UKWA: Bottle appointed CEO, Bowker appointed chair
The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has announced that Clare Bottle FCILT has been appointed as the organisation’s new chief executive officer, effective from July 1 2021. Bottle, who will take over the role from Peter Ward, joins UKWA from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, where she was associate director of warehousing, responsible for managing 3PL contracts and […]
Rhenus opens new warehouse in Miami
Rhenus logistics has opened a new warehouse facility in Miami, Florida that will serve as the regional headquarters for North and South America. The new 16,000 sq m facility will be designated as a foreign trade zone, providing vertical solutions for consumer electronics, industrial telecommunications, high-technology, high fashion and retail. “Our regional headquarters for the […]
Infrastructure investment of €20m to be made at Liege Airport
Liege Airport is to invest more than €20 million in new cargo warehouses and handling facilities as it looks to continue it strong growth path. For more than 12 months, cargo activity at Liege Airport has been undergoing major structural growth. The companies on the site have opened new routes, integrated new aircraft and intensified […]
Perspex South Africa partners with Tigers
Perspex South Africa has joined forces with Tigers SA to provide customers with enhanced service delivery. The Perspex SA Gauteng, South Africa branch has agreed to partner with the logistics and transportation company for all its warehousing and distribution needs. Perspex South Africa provides cast acrylic products, as well as extruded acrylics, styrenics, polycarbonate, aluminium […]
Jaguar Land Rover selects K + N to manage three warehouses
Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Kuehne + Nagel to manage three warehouses in France, Spain and Italy serving continental Europe. The new contract also includes transport management control tower function and customer contact centres for Jaguar Land Rover retailers for the region. The European Aftermarket is seen as being of high importance and Jaguar Land Rover has consolidated its supply chain into […]
Malpensa introduces ‘second line’ warehouses as it upgrades infrastructure
Milan Malpensa Cargo is now offering ‘second line’ warehouses at Milan Malpensa Airport as part of a programme to upgrade and develop cargo infrastructure. These will be offered alongside ‘first line’ warehouses, a complementary type of warehouse, already existing in some major European airports, but quite new in Italy, which it says will bring the airport in […]