Material Handling and Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

PEIR has launched an app designed to help the transportation, logistics and shipping industries better assign costs based on responsibility for damaged shipping containers and trailers.

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Heavy lift and project cargo specialist, Hansa Heavy Lift recently carried out the transportation of a carousel along with eight reels weighing over 3,500 metric tonnes, from Newcastle, the United Kingdom to Lagos, Nigeria. The cargo will be used at the Egina Oil Field off the coast of Nigeria. The vessel HHL Lagos was used for this transport and was mobilized in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to prepare the vessel with additional deck strength for the gigantic carousel that had a diameter over 25

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Airfreight Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Thai Airways Cargo Division, Thai Cargo recently announced they have awarded one of the world’s leading ground handling services providers, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a new five-year cargo handling contract for their operations in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. The new contract becomes effective on September 1 st and will see WFS providing handling for THAI’s double daily Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 flights from London Heathrow to the Thai capital of Bangkok along with regional c

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Logistics Manager

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Switzerland-based global transport and logistics company, Kuehne + Nagel has recently announced a new partnership with the Chinese automotive logistics group, Sincero. Under the new agreement, both companies will offer nation-wide operation coverage and invest in a joint venture with a key focus on contract logistics for the automotive industry. The majority share of the new joint venture will be held by Kuehne + Nagel.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

UKWA – the United Kingdom Warehousing Association – has welcomed the UK Government’s recently published guidance for British businesses on trading with the EU in the event that a Brexit deal cannot be reached. Three HMRC notices, covering Customs & Excise, VAT for Business and UK Trade Tariffs, were published on 23rd August following extensive and on-going consultation by the Government with UKWA, together with other trade associations and industry bodies.

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