BRITISH FORWARDER F.S. MACKENZIE ENTERS WEST EUROPEAN MARKET

BRITISH FORWARDER F.S. MACKENZIE ENTERS WEST EUROPEAN MARKET    F.S. Mackenzie, the British forwarder, announced that it is entering the western European market by launching an over-the-road weekly service between the U.K. and Italy.
   Until now, F.S. Mackenzie has operated trucking services between the U.K. and Central/Eastern European markets, but not to and from western Europe.
   Launched as a joint venture with MCS Jenkinson Overseas srl, the service will initially offer a single direct departure every Friday to Italy. The joint operation will use freight terminals in northern Italy at Milan and Genoa.
   “We will be using this service… as a catalyst to develop other services between the U.K. and such markets as Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands in the future,” a spokesman for F.S. Mackenzie said.
   The British freight forwarder also said that it will consider introducing intermodal rail services between the U.K. and Italy.