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17 May 2012
Wincanton secures Sainsbury's contract
Wincanton has announced it has secured a three year agreement with Sainsbury's, one of the UK's leading supermarket chains, to provide warehousing and distribution services in London More...
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17 May 2012
Growth plan for Pallet-Track
Pallet-Track, the freight logistics business based in Wolverhampton, is planning to take on hundreds of staff as part of an expansion plan. It plans to expand into Europe in the next two years, and to double its workforce over the next five years More...
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16 May 2012
Catalyst Road and Rail subcontractors get help from Deben Transport
Deben Transport has handed a lifeline to subcontractors for intermodal container haulier Catalyst Road, which went into adminstration last month, taking on some of its work. More...
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16 May 2012
Freightliner wins two awards at the IPL annual conference
IPL (International Produce Limited), part of the world's largest retailer Walmart, has named Freightliner 'Intermodal Operator of the Year' and 'Most Sustainable Logistics Provider' More...
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16 May 2012
Green Freight partner highlights eco-friendly cost benefit
Eco-friendly logistics solutions are not just good for the planet but also offer major cost benefits to carriers and their customers More...
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16 May 2012
Multimodal 2012 a success for the French road freight specialist France Line
"We were delighted with the organisation and the quality of the visitors," commented Marie Boyer, the MD of Manchester-based France Line International Transport Ltd. More...
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15 May 2012
Warning - Fair Guide and Expo-Guide
The Association of Event Organisers has alerted Exhibitors at UK trade shows to beware of the following:- More...
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14 May 2012
Multimodal 2012 is biggest ever
Multimodal 2012 - the fifth of the annual Multimodal events devoted to the UK and Irish transport and logistics industries - proved to be the biggest ever in terms of exhibitor and visitor numbers - with 5,345 attendees at the show, an increase of 32% on the previous year More...
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14 May 2012
Jaguar Land Rover to open new UK logistics facility
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed that a new logistics facility in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, will open this summer to support the global sales success of both the Range Rover Evoque and Land Rover Freelander 2. More...
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14 May 2012
Multimodal's ongoing support for Women in Logistics UK
On the middle day of Multimodal 2012, over 30 Women in Logistics UK members, including a few men, met for refreshments and networking at the Multimodal Bar More...
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14 May 2012
Barloworld Supply Chain Software Webinar: Long Range Enterprise Planning
Barloworld SCS is holding the 12th CAST Aurora showcase webinar, on Thursday 31st May 2012 at 08:00 and 15:00 (UK Time). The webinar, titled Long Range Enterprise Planning, aims to provide insight into next generation, network optimisation functionality More...
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14 May 2012
The Port of Tyne announces its best ever financial results
A massive rise in the volume of cargoes coming in and out of the River Tyne resulted in the Port's turnover increasing by almost a third to £60 million and profit more than doubling to £9 million. This financial performance is the best in the Port's history and comes on the back of a record year in terms of volumes of cargo handled, particularly in bulk cargoes, containers, car terminals and cruise and ferries More...
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15 May 2012
Greencarrier debuts at Multimodal 2013
At Greencarrier Freight Services, we offer customised logistics and transport solutions worldwide, focusing on quality and personal service. We are an independent private company with the ability to offer bespoke solutions, whatever the mode of transport More...
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12 July 2011
Howard Tenens books into Multimodal for sixth consecutive time
Howard Tenens, one of the largest family-owned logistics companies in the UK, prides itself on excellent service, professionalism, flexibility and value for money - and is also leading the logistics industry in environmental innovation, especially low carbon transport More...
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12 November 2010
France Line books in to Multimodal
Working with our established network of partners and agents throughout France, we have been providing transport services from the UK to France for a range of industry sectors for 30 years. More...
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4 June 2007
Potter Group Logistics confirms presence at Multimodal
Potter Group Logistics is one of the UK's most progressive and experienced providers of rail and road logistics services, with extensive multi-modal facilities. Its five storage and distribution centres provide more than 1.6m sq ft of warehousing on 250 acres of land. More...
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11 May 2012
Warrenpoint Harbour awards Barloworld forklift contract
Warrenpoint Harbour in Northern Ireland has awarded Barloworld Handling a contract for the supply of a new fleet of Hyster forklift trucks with 7,000kg lift capacity. Warrenpoint Harbour receives up to 1,000 ships a year and when the busy port required new materials handling equipment, it chose Barloworld Handling to supply and support four new Hyster H7.0FT Fortens forklift trucks More...
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11 May 2012
Caterpillar to sell majority interest in 3PL business to Platinum Equity
Caterpillar Inc. has announced it has signed an agreement that would result in Platinum Equity acquiring a 65 percent equity stake in Caterpillar Logistics Services LLC, the third party logistics division of its wholly owned subsidiary, Caterpillar Logistics Inc. (Cat Logistics) More...
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10 May 2012
Hapag-Lloyd increases revenue and transport volume in Q1 2012
Revenue up 8% at EUR 1.6 billion / Transport volume up 11% at over 1.3 million TEU / Soaring bunker prices depress earnings in Q1, which is always weak season for shipping More...
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10 May 2012
Spirit of Dunkirk at Multimodal
Visitors and exhibitors to Multimodal were once again hosted to the most fantastic French cuisine on the stand of the Port of Dunkirk. More...
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10 May 2012
Manufacturers' demand for better goods protection drives enquiries to Spaciotempo at Multimodal 2012
The UK's soggy Spring and the need for logistics firms to satisfy manufacturers' ever-increasing demand for better protection for their goods has fuelled a rise in enquiries for temporary loading canopies. More...
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10 May 2012
MOL contributes to debate on pricing fluctuations
There are usually very good reasons for shippers receiving significant variations in price quotes from different shipping lines, says Adrian Jones, MOL's UK Managing Director More...
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9 May 2012
Canute opens Ipswich depot
Essex-based Canute has bought a 105,000 sq ft warehouse at Great Blakenham near Ipswich to support port-centric activities at Felixstowe. The site will have up to 12,500 pallet spaces, small item picking and bulk stack areas, and Red-Prairie WMS, an optimised pallet storage system with multiple storage options. The site is expected to tranship in excess of 150,000 pallets annually More...
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9 May 2012
New crane expands lift capacity
AV Dawson has strengthened its lifting capacity by investing in a new Euro2 million mobile harbour crane. More...
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8 May 2012
Siemens and DB Schenker Logistics agree on a frame agreement for warehousing
Siemens and DB Schenker agreed on a frame agreement for warehousing to enable the business relationship of the two partners within contract logistics at a global level More...
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8 May 2012
Pall-Ex offers overnight summer guarantee in London
Pall-Ex has unveiled plans to launch a new overnight service in London to combat the transport disruption expected this summer. It will operate a night-time service from 12am to 6am for all postcodes likely to be affected, and is the first pallet network to announce a new service for the capital over the summer More...
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8 May 2012
Fortec announces reorganisation of its Scottish operations
Fortec Distribution Network has strengthened its operations in Scotland. The Company has doubled its network of locations from three to six from January, with sites at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, Inverness and (Highlands location to add.) More...
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8 May 2012
DHL wins 5-yr logistics contract with Warburtons
DHL will implement a control tower operation to manage the baker's primary logistics. The collaborative control tower operation, based at Warburtons' site in Bolton, will oversee the primary transport of up to two million bread loaves, rolls, crumpets and other bakery products daily between Warburtons' 12 bakeries and 13 depots across the UK More...
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26 January 2012
Multimodal at the Vanguard
Vanguard Logistics Services (VLS) is a subsidiary of the OTS Logistics Group. Vanguard provides global agency management services to both owned and third-party internationally renowned Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) brands More...
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26 January 2012
Multimodal gets Ocean Express
The Ocean Express Group (OEX) was founded in 1988 in the United Kingdom with the aim of offering specialized sea freight services to the Caribbean and Latin America. Vanguard Logistics Services acquired Ocean Express in 2008. Since then, OEX has seen rapid development of its core competency to satisfy customers' needs on a global scale. The company specializes in refrigerated, over-dimensional and world traded commodities. OEX prides itself on offering extensive knowledge, experience and resources to meet the individual needs of high profile cargo More...
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10 November 2011
Allseas Global Logistics steams into Multimodal
Allseas Global Logistics is a truly global logistics company. Our well established reputation as the leading service provider specialising in project and out of gauge movements has been further enhanced. More...
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22 September 2011
Elite features at Multimodal
Elite Renewables specialises in the design, supply and installation of commercial and industrial renewable and low energy schemes, helping customers reduce their energy costs and meet their energy and carbon reduction targets. More...
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3 September 2011
Collyers insuring success at Multimodal
Our folio of claims, loss adjusting and risk management solutions are specifically designed to save money, time and trouble. We work hard to minimise duplication, delay, hassle and loss and handling costs; while maximising recoveries, relationship retention and business growth. More...
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20 June 2011
Canute Group back at Multimodal and bigger then ever
The Canute Group continues to be one of the fastest growing, global supply chain providers operating today. Combining strategic planning, commercial acumen and operational expertise within the supply chain, our aim is to develop our customers' competitive advantage as best we can. More...
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22 March 2011
Mandata back at Multimodal
Mandata is the UK's market-leading provider of Windows based software for the haulage and logistics industry. Established in 1974, it now has offices in the UK, Holland and a customer base of over 500 leading haulage and logistics businesses throughout Europe. More...
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24 January 2011
Multimodal: the missing piece for Jigsaw
Jigsaw Solutions combines the best of traditional, personalised road haulage with quality management and modern administrative systems, but without associated big company overheads. This provides genuine rate benefits, offers national reach and capitalises on the strong, established regional presence of the partner companies. More...
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13 January 2011
Ewals back at Multimodal
Ewals' vision is to provide logistics services which satisfy consumers' needs; the right product, the right quantities, at the right place, on time and at optimum cost. Our mission is to strive for continuous improvement in the logistics chain, whilst playing a leading role for customers, employees and shareholders. More...
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6 August 2010
BIFA teams up with Multimodal 2013
BIFA is the trade association for UK-registered companies engaged in the international movement of freight by all modes of transport. More...
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29 July 2010
Malcolm Logistics confirms major presence at Multimodal
Malcolm Logistics Services is ideally equipped to satisfy supply, warehousing and distribution needs throughout the UK - and increasingly into Europe. More...
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19 July 2010
UKWA to organise pavilion at Multimodal 2013
Established in 1944, when the Government of the day asked for representatives from warehousing companies to form a Committee to discuss the storage and distribution of food and materials in wartime Britain, the Association was originally known as the National Association of Inland Warehouse Keepers - a body formed to protect and further the interests of public warehouse keepers conducting businesses outside the major ports. More...
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15 July 2010
Brittany Ferries goes Multimodal
Over the last 30 years, Brittany Ferries has become the undisputed leader in freight transport across the western Channel. Our state-of-the-art ships operate on a greater variety of routes, and from a greater selection of departure ports, than any other ferry company. More...
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14 June 2010
Multimodal good for Impatex
Impatex pioneered 'Intelligent' Direct Trader Input (DTI) back in 1980 and is the leading supplier of Customs software in the UK, with most of the major 'Corporate' forwarders and hundreds of SMEs using their 'Customs Manager' (CM) software. More...
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11 June 2010
DB Schenker back at Multimodal with even bigger stand space!
DB Schenker is one of the leading international providers of integrated logistics services. DB Schenker provides support to industry and trade in land operations, in world-wide air and ocean freight, and in all the associated logistics services. More...
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10 June 2010
Multimodal cultivates Globelink Fallow
Fallow International Freight Limited is a privately owned company offering shipping services of the highest quality to freight forwarders, exporters and importers both in the United Kingdom and overseas. More...
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15 February 2010
TICONTRACT back at Multimodal
The Transporeon Group is operator of the logistics platform Transporeon, the e-sourcing platform TICONTRACT and the retail logistics platform MERCAREON. Currently more than 400 shippers, more than 23,000 carriers and more than 45,000 users from 70 countries are linked via the platforms of the group. Presently freight orders with a volume of 6 billion EUR are organised via the solutions of the Transporeon Group. The platforms are available in 12 languages. More...
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25 January 2010
Port of Tyne books Multimodal for the sixth time
The Port of Tyne - Reaching the World from the heart of the UK More...
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20 January 2010
Paul Ponsonby opts for Multimodal
Paul Ponsonby Limited is a well established, award winning company operating from multiple sites within the Midlands; focusing upon specialist move and installation, and warehousing services. More...
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11 December 2009
IFB secures presence at Multimodal
IFB is a privately owned British company which commenced trading in 1984, offering diverse freight solutions by road, sea and air. We now also offer warehousing and storage facilities in our 45,000 sq ft facility in the heart of Staffordshire with excellent links to the main road and rail networks. More...
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18 August 2009
Aztek chooses Multimodal - again
Aztek International Freight Limited is a leading international logistics company thanks to a worldwide, online network of partners. More...
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21 May 2009
Fargo Systems at Multimodal
Fargo Systems specialises in providing software and services to the intermodal transport industry. We develop off-the-shelf or bespoke software to meet your business requirements. More...
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11 May 2009
Dunkerque Port shows Multimodal spirit
Ideally located close to the city of Lille, at the centre of the Paris - London - Brussels triangle and at the heart of a market of more than a hundred million consumers, The Port of Dunkerque offers an ideal geographical location for the development of logistics and distribution activities within its port area which has excellent road and rail networks connections. More...
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11 May 2009
DSV at Multimodal for sixth year in a row
DSV is a global supplier of transport and logistics solutions. In the UK we offer an extensive range of services under the brands DSV Road, DSV Air & Sea and DSV Solutions employing more than 1,500 people throughout 40 locations. More...
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8 May 2009
AV Dawson re-books for Multimodal 2012
The essential goal of A V Dawson UK is to provide bespoke customer focussed multimodal distribution logistics... ...in doing so we strive to deliver measurable service benefits whilst reducing operating costs within our customers' supply chain. UK customers can select an individual element of our service range or opt for a complete multimodal distribution logistics package incorporating added value activities. More...
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8 May 2009
Autostore and Multimodal partner again for 2013
Autostore is a cutting edge suite of warehouse management and terminal operation solutions, proven internationally. More...
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8 May 2009
Charles Gee hits the spot with Multimodal
Leading freight forwarders since 1887, the Charles Gee Group's professional and personal approach to a total freight forwarding service incorporates land, sea and air movements. Headquartered opposite St Paul's in London with offices at most seaports, Heathrow Airport and China, the Group operates one of the most advanced fleets of road haulage vehicles which support contracts signed with many blue chip companies. In addition, the abnormal, heavy haulage section is based at Heathrow which takes care of complex project and out of gauge cargo. The Group leads in innovative, concept trailer design. More...
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8 May 2009
Trade Extensions confirms Multimodal sponsorship
Trade Extensions sets new standards for procurement and optimisation and provides a powerful and flexible platform to run simple or complex tenders on-line. It covers all aspects of procurement - spend analysis; RFx; optimisation; contract management - and is an effective way for organisations to align their sourcing and business strategies. More...
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18 December 2008
Multimodal attracts e-logistics major
TRANSPOREON has established itself as the market leader in direct cross-linking between shippers and carriers. Optimize your logistics processes with TISYS - Europe's leading logistics platform. TISYS allows you to reduce your dispatch and freight costs, while minimizing wait times during loading and unloading. More...
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3 August 2007
Cordstrap secures space at Multimodal
Established for over 40 years, Cordstrap is the market leader in the supply and manufacture of one way polyester strapping and load restraint sytems. More...
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6 May 2012
Multimodal hailed huge success - 2013 bookings already in full swing
Multimodal 2012 has been hailed as a huge success by exhibitors and visitors alike. For three full days, Hall 4 at Birmingham's NEC buzzed - as the event hosted record numbers of attendees. More...
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5 May 2012
£3.2m quay to success
Work is due to start on the second phase of the £10m development of AV Dawson's 60 acre site with the creation of a new deepwater quay More...
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5 May 2012
Pall-Ex delivers "Eggsellent" service
St Ewe Free Range Eggs has the secret of safe egg delivery cracked thanks to Pall-Ex, the palletised freight network owned by TV Dragon Hilary Devey. The Cornish company is a customer of Pall-Ex member Intercounty Distribution and uses the network as part of its deal to supply eggs to supermarket giant ASDA More...
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5 May 2012
HPC Healthline extends partnership with GEFCO to cover European deliveries
HPC Healthline - a leading UK-based supplier of disposable personal protective workwear and infection control solutions - has extended its partnership with GEFCO to include delivery to European destinations More...
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5 May 2012
Fargo Systems promotes rail freight usage
Fargo Systems has announced a significant extension of their intermodal rail software with new versions of both their 'TOPS' container transport and 'CYMAN' container yard (terminal) management programmes. Aiming to promote rail freight usage and integrate it fully into the transport and yard management processes, both systems taking intermodal management to a new level More...
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5 May 2012
£100m Comet win for Norbert
Comet has awarded a Norbert Dentressangle a £100m five year contract to handle UK warehousing and distribution. The electricals retailer has been going through a major restructuring of its supply chain and last year set out restructuring plans designed to save £10m a year. In February it was acquired by private equity house OpCapita More...
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5 May 2012
PD Ports launches new website
Leading UK ports business PD Ports has launched a brand new website, designed to provide in-depth information on its award winning end-to-end supply chain solutions as well its range of other services More...
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5 May 2012
New investment benefits car giant Nissan
Leading supply chain specialists AV Dawson has invested £200,000 at its automotive warehouse as car giant Nissan looks to create more than 3,000 new jobs over the next two years. More...
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28 April 2012
GBA celebrates 25 years providing total quality logistics
The GBA Group celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year with several fun-filled events throughout the UK for its staff, customers, suppliers and their families. With its head office is in Grimsby, GBA provides logistics solutions to the Automotive, Shipping and Renewable Energy markets. Initially formed in 1987 as "G.B. Agencies Ltd", the shipping agents employed 5 staff serving Short Sea Car Carriers in the North of England More...
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28 April 2012
Peel Ports Mersey signs import deal with UK's fastest growing retailer
Peel Ports Mersey has signed a deal with B&M Retail that will result in that company bringing substantially more cargo through the Port of Liverpool, significantly reducing inland road haulage costs, road congestion and CO2 emissions More...
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28 April 2012
Port of Tyne sails off to Multimodal
The Port of Tyne is sailing off to do business at the UK's largest shipping and transport exhibition. Each year the UK and Ireland's leading distribution providers - covering sea, road, rail and aviation - gather for the industry's largest event, Multimodal, held in Birmingham from May 1 to May 3. Among the 4,500 visitors expected to attend are the country's major manufacturers, retailers and importers who are looking for solutions to their transport and supply chain needs More...
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28 April 2012
GBRf locomotive at Multimodal
GBRf is showing a brand new engine at Multimodal 2012. The unit - named Sorrento - has a unique livery More...
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28 April 2012
Freightliner invests in new wagon to meet growing 40 ft container market demands and increase rail network utilisation
Freightliner has placed an order with VTG, a leading wagon hire company, for a fleet of twin platform Ecofret 'Shortliner' wagons. The wagons are a twin set of 40ft deck length wagons and are designed to maximise the amount of 40ft containers that can be hauled on one service without empty running or 20ft wasted space More...
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28 April 2012
Thousands of visitors, hundreds of exhibitors, dozens of seminar sessions and one app
Multimodal 2012 opens tomorrow, the 1st May in Hall 4 at the NEC In Birmingham. Multimodal is firmly established as the UK & Ireland's most important transport and logistics exhibition - and this year visiting will be even easier than usual. More...
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26 April 2012
Pall-Ex welcomes two new network members
Palletised freight network Pall-Ex has announced two new members, expanding its service offering across the UK More...
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26 April 2012
Schenker Limited boosts opportunities for young people with third wave of apprentices
Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global logistics services provider DB Schenker, has eight brand new opportunities for young people via its UK National Apprenticeship Programme to start a career within the logistics industry More...
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26 April 2012
Europe's largest Port-centric logistics park appoints sole property agents
DP World London Gateway has announced that Jones Lang LaSalle will provide specialist advice in the property sector to support the delivery of the London Gateway logistics park. More...
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26 April 2012
Free People "health-check"
Forbes hr, the management development and search and selection practice is offering a free people health-check for employers More...
25 April 2012
London Gateway picks builder for rail terminal
DP World's London Gateway has awarded British firm Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering a multi-million pound contract to build a new rail terminal capable of handling the longest trains in the UK More...
25 April 2012
Fired-up furnace leads to new contract
The momentous firing up of Teesside's mothballed blast furnace has led to AV Dawson potentially clinching its largest single freight tonnage contract More...
25 April 2012
Intermodal rail terminal signals new era on the Tees
A new era in container freight will begin on Middlesbrough's Riverside Park this month with the opening of AV Dawson's £2.6m intermodal rail terminal More...
25 April 2012
Multimodal - flying high - and sold out!
Regsitrations continue to roll in. Here are just a few of the organisations that registered delegations purely on the 24th April... More...
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