for Britain’s railways over the next five years by the government’s rail and road regulator has been negated by news of higher charges to use the rail network, according to FTA, which speaks for the UK’s logistics sector. According to Elizabeth de… Read more »
Work starts at CMA CGM’s multi-temperature logistics facility at DP World London Gateway
Construction work for CMA CGM’s new multi-temperature warehouse at DP World London Gateway has started. Eric Legros, CMA CGM Vice President Specialised Products and Value-Added Services and Jean Vanmalle, Business Development Manager Inland – Supply Chain & Logistics joined DP World executives for a ground-breaking ceremony at DP World London… Read more »
