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February 2014

New Pegasus Cargo GSA’s for Europe and the Balkans

Pegasus Airlines has appointed ABDA Cargo Services LLC as its cargo general sales agency for Austria, Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while Aviation Services is appointed for Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania and Serbia. Vice President of Pegasus Cargo, Aydin Alpa, says of the new sales agents: “In order to increase our share of the market, we at Pegasus Cargo have decided to change the structure of our network of cargo ... [+]

Court throws out charges against Russia TIR association

Russia's Arbitration Court has thrown out allegations against the Russian TIR Guaranteeing Association (ASMAP) as “inconsistent with reality and defamatory”. In a satement published on 21 February, and referring to a decision by the court the previous week, the International Road Transport Union said that the court had rejected all ... [+]

FedEx welcomes US Customs streamlining

FedEx Express said on 20 February that it welcomed recently announced efforts by the Obama administration to modernize and streamline US customs clearance procedures. The express carrier said that the 2016 deadline for establishing a single electronic portal for data necessary for the US government to clear exports and imports ... [+]

Click and collect sparks final mile innovation

Click and collect purchases in the UK will be worth over four billion pounds by 2018, according to a report by Verdict, and a panel at Multimodal 2014 will be investigating the latest final mile delivery trends servicing those e-consumers. On-line retail sales, already worth £11 billion in December, are now ... [+]

Groupage gain for Rugby firm

Rugby-based Exact Logistics is working with local firm Automotive Insulations, which has recently launched a Rheinland Insulations subsidary in Hilden near Dusseldorf. Exact's sales and marketing director Karen Shuter, said: “Automotive Insulations thought they might need smaller vehicles to and from Germany when they couldn’t fill a full artic lorry. ... [+]

North-east forwarder takes top business award

Middlesbrough-based Evolution Forwarding scooped not only the Service category but was also named overall winner at the Best New Business Awards Tees Valley 2013 ceremony at the Riverside Stadium on 17 February. The awards, sponsored by Middlesbrough Council, go to firms that are making a valuable contribution to regional economic ... [+]

Evergreen goes into an alliance at last: Updated

Evergreen, one of the last major shipping lines to operate independently, is to join in an alliance with four other lines. The Taiwanese operator, together with Cosco, K Line, Yangming and Hanjin will set up the CKYHE Alliance which will operate only on trades between Asia and Europe, including the ... [+]

G6 goes for Southampton and A.N. Other

The G6 Alliance (APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai, MOL, NYK and OOCL) has released details of port rotations for its proposed services on the Transatlantic and Asia-North America West Coast routes, announced in early December last year. Subject to the completion of regulatory review process, the 17 services are scheduled to start ... [+]

Ceva extends in Panama

CEVA Logistics is expanding its Panama City operation. The new warehouse has 4,400 sq m of space with capacity for 7,000 pallet positions, ten meters of free height and is five minutes from Panama Tocumen International Airport. The multi customer site will manage the logistics needs of a number of ... [+]

Morocco upgraded

DB Schenker has upgraded its Moroccan branches at Tanger and Casablanca to offer similar quality standards to its European land transport network. Schenker Maroc runs daily direct lines to Spain, France, Germany and Italy. DB Schenker has also gained TAPA FSR A-level security certification for its facility in Casablanca.   [+]

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