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December 2018

iPort Rail chooses Fargo software

The iPort Rail logistics park in Doncaster is using Fargo’s CYMAN and TOPS solutions for its terminal operations. CYMAN, Fargo’s container and yard management software solution for its terminal operations with a real time EDI interface from TOPS, plans road and rail arrivals and departures, along with back-office functions. Its rating module differentiates lift, storage, job and repair charges by; yard, customer, container type, full or empty as well ... [+]

It’s time to keep tabs on freight rates, says Xeneta

Oslo-based freight rate specialist Xeneta is advising shippers to keep a close eye on fluctuating ocean and air freight rates due to the ongoing trade war between the US and China. It says that in an unpredictable geopolitical environment, highlighted by last week’s arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in ... [+]

Ethiopian makes first Manchester-Addis Ababa flight

Ethiopian Airlines’ has operated its inaugural flight from Manchester to Addis Ababa. The service is operated by a B-787 Dreamliner on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday and offers connections in Addis across Africa including South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Tanzania. [+]

The fast train from China

Davies Turner has made its weekly rail import LCL service from China more direct. When the service was introduced two years ago, multi country consolidation) containers were carried by rail from Wuhan into Warsaw in Poland, where consignments destined for UK were transshipped to a local bonded warehouse for a ... [+]

LV Shipping offers steel transport solution

Middlesbrough-based forwarder LV Shipping has taken delivery of a new fleet of curtainsiders from TIP Trailer Services to carry steel pipes and related products for Van Leeuwen. Manufactured by Krone in Germany, the Profi Liner trailers are a mixture of standard and high-cube and designed for fast and secure loading of ... [+]

Koch to head Coyne Airways in January

Tristan Koch is to join London-based airfreight operator Coyne Airways in January 2019 as its new managing director. He has over 18 years of experience in the air cargo industry, including senior roles at British Airways, and, most recently, American Airlines, where he was managing director cargo sales, for Europe, ... [+]

New chief exec for Tyne

The Port of Tyne has appointed Matt Beeton as chief executive from 7 January. He joins from transport consultancy APT Business Solutions which has provided advice and support to organisations including Transport for the North and Transport for Greater Manchester. He said: “I am delighted to be joining the ... [+]

November fireworks for Le Shuttle

November saw a record for Le Shuttle Freight with 151,107 trucks transported, 8% higher than November 2017. It is the third best month after October 2018 and March 2017, both of which include an additional day. Since 1st January, more than 1.5 million trucks have crossed the Channel with Le ... [+]

Ports fears rise as Brexit vote delayed

Following the Prime Minister’s statement this afternoon (10 December) confirming that the Parliamentary vote on the EU Withdrawal Agreement has been delayed, the British Ports Association’s chief executive, Richard Ballantyne says that many of the UK’s ports with EU trade and the wider logistics industry is becoming anxious to know ... [+]

Volga-Dnepr Houston base is on the launch-pad

Heavylift airline Volga-Dnepr has opened an operations base at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport to serve North and South America. The site is an expansion of the group’s sales office, established in 2001. It will handle clients in the oil and gas, heavy machinery, energy and aerospace sectors and will ... [+]

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