April 2021
Deepsea ocean rates to UK ports are now around $1,000 a box more than those to Continental European ports, Peel Ports commercial director Stephen Carr told an online preliminary session of the Coastlink shortsea shipping event on 22 April. He said that recent disruptions to shipping, including Covid and, more recently, the Suez Canal blockage had widened differentials between the two, to the extent that using feeder or shortsea solutions ...
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Ceva Logistics is offering a Skycapacty program with guaranteed access to global air cargo capacity for customers in a market that continues to experience volatility. The forwarder has purchased recurring capacity on key routes.
The Skycapacity network currently offers destinations to and from North and South America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Ceva ...
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Virgin Atlantic is to operate cargo only services between Frankfurt and its London Heathrow hub from 25 April. Initially, the service will operate twice a week before increasing to three times a week from 1 May. Connections to and from the US will be available over Heathrow.
It is the first ...
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Antonov Airlines has moved 14 pieces of mining equipment weighing 216 tonnes on two AN-124-100 flights from Istanbul to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Monrovia, Liberia. The carrier has seen an increase in charters for mining projects since the beginning of the year and last month completed three flights of equipment ...
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Specialist aerospace logistics company B&H Worldwide has doubled of the size of its operation in Singapore. A new facility next to its existing operation within the ALPS Free Trade Zone at Changi Airport will cater for business growth in one of the fastest growing aerospace markets in the world.
The new ...
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Criminals stole of more than €172 million worth of goods in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in 2020 despite the Covid said the the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) in its Cargo Theft Annual Report.
Based only on data reported to the Association’s Incident Information Service (IIS), in a ...
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Rail Freight Group has appointed Phil Smart as its new assistant policy manager. He will work closely with director-general Maggie Simpson and play a key role in RFG’s engagement with regional and national government as well as helping members disseminate complex transport strategy.
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Passengers arriving at Teesside International Airport are now being greeted by a 7-metre banner advertising local logistics firm AV Dawson, which recently rebranded its local base to Port of Middlesbrough.
AV Dawson Joins a growing number of businesses investing in the regional airport, itself the subject of a recent rebranding exercise ...
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Hauliers no longer need a Kent Access Permit to travel between the UK and the EU via the Channel ports or tunnel after traffic management measures were stood down on 20 April.
The M20 moveable barrier will also be removed, said the Department for Transport, which said that delays have been ...
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Ocean Network Express (ONE) has set up a Green Strategy Department. Staffed by specialists in the relevant business fields, it will focus the shipping alliance’s efforts on integrating sustainability into its broader business strategy and objectives and design and implement to meet industrial and international standards.
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