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U-Freight restructures in the Netherlands and adds e-commerce warehousing

U-Freight restructures in the Netherlands and adds e-commerce warehousing

In the Netherlands, the U-Freight Group has restructured the management team at its headquarters in Amsterdam.

Robert Rens (pictured above) has been promoted from operations manager to operations director and will take responsibility for work undertaken by current managing director in the Netherlands, Cas Scheij, who has reached official retirement age but will remain in post on a part-time basis.

Rens, 44, has been with...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/01/24/u-freight-restructures-in-the-netherlands-and-adds-e-commerce-warehousing/

U-Freight enhances consolidation capabilities for China-Europe services

U-Freight, a global freight forwarding and logistics solutions provider, has added a second consolidation centre in China in order to manage the increasing volumes of LCL (Less than Container Loads) cargo being experienced on its LCL and FCL rail freight services between China and Europe.

The company started its regular service in 2014, consolidating cargo in Zhengzhou and using the daily service that operates from that railhead to and from Malaszewicze in Poland, Hamburg in Germany, and Liege...

https://container-news.com/u-freight-enhances-consolidation-capabilities-for-china-europe-services/

Demand spike and blank sailings make US importers scramble for capacity

Just as their inbound flows are building up, US importers are facing tight capacity on the water, chiefly out of Asia.
“We had at least two conference calls with customers and shipping lines about this in the last few days,” reported Bob Imbriani, senior vice-president international of forwarder Team Worldwide.
“It’s more difficult to get space, and you have to book earlier,” he added.
Waterborne US imports from Asia in June were 9.5% …

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https://theloadstar.com/demand-spike-and-blank-sailings-make-us-importers-scramble-for-capacity/

Career Tracks: Fifth-generation dockworker appointed to harbor board

Fifth-generation dockworker and union leader Bobby Olvera Jr. participated in his first meeting last week as a member of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners.

Olvera, appointed to the board in May by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, also serves as international vice president (mainland) of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). 

The Long Beach City Council unanimously confirmed Olvera to complete the term of Lou Anne Bynum that expires in June 2021. Bynum resigned from the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks-fifth-generation-dockworker-appointed-to-harbor-board

Obtaining airlift isn’t a problem, says U-Freight, provided shippers don’t blanch at the price

The past weekend was a lively one for Rick Keller, president & CEO of U-Freight America, after a manager reported he had undergone a Covid-19 test and the result was positive.
That resulted in a flurry of activity to deal with the situation – all staff who had been in contact with the manager were told to get in touch with their physicians, a professional cleaning company was lined up to …

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https://theloadstar.com/obtaining-airlift-isnt-a-problem-says-u-freight-provided-shippers-dont-blanch-at-the-price/

U-Freight sees opportunities of an E-commerce logistics market predicted to exceed EUR500 billion by 2024


U-Freight sees opportunities of an E-commerce logistics market predicted to exceed EUR500 billion by 2024

Commenting on a recent report that suggests the global e-commerce logistics market is likely to exceed EUR500 billion by 2024, Simon Wong CEO of the U-Freight Group says his company is ready to meet the ever-increasing challenges of providing logistics services to this rapidly expanding sector of global trade.

Wong says: “Transport intelligence, a major provider of market research solutions...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2020/03/09/u-freight-sees-opportunities-of-an-e-commerce-logistics-market-predicted-to-exceed-eur500-billion-by-2024/