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November 2012

Chapman Freeborn in Argentina

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has opened a commercial office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It will be headed by business development director Nicolas Calerii, who brings nearly a decade of experience in the air cargo industry and will target further growth in Argentina and the Southern Cone countries of Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. Operations including high-tech equipment and large-scale livestock movements. [+]

Trains to your door

DB Schenker Rail UK is now offering a door to door service for customers who want an integrated transport service from the quayside direct to the warehouse. D2D will handle the full movement of containers for clients, using road and rail haulage and comes in response to requests retail and ... [+]

Handball!

In logistics handballing is normally frowned on – slow, labour-intrensive and damage prone – but Kuehne & Nagel is an exception. The logistics giant has just signed a deal to become the Official Logistics Partner of the VELUX EHF Champions League, Europe’s premier club handball competition. [+]

Stena sees freight surge

Freight volumes surged by over 50% on Stena Line’s new Cairnryan-Belfast route, which has just celebrated its first birthday. The ferry operator said that the success was partly down to careful attention to detail, from timetables to the design of the reclining seats on board. Stena Line operates up to ... [+]

Emirates ups Glasgow space

Emirates is to replace the Airbus A340-300 on its second Dubai-Glasgow service with a larger-capacity Boeing-777-300ER aircraft from 1 January. The new aircraft boosts weekly cargo capacity by 70 tonnes [+]

Palletforce’s European expansion

PALLETFORCE has launched a new direct Italian service after appointing Italy’s leading pallet network One Express as its strategic partner. This tie-up between Palletforce and One Express, based in Bologna, went live on November 1 and offers a combined network of 174 depots handling some 4million pallets. It is the first direct ... [+]

Midlands manufacturing is magnet for FS Mackenzie

FS Mackenzie – the UK member of the FPS freight forwarder network – has opened its fifth office at East Midlands Airport. It will offer a full range of air and ocean forwarding services with particular emphasis on ocean NVOCC services. FS Mackenzie offers weekly export and import LCL services ... [+]

Manchester’s new logistics hub passes planning hurdle

Manchester Airport has gained outline planning application approval for its World Logistics Hub. Owners MAG had put in an application for the £100 million scheme at the southern part of airport's City Enterprise Zone in August and it was approved by Manchester City Council on 22 November. MAG’s Airport City director, John ... [+]

E-airwaybill workshop this Wednesday

IATA is holding a free workshop on the Electronic Air Waybill (e-AWB) at the Concorde Club, Crane Lodge Road, Cranford, Middlesex, TW5 9PQ on Wednesday 28 November from 09:00 to 13:00. It aims to raise awareness on e-AWB standards, processes, messages, legal framework, industry targets and ensuring that regulators support the ... [+]

New row over Ramsgate animal exports

Animal ferry services from the port of Ramsgate ran into fresh controversy when a vessel carrying about 700 sheep had to return to port because of bad weather. The RSPCA and local MP Sir Roger Gale both criticised the decision to sail, on Wednesday 21 November. The vessel, the Jolene, ... [+]

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