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Cargolux operated its first Boeing 747-8 freighter revenue flight to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on 17 March. It has also increased its services to Hanoi to three weekly rotations and also serves Ho Chi Minh City once a week.
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Stena International Freight started operating its new Asian ferry service between Sokcho in South Korea and the Russian ports in Zarubino and Vladivostok on 19 March. The new service will initially be operated by one ship, New Blue Ocean, which has been liveried in Stena colours.
“It is exciting to see the ...
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Stena Line's publicity department took it upon themselves to turn their Lagan, seen here with the Liverpool waterfront in the background, ferry green to celebrate St Patrick's Day on 17 March. Fortunately for ship-lovers and hung-over Scousers, the creation on closer examination appears to be a computer mock-up, not the ...
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UK-based Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lufthansa Cargo. The global aircraft charter specialist will handle Lufthansa Cargo’s third-party chartering requirements - allowing the German airline to focus on marketing charter capacity on its own fleet of 18 McDonnell Douglas MD-11F aircraft. Chapman Freeborn’s global network ...
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The Port of Dover says it has been asked for terminal facilities by Barco de Vapor, operators of the controversial livestock ferry, the Joline. The Joline, small ex-Russian river ferry, has been operating sporadic sailings from Ramsgate, in the teeth of opposition from Thanet Council, owners and operators of the ...
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The Global Shippers’ Forum’s has announced the speaker line-up for its annual meeting, to be held on 8 and 9 April in London. Key sessions include the sustainability of global freight market; launch of the GSF Maritime Safety Campaign; Getting a grip on rates; trading in emerging markets and new ...
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Maersk Line will phase the first of its Triple-E 18,000 teu giant containerships into its AE10 service between Asia and Europe, the Danish said in a statement on 15 March. The service currently calls at 13 different ports in Asia and Northern Europe but not the UK. The carrier admits ...
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The freight forwarding division of Norbert Dentressangle says it has become a leading provider of air freight services for fresh produce from Chile, 18 months after its launch in Latin America. In December 2012, the company handled 1,500 tonnes of blueberries and cherries from Chile to the US, China and ...
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Freight forwarders confidence in a market turnaround increased for the fifth consecutive month in March according to the latest survey undertaken by Transport Intelligence. The Stifel Logistics Confidence Index was up 0.4 points to 52.5 in March compared with 52.1 in February.
In terms of the present logistics situation, the index ...
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Former transport minister turned peer Lord Freeman pledged to help put freight onto the high speed rail line that is planned to link London and the north. At a Rail Freight Group House of Commons reception to mark 20 years of railway privatisation, Lord Freeman, who served as a transport ...
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