Browsing: Logistics

Seabourne Express Courier has taken up NetDespatch web services to automate worldwide bookings for its international delivery services.

Dubai Logistics City, the multi-modal integrated logistics platform in Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, has signed land lease agreements with Danzas AEI Emirates to operate warehousing and contract logistics facilities.

European competitiveness ministers have voted to repeal the Block Exemption from restrictive trading practices for container shipping lines.

Retailers are trialling a system from DHL Exel Supply Chain that uses advances in web-based CCTV and RFID technology to tackle the problems of through-the-night deliveries.

Logistics Learning Alliance in conjunction with the Fritz Institute and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport has launched a unique qualification – the Fritz Certification in Humanitarian Logistics.

Christian Salvesen has warned that the business environment remains challenging “and margins in many of our markets are under pressure”.

The government is now formulating its plans for future port development following a consultation period. But, asks Malory Davies, will it bottle the big challenges?

Cert FMCG, part of the Cert group, has won a new contract to provide storage and distribution services for D&D Wines International. Cert FMCG will manage the warehousing and delivery of D&D’s portfolio of wines throughout the UK.

Hapag-Lloyd is set to begin a new weekly service from Europe to South Africa in October 2006. The South Africa Express service (SAX) will link Felixstowe, Hamburg, Antwerp and Le Havre with Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban.