February 2012
Lufthansa's sameday specialist delivery company, time:matters, has opened its tenth UK station at Aberdeen airport. It serves the North Sea oil and gas industry in, along with ship spares and the maritime industries with several daily direct flights to Lufthansa's main hub at Frankfurt.
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PALLETFORCE member A2B-Online has been helping keep preparations for the London Olympics on track.
The Felixstowe firm has delivered four lorry-loads of trees to the Olympic stadium and has made dozens of deliveries of bricks to various sites being used during the games.
“We didn’t have any issues with any of our ...
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Safmarine thas taken delivery of the 4500teu Safmarine Chilka, the first of three new Safmarine-branded WAFMAX containerships to join the A.P Moller-Maersk fleet in 2012. The vessel has been purpose-built for the trade with Africa and has been deployed on the Far East – Africa route. It is the first ...
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South American shipping line CSAV says it has successfully completed a US$1,200 million capital injection, a process begun in 2011. The line said it was now contemplating a 50% reduction in containership carrying capacity compared to the first months of 2011.
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The World Customs Organization and the US National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center seized tens of thousands of counterfeit and pirated goods at international mail facilities and express courier depots in 43 countries during Operation Global Hoax II in November last year. More than 30 000 parcels were detained and ...
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Saudi Airlines Cargo is to operate a thrice-weekly 747 freighter service between from Brussels and Amsterdam to Dubai in partnership with DHL Global Forwarding. The Brussels flights will operate twice a week and those from Amsterdam once a week to the new Al Maktoum International Airport as part of a ...
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Ending of the liner shipping industry's block exemption from EU competition rules in 2006 has had little impact on shipping rates, according to a new study by the US Federal Maritime Commission. The FMC said it could detect only similar differences in revenues between comparable trade routes. although it appeared ...
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The Irish Maritime Development Office and Coastlink will jointly host the Shortsea 12 European Shortsea Convention on 24 May at the Mansion House in Dublin, with the Dublin Port Company as primary sponsor. Shortsea 12 will bring together Europe’s senior executives, representing the leading shortsea operators, shippers & buyers of ...
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French-owned logistics company Norbert Dentressangle has set up a a new subsidiary in Ireland, building on its existing operations in Dublin, Belfast and Co. Kildare. Norbert Dentressangle Logistics Ireland will provide “innovative, high added-value warehousing and distribution solutions” in north and south.
Currently employing 120 people, the new company is expected ...
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K Line's Mobaru Diamond Indonesia subsidiary has patented a triple-decker motorbike carrier for transport imported bikes to Semarang and Bandung. The new chassis, developed, jointly with an Indonesian manufacturer, can load around 100 scooters and increases load capacity by 30% over conventional two-level models.
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