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South Yorkshire has a new purpose-built international freight terminal - Sheffield International Freight Terminal (SH-I-F-T). The 14,000sq ft terminal, at Grange Mill Lane, near junction 34 of the M1, will be one of only two bonded warehouses in South Yorkshire and plans are already in place to extend the terminal by a further 25,000sq ft in the future.
Sheffield forwarding and logistics company 512 (Sheffield) Ltd (www.5-1-2.com) will be based at ...
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The Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) says that the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) should take the lead in global air cargo supply chain security standards.
In its latest position paper on ‘Air Cargo Supply Chain Security Regimes for Regulators’, the Group calls for ICAO, in collaboration with other international ...
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DB Schenker Logistics has started construction of a new logistics centre in Rudná u Prahy, close to the Czech capital. The €23.5 million terminal will cover 90,800sq m, featuring 92 loading platforms, including six jumbo platforms and will offer the full range of logistics services, including handling of air and ...
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British freight forwarder Davies Turner says it is offering a more environmentally friendly service to Turkey in partnership with Ekol Logistics. The Istanbul-based company has chartered three ro-ro ferries to run between Istanbul and Trieste with a capacity of 250 trailers per ferry and it also operates thrice-daily block trains ...
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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has welcomed news that the threat of a damaging US ports strike has been staved off. The US Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen's Association has reached a tentative agreement for a new six-year contract – staving off the prospect of a crippling ports ...
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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a road freight distribution partnership with German freight forwarder, Zufall Logistics to provide a shuttle system between the UK and Germany. The collaboration will service Fulda, Hamburg and Stuttgart and follows Hellmann’s recent partnerships with Diehl Spedition in Stuttgart, Itella Logistics in Scandinavia and ...
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International Forwarders of Greece has joined the System Alliance Europe network of logistics providers. Orphee Beinoglou has branches in Athens and Thessaloniki and extends the System Alliance network to 53 partners, 27 countries and 185 branches. Managing director of System Alliance Europe, Uwe Meyer, commented: "I am confident that we ...
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A specialist ro ro vessel that carries aircraft wings Airbus A380 wings from North Wales to Toulouse has run aground in the in Dee estuary. The Ciudad de Cadiz, one of three similar ships in the Airbus fleet, was reported to be still still stuck on a sandbank near Mostyn ...
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CLECAT, the European freight forwarders' association says that it is disappointed that the European Commission has backtracked from plans to impose separation of the infrastructure management and railway operations, in its long awaited Fourth Railway Package. It said the proposal would allow incumbent rail freight operators to keep their holding ...
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The WCA group of independent forwarders says that it is expecting over 2,500 companies to gather in Bangkok on 3-10 March at what has become the largest logistics networking event in the world. In 2012 a total of 2,080 paying delegates registered and attended the conference, but demand in 2013 ...
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