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Legal Cannabis Oil for HGV Drivers?

Logistics Business Magazine

Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is illegal within the UK and is a schedule 1 controlled drug under the MDR 2001 and can be found present in some CBD oils. However, not all CBD products are legal and this puts some lorry drivers at risk of failing a drugs test.

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What’s On Tap for Ocean Shipping in 2023?

Now, That's Logistics

This may present challenges for carriers as they try to absorb all of the new vessels just as demand is waning and freight rates are receding. Historical delivery data from Clarksons shows that annual fleet growth averaged 970,000 TEUs in 2001-20. million TEUs in 2023 and 2.83 million TEUs in 2024, compared to around 1.1

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Fritz inducted into Logistics Hall of Fame

Logistics Business Magazine

The TRATON Logistics Leader of the Year Award will also be presented at the reception. The award is presented by the Logistics Hall of Fame and donated by TRATON SE. Born in San Francisco in 1942, Fritz is considered the founder of logistics for humanitarian organisations. “Lynn C. Feindt is Leader of the Year.

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Auto Parts Packaging Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

Founded in 2001 as an eBay shop for auto parts, kfzteile24 is now Germany’s leading multi-channel supplier for vehicle parts and accessories. It was also important for us to optimize visual presentation of the delivered packages to our customers and to reduce physical strain on our employees.”.

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New Managing Director for Dachser UK

Logistics Business Magazine

” Nick is very happy to have overseen the expansion of Dachser’s UK business since 2001. . “I do see an enormous potential for further growth and the introduction and implementation of an ever wider range of logistics services in the future.” Mark Rollinson sums up Dachser’s outlook for the future.

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Motherload Transport: Vancouver Island Freight Success Story

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The company was founded by Sharon-Anne Tallieu and her daughters, Erin and Jackie in 2001. For example, they’re involved with a program called Christmas Angels through which they make sure that a local family in need has access to Christmas presents. Just as importantly, there is a community to which Motherload likes to give back.

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Penske Associates from Panama, Jamaica and France Become U.S. Citizens

Penske Move Ahead

Years later, it was that very same supervisor, now his district manager, who presented Brown a plaque and heartfelt words of encouragement to commemorate his becoming a U.S. Throughout the majority of her logistics career – which began in 2001 with Transfreight, a company acquired by Penske Logistics in 2015 – she was happy to use her U.S.

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