December 2017

Animal rescue

Air Charter Service has been flying homeless in the wake of the Florida hurricanes to new homes. The company’s Los Angeles office received calls from a number of rescue centres that had to be evacuated from Florida, as they lay in the direct path of the storm and arranged for Beech 1900 and Metro aircraft to fly cats and dogs to Nevada, Oregon and California. [+]

Felixstowe on the right lines

The Port of Felixstowe says it has become the first UK port to handle over 1 million TEU by rail in a single year. The one millionth unit was loaded on onto the 13:34 Freightliner service to Birmingham on 13 December. Clemence Cheng, executive director, Hutchison Ports and the port’s chief executive, ... [+]

It’s all under control in Copenhagen

French-owned air cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) - the world’s largest - opened a new temperature-controlled facility in Copenhagen for pharmaceuticals in mid-December. The investment would support WFS’ airline customers’ growing pharma volumes and WFS’ own IATA CEIV Pharma certification programme in Denmark, which it expects to complete in early ... [+]

Our learned friends

PD Ports has signed a ‘Learning Agreement’ with Unite the Union for its sites in the North East. Part of a nationwide initiative established by Unite, the agreement aims to make learning and development opportunities accessible to all employees, whilst encouraging people to seek support for essential functional skills. The plan is ... [+]

New hope for Hunterston

Peel Ports Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) in Ayrshire has won grant funding from the Scottish Government swhich it says could pave the way for the site to become one of the UK’s most important oil and gas decommissioning facilities. Peel Ports has accepted a grant offer of £240,000 under ... [+]

Fargo strengthens Ipswich team

Transport management software specialist Fargo  Systems has appointed Paul Turland (main picture) as product consultant and Joe Marshall (below) as support analyst to its Ipswich office. Paul Turland  will work closely with customers to ensure they get the most from Fargo’s products,, having previously worked for companies such as the NHS, ... [+]

Europa gets ready for the acquisition trail

Logistics operator Europa Worldwide Group is to turn its various operating divisions into separate legal entities in order to pave the way for future acquisitions by the Dartford-headquartered company. It adds that it is “making good progress on a couple of transactions”. All the divisions of the business – Road, Air ... [+]

Trade Committee to hold Brexit and Ireland session

The House of Parliament International Trade Committee will hold a one-off session on the implications of possible arrangements for the Northern Ireland-Ireland border for wider UK trade policy on Wednesday 13 December. Giving evidence will be international trade and European law specialists Dr Lorand Bartels and Dr Sylvia de Mars and the session will ... [+]

Brexit – learn all about it

Multi temperature supply chain specialist Oakland International will host the first of a series of Brexit Seminars at the Crowne Plaza, NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 28 February 2018. Heading Oakland's Brexit team will be director of Oakland Invicta, Robert Hardy, a former director of P&O Ferries and EurotunnelPlus, who spent five ... [+]

APL to launch 12-day London-New York service

APL – now part of the CMA CGM Group - has launched a new North Atlantic Service (NAS), between London Gateway, the north-West Continent and the US east coast from 3 January. The line says it will offer transit times of 12 days from London to New York. The route will also ... [+]

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