Georgina Nelthorpe, warehouse administrator for Burnley-based Fagan & Whalley, has won a bronze medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games.
Nelthorpe, who was born in Guildford, started wrestling at school in Saskatchewan, Canada. Six years later after moving back to the UK, she was selected for England team in the 76kg category.
After two-years of legal process and construction work, Ekol has commissioned the Yalova Ro-Ro Terminal. The Terminal now helps companies that import/ export to Turkey or use it as a hub for other destination for example Middle East. It had an initial investment of EUR 40 million. As Turkey’s 63rd Sea Border Gate, the Terminal…
Cummins has signed a deal with Russian truck manufacturer Kamaz for the development of electrified power solutions. Under a memorandum of understanding, Cummins intends to develop and supply to Kamaz high-voltage fully electric powertrain prototypes with applications for city buses and medium range delivery trucks. The MOU also provides for development and supply of the…
“Not everything works as we like it; There is still a lot that needs to be improved. So not all interfaces of the individual links in the transport chain have been optimised yet, and some processes could be improved.” With this statement, Chairman Herbert Peherstorfer opened this year’s CombiNet conference, which was dedicated to the…
Robin Proctor FCILT will take over from Will Whitehorn FCILT as president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics Transport. Robin Proctor. Proctor, who is executive director at Travis Perkins Group, will commence his one-year presidency on 12th May 2017. “It is an honour to be chosen to become president of CILT (UK),” said Proctor. “This…
Power station operator Drax has implemented Quintiq’s supply chain planning and optimisation system to handle transport and storage of some 7.5 million tons of biomass every year. Graham Backhouse, head of supply chain & logistics at Drax, said: “The project went very smoothly. Quintiq’s deep understanding of our planning challenges resulted in a transparent and…
Uber Freight is set to acquire logistics technology provider Transplace for $2.25bn to support a combined freight technology operating system. Uber Freight will acquire Transplace from TPG Capital, the private equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG. In the midst of global capacity constraints and increasing transport costs, shippers are adapting their operations more quickly…
