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Yusen Logistics UK managing director Ian Veitch is to be the new president of the Freight Transport Association, taking over from Stewart Oades. Ian Veitch became chief executive of NYK’s merged UK logistics businesses in 2005 and became the first European board member of of NYK Group in Japan. His responsibilities increased and diversified in 2011 with the merger of Yusen Air & Sea and NYK Logistics, forming the new ...
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IATA has suspended credit facilities for Zimbabwe-based all cargo carrier Avient following its filing for bankruptcy protection.
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Etihad Airways is to take a 24% stake in Jet Airways of India. It includes the purchase of Jet Airways’ three pairs of Heathrow slots through a sale and lease back agreement, although Jet willcontinue to use them. Under the deal, which is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval, the ...
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Kuehne + Nagel is establishing an office in the far eastern Russian port of Vladivostok, an an important location for the handling of inbound and transit cargo. It will be managed by KN's existing operation in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
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Menzies World Cargo Heathrow is facing a possible strike after the Unite union said it was planning to ballot its 294 members in a dispite over a two year pay freeze. Talks to attempt to resolve the dispute at Acas broke down without agreement and the union is urging the ...
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The parcels locker delivery system is being extended to the UK. Funded by a US private equity fund PineBridge Investments, it is supported by a private Polish postal company, Integer.Pl. And is already active in 16 other countries including Ireland, the Baltics, Russia, eastern Europe, Brazil, Chile, Saudi Arabia and ...
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The CBI urged the Government to maintain night flights at London's three main airports - Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted – in its response to a Department for Transport consultation which closed on 21 April. It said that night flights play a key role in aviation and generate millions of pounds ...
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Birmingham, UK, 23rd April - We will be doing 60% of our shopping online by 2020, compared with 30% today. But visitors to the Multimodal exhibition at the Birmingham NEC heard in a highly informative seminar today that there is no single successful business model as traditional bricks-and-mortar retail evolves into ...
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Birmingham, UK, 23rd April - Dachser announced on the eve of Multimodal that it is to invest £23 million in a major new integrated logistics centre close to its existing operation in Northampton, UK.
The company has purchased a 7 hectare freehold site on which it plans to build a 6,000 sq metre cross-dock facility and 11,000 sq metres of contract logistics warehousing, ...
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Following five consecutive monthly increases, Ti's Stifel Logistics Confidence Index fell 1.0 points to 51.5 in April – but still remained above the 50 mark, which suggests that sentiment is still improving.
However, actual air and sea freight volumes are below those expected relative to the time of year. Although the ...
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