December 2016
Lufthansa Cargo is to expand the Cool Center at its home hub in Frankfurt from its current 4,500sq m to 8,000sq m by late summer 2017. The original phase was completed in December 2011 and boasts four cold-storage rooms at 2 to 8 °C, 15 to 25 °C, -12 to -20 °C and 5 to 15 °C as well as a deep-freeze room and direct access to the apron.
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CMA CGM is introducing a new APEX service between Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin, connecting directly to its West African services in Algeciras in southern Spain. it will offer a much quicker routing for cargo bound for West Africa, says the carrier.
At the same time, CMA CGM’s Nemo service to Reunion and ...
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Tyler, age 4 and Evie, 9 are the latest children of FedEx team members to have two Boeing 757 aircraft named in their honour as part of the the carrier’s aircraft naming programme. They join over 700 employees’ children who have received this honour, saluting the vital role employees play ...
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The SolasVGM software platform that helps shippers reduce the costs and processes associated with verified gross mass (VGM) requirements has completed 12,000 transactions, five months after going live.
It has been developed by Marine Transport International in partnership with data company Black Swan, and allows shippers to submit the VGM information ...
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Southampton Cargo Handling (SCH) has handled its 200,000th car of the year – the first time the port’s major handler of deep-sea ro-ro cargoes has exceeded that figure in more than 25 years of operations. The milestone was reached with the cargo loaded on the EUKOR Car Carriers’ vessel Morning ...
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Allport Cargo Services has signed a new partnership with Intercombi (part of NetLog Logistics Group) on the UK?turkey trade lane after its previous partner, the Ulusoy Group decided to exit international transport.
The new deal covers all transport modes including overland, intermodal, sea and air.
Group chief executive of Allport Cargo Services, ...
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Port owner and operator DP World has set up a $3.7bn investment vehicle in partnership with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of North America’s largest pension fund managers. DP World holds a 55% share and CDPQ the remaining 45%.
The platform will invest in ports and terminals ...
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The first turbine blade has been manufactured at Siemens’ new wind power factory at ABP’s Port of Hull, the first of hundreds that are expected to be produced every year. It was unveiled on 1 December in front of customers and guests, including Secretary of State for Business, Energy and ...
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Fertliser company Yara UK has extended its North west import operations with a storage and bagging facilities at ABP’s port of Garston. Yara UK, which also operates at ABP’s Immingham, Swansea and Ayr ports, commenced operations at the Port of Garston in late November when the company received its first ...
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London Thamesport has signed an agreement with Runcorn-headquartered shipping agent and logistics company the Armitt Group for a purpose-built, 120,000sq ft steel handling facility at the Kent port.
With construction of the first 60,000sq ft phase well underway, it will offer multimodal connections for breakbulk cargo in the South East of ...
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