April 2014
Virgin Atlantic Cargo moved 11 giant Easter eggs free of charge to New York for the annual Fabergé-sponsored Big Egg Hunt, to raise money for disadvantaged children and endangered wildlife. The eggs, up to 110cm high, were hidden around New York City and Saatchi & Saatchi NY developed a smartphone app to help explorers in their search for 270 eggs in total.
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McDermott International has taken an option on a site to operate a pipe spool base at PD Ports' Port of Hartlepool. The site at Hartlepool, of approximately 30 acres, will allow McDermott to assemble long pipe stalks that will be spooled to pipe-laying vessels for offshore oil and gas work. ...
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Intermodal brokerage and tracking service specialist FreightArranger is once again attending Multimodal. Having successfully completed software trials, FreightArranger's online intermodal brokerage platform will be available on the stand for visitors to try out. In addition, the company will be unveiling some innovative UK rail routes, and updates to its rail ...
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Freightliner says it will launch new daily services from London Gateway following the recent announcements by Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Sudto start regular calls calls at the new port from May 2014. Services will run to Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.
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Fusion Assets is seeking a joint venture partner to develop a speculative industrial scheme at Condor Park, Eurocentral. It follows the completion of work by property development and regeneration company of North Lanarkshire Council, to create a development-ready site. Detailed planning approval has been obtained for 38,000 sq ft of ...
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Infrastructure work is complete on the 70-acre Forth Ports- Roxhill Developments London Distribution Park (LDP) at the Port of Tilbury. A new entrance road, drainage system, reservation of utilities and landscaping will now allow the building phase of the high quality distribution facilities to get underway. The development will provide ...
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Aer Lingus officially launched its new service from Dublin to Toronto on 17 April - its fourth new transatlantic route in recent months following the start-up of a new San Francisco Dublin service in March. The new 757 service will operate daily between Dublin and Toronto during the summer season ...
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Pegasus Cargo has joined forces with Yeditepe University in organising the International Air Cargo Logistics Conference. It akes place on Tuesday 22 April at the Inan Kirac Conference Hall on Yeditepe University's Kayisdagi campus. The conference will focus on Turkey's position and importance in air cargo with speakers from both ...
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All-cargo carrier Coyne Airways has appointed Liana Coyne as chief operating officer (COO). She has been a director at Coyne Airways since 2010 and will head up five new market-focused divisions, including Iraq, the Caspian and Central Asia, Afghanistan, Africa, and Contract Logistics. Her appointment is part of a restructure ...
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WISTA-UK, part of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association, is celebrating its 40th anniversary by launching a ‘Came by SHIP’ campaign. It aims to make the public, media and students aware of the importance of the shipping industry for the country. It hopes to help students and young people ...
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