October 2011
Dover-based forwarder John Shirley Ltd says it now has 10 to 20 Macedonian and Croatian trucks a week available in the UK North West and the Midlands looking for loads back home or to Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria or Greece. The company is also holding talks with a delegation including the Chairman of Tirana Chamber of Commerce will be holding talks with the company about increasing traffic to the region. The ...
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The Panalpina group has achieved Phase 1 Cargo 2000 certification for airport-to-airport shipments.
Cargo 2000 aims to improve the efficiency of air cargo through measurable processes backed by quality standards. It operates as an industry group within the International Air Transport Association (IATA) composed of major airlines, freight forwarders, ground handling ...
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Wales' Business Minister Edwina Hart has given the go-ahead for the sale of land at Holyhead port to the Conygar Investment Company to develop a nine-acre transport hub and lorry park for 140 heavy goods vehicles, with facilities for drivers, a fuel stop and an HGV service centre. A planning ...
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EU trade Commissioner said it had secured a guarantee from Russia that an agreement to amend the system of Siberian Overflight payments within the next few weeks as part of bilateral negotiations forming part of Russia's World Trade Organisation membership process. The deal could greatly reduce the cost of flying ...
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Not Stena's idea for a city centre ferry service – it's just one of a series of artist impressions of how one of the new ferries soon to be introduced on Stena Line’s new Cairnryan/Belfast would look if it moored next to well known local landmarks. Thes Stena Superfast VII ...
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PD Ports has reconfigured its Hull Container Terminal to meet growth expectations.
One of the three rail-mounted ship-to-shore gantry cranes was moved to allow the terminal’s two biggest (35-tonne lifting capacity) cranes to be positioned alongside each other.
The two larger cranes are now the mainline cranes, while the smallest will become ...
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DHL Global Forwarding has launched a global marine spare parts logistics 'control tower' in Singapore, the second busiest port in the world. DHL plans to invest US$15 million over the next five years to enhance its services to the sector, including multi-modal transport solutions ranging from pick up at supplier ...
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The world's very first B747-8F scheduled commercial flight operated from Luxembourg to Hong Kong, with the arrival of Cargolux flight number CV8923 on 16 October 2011. The 134-tonne capacity aircraft flew from its home base to Hong Kong and then on to Baku, Budapest and Luxembourg. Cargolux, the launch customer ...
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US-based NVOCC Ocean World Lines (OWL) has opened an office in Houston. In addition to containerized and breakbulk freight, OWL Houston will handle project and out-of-gauge cargoes too large for standard containers as well as logistics solutions for the petro-chemical industry. Heading the Houston team as regional branch manager is ...
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A lack of hub airport capacity could cost the economy up to £1.2bn a year in lost trade and must be tackled if the UK is to maintain its global competitiveness, said the CBI in its response to a Government consultation on 20 October.
In its contribution to Developing a sustainable ...
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