JF Hillebrand has won the Waitrose supplier award for improved efficiency for its contribution to supply chain management solutions. The award was presented by Mark Williamson, Commercial Director at Waitrose, at its annual supplier awards ceremony on 28 June 2011. Mark Williamson said: “JF Hillebrand are a highly specialised supplier of wine transportation and supply chain solutions. They have...
Martyn Pellew, PD Ports’ group development director, has stepped down after eight years from his full time role with the Company, to pursue other interests and broaden his portfolio. Martyn, who has been with PD Ports since August 2002, was responsible for the rebranding of all the former Powell Duffryn owned port and shipping businesses under the PD Ports identity. More importantly Martyn played...
On-line Freight Rate Marketplace Opens New Business Relationships FRESCOTM, the new Freight Rate Exchange for Shipping Containers, raises the bar in competitive purchasing and sales for the freight forwarding sector and buyers of freight services (shippers). The service has been launched by Linescape and builds on the success of the company’s on-line search engine for container sailing schedules...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) today announced its cooperation with the non-profit organization (NPO) PH-Japan (PHJ*1) for ocean transport of medical and health supplies, including masks to prevent infection, to communities in Thailand and Cambodia. The NPO PHJ mainly supports Asia’s emerging nations with the philosophy of “Helping all people in the world live in health.”...
PD Ports has announced that it will channel significant investment into the first phase of expansion plans at Teesport, which will potentially involve some £29M of total investment. Frans Calje, PD Ports’ MD Unitised, said “I am delighted to announce that we will shortly commence work on the expansion of our container handling facilities at Teesport, which signifies a long term investment in our...
JM Murdoch is used to carrying a wide range of products on its specialist fleet of road vehicles, but sometimes it needs extra equipment to handle the loading and unloading of a particularly unusual cargo. One such occasion was the delivery of a full-size mocked-up train for display at Glasgow Central Station. The carriages were fully equipped with seats and toilets, but lacked one vital element...
Two wine producers, Constellation Wines of Australia and Concha y Toro from Chile, have been declared joint winners of JF Hillebrand’s annual Supply Chain Partner award. Presented at the London International Wine Fair today, the award recognises companies which best work with JF Hillebrand, the UK’s leading logistics supplier to the wine and spirits industry, to improve the efficiency and cost...
DSV Projects in Aberdeen has won its first major oil and gas contract after working closely with colleagues at DSV Norway to secure the business. The contract awarded by GE Oil and Gas involves the seafreight movement of cargo from the UK and Norway to Angola. “We are delighted that our strategy to locate a specialist petrochemicals team in Aberdeen has proved so successful,” says Steve Bingham...
SBS Worldwide launches revolutionary freight solution at London Book Fair International freight forwarder SBS has found a simple, greener way to fit more books inside the traditional sea container. It is a solution that allows publishers to save money (15% on freight costs) – and trees (200 million) by allowing up to 30% more books to be loaded into the container. Launched by Chairman Steve...
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) today announced that MOL and MOL (China) Co., Ltd., donated the equivalent of ¥3 million to the China Red Cross as emergency aid to the victims of the massive earthquake that hit China’s Qinghai Province on April 14, 2010. We express our condolences to the victims, and hope that the area will be rebuilt as quickly as possible. NOTES TO...