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Network Rail, Britain's railway infrastructure operator, has appointed Paul McMahon as director of freight. He has spent more than eight years at the Office of Rail Regulation, where he was deputy director, railway markets & economics. The previous freight director was Tim Robinson, who has become Sussex route managing director.
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Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of a Boeing 747-8F freighter, bringing its all-cargo fleet to nine aircraft. The latest arrival was unveiled to customers and partners at Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies. Two other freighters recently joining the fleet include one Boeing 777F and one Airbus A330F.
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Airfreight- and express wholesaler AMI has added a heavyweight economy service to its online click2Ship service. Aimed at shipments from 71 to 1000 kilos per piece, the new service includes an option for collection, as well as an airport-to-door variant for agents who prefer to deliver into AMI’s nationwide receiving ...
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For the second year in a row, Cargolux took the top spot at the Luxembourg Red Cross's Afterwork Swimming event. A team of Cargolux employees competed against eight other corporate teams in a gruelling race involving aquatic marathon, an endurance relay race, sprint swimming and water running. Proceeds go to ...
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The Secretary of State for Transport has appointed three new members to the Dover Harbour Board following the earlier appointment of its new chief executive, Tim Waggott I
They are: Frank Martin, a former chief executive at model train makers Hornby and a deputy lieutenant of Kent. He is also a ...
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DSV has acquired its exclusive agent in Colombia, Airmar Cargo. Founded in 1997, the company is described as a leader in the sea freight forwarding export market from Colombia to the Central American and Caribbean countries and now has 60 employees and four branches in Bogotá, Medellin, Cali and Cartagena. It ...
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Rhys Davies Forwarding has appointed Rebecca Fisher as operations supervisor at its headquarters in Cardiff. She has over 10 years’ experience in the transport and logistics sector,and her duties include overseeing the preparation of quotations and shipping documents for RDF’s worldwide operations and, later this year will be part of ...
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Pall-Ex is now looking for a Scandinavian principal national partner as part of its pan-European expansion plan.
The pallet network operator is looking to join forces with a logistics provider with domestic experience to help it launch a network in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
“Our European approach has always been about sourcing ...
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Forwarder SBS Worldwide has appointed Terry Percival as operations manager of its Ocean Freight Division, based in Dartford, UK. He has worked in the shipping industry for more than 35 years, most recently with Logistics Plus UK.
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The European Commission said on 19 June that it had carried out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies involved in rail freight to South-East Europe, in several member states. In a move reminiscent of the 'dawn raids' against container shipping companies suspected of cartel-like practices, it said that it ...
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