October 2013
Customs red tape and costly airport charges are hampering airfreight potential, Coyne Airways director told the Caspian Air Cargo Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan on 29 October.
“We sometimes experience a series of frustrating obstacles that make doing business here expensive,” she said. Traffic rights can be an issue and airport costs are sometimes “baffling and exorbitant,” she added.
Airports in the area could learn a lot from Coyne’s Caspian hub, Tbilisi, in ...
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Middle East-owned air handling company dnata is to open three new facilities at Gatwick, Birmingham, and Glasgow, in addition to its soon to be unveiled new dnata City, cargo hub at Heathrow. The move brings to five the number of UK airports served by the Dubai-based operator, including that at ...
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The Freight Transport Association says it has headed off a European Commission proposal that could potentially have created conflicting requirements for shippers to weigh containers before shipment.
Under the EU weights and dimensions directive currently under review, the Commission had been proposing new shipper liability provisions for overweight/misdeclared containers which could have led ...
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Hanne Sørensen will be the new chief executive officer of Maersk's forwarding company, Damco from 1 January 2014, taking over from Rolf Habben-Jansen, who is leaving to become CEO of shipping line Hapag-Lloyd. Sørensen has been with Maersk for 19 years and is currently CEO of Maersk Tankers.
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The Port of Dover's main ferry terminal at Eastern Docks escaped serious damage during the storms of 28 October although parked cars were innundated at the main cruise terminal at Western Docks. Damage at the Eastern Docks was restricted to some sheet cladding. Staff from all sections of the port ...
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French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has announced that plans to introduce the 'Ecotaxe' electronic truck toll across France will be suspended indefinitely. He said more time was needed for discussions with the industry and with outlying regions of the country such as Britanny that could be adversely affected.
There had been ...
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The rapporteur on the proposed review of the EU Directive on larger long trucks is reported to be opposed to allowing them to operate across borders, even between countries that permit their use domestically – for example between Sweden and Finland. Leichfried's draft report on the review of Directive 96/53 ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission , which regulates ocean transport in the US has joined other industry groups in calling for a careful scrutiny the proposed 'P3' alliance between Maersk Line, MSC and CMA CGM. FMC chairman, Mario Cordero, has called other regulators in the European Union and China, to join ...
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Emirates has started four times a week flights ( Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, departing 07.20, returning 15.25) from its Dubai hub to Conakry, Republic of Guinea, on the Atlantic coast of Africa.The Airbus A340-300 aircraft offer nearly 13 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight. Traffic is expected to include ...
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The Unite Union says that 120 drivers and loaders members of Unite at UPS's Camden depot are being balloted for strike action. The ballot closes on Friday 8 November. The dispute is over unreasonable workloads and alleged bullying. Deliveries in a large swathe of central London could be affected in ...
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