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Virgin Atlantic has boosted cargo capacity between London and Johannesburg with Airbus A340-600 aircraft during South Africa’s peak perishables season. Switching from a Boeing 747 to the A340-600 operation has given the airline’s cargo division over four tonnes of extra capacity on each of its daily flights. The A340-600 is set to remain on the Johannesburg route throughout the 2013/14 flying programme. Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s head of sales, Nick Jones, ...
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Panalpina has signed a knowledge transfer agreement with Cardiff Business School to develop lean practices in complex supply chains.
According to Mike Wilson, Panalpina’s global head of logistics and himself a graduate of the university's MBA programme in 1993, the forwarder's focus is not on the storage of products but more ...
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CEVA Logistics has launched a new China to Europe rail service following a successful trial. Total transit time from Suzhou in China, via Russia to the Netherlands is about 28 days. The service is cheaper than airfreight and 13-15 days quicker than sea, says Ceva, and it also offers the ...
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Hull-based Koring Freight Forwarders (UK) is to be voluntarily wound up, it was announced on 14 March. RSM Tenon Restructuring has been appointed liquidator - contact 01482 333 777 hull@rsmtenon.com Koring Netherlands is not affected.
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GEFCO has developed a made-to-measure international transport strategy for Spanish tile-maker Mosaic del Sur. The forwarder manages all supplies from Morocco and export shipping to Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East with direct tracking through dedicated online portals.
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Lufthansa Cargo returned to profit in 2012 with an operating profit of €104 million, reported chairman and CEO Karl Ulrich Garnadt on 21 March. The carrier is also anticipating a rise in profits in 2013, he added. Demand-driven capacity management was the secret to Lufthansa's success in what is still ...
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Cindy Miller has been promoted to president of UPS Europe, the company's largest non-US operation. She is currently president of UPS U.K., Ireland and Nordics
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The Freight Transport Association, while applauding the Chancellor’s decision to cancel September's planned fuel duty rise, said it was disappointed that he had ignored industry pleas for a cut in duty. In its pre-Budget submission to the Chancellor, FTA called for duty to be reduced by 3 pence per litre.
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German logistics company Dachser says its revenues are on course to break the €5-billion mark for the first time in the current fiscal year. Acquisitions of Spanish logistics providers Azkar and Transunion boosted takings along with organic growth.
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The Port of Tilbury and SSE Renewables' four-turbine wind farm is already generating current. Each turbine has a capacity of 2.3MW and the wind farm is capable of supplying up to half the port's needs.
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