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Cathay Pacific has been fined AUS$11.25 million (US$11.8 million) and Singapore Airlines Cargo AUS$11.75 million (US$12.3 million) for taking part in an airline price-fixing cartel that sought to fix fuel surcharges on government contracts from 1996 onwards. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines had colluded on a contract to transport Australian meat to the Middle East for Gulf War troops while Cathay Pacific ...
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A new air cargo world order will emerge over the next five years, as European combination carriers make way for new kids on the block, and niche carriers come into their own, according to Larry Coyne, CEO, Coyne Airways.
Some, if not all, European legacy airlines will leave the long haul ...
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Conygar Investment Company has submitted plans to Ynys Mon County Council for a 4-acre logistics depot and truck stop at at Parc Cybi near Holyhead, the BBC reported on 4 December. It says the truck stop would ease overnight parking problems and congestion. The Council said the applications were likely ...
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Two Volga-Dnepr IL-76 freighters operated delivered two highly-sensitive satellites from Montreal in Canada, to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in a temperature-controlled container. A diesel generator was hooked up during a scheduled technical stop in Haan Airport in Germany.
Following completion of the first flight, Volga-Dnepr moved the special satellite container back to Canada ...
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The Office of Fair Trade has approved Unifeeder’s acquisition of fellow short-sea and feeder operator Feederlink , which will become effective from mid December.
The two carriers plan to cooperate on services between the UK east coast and Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremerhaven. Feederlink teams in Rotterdam and Felixstowe will shortly move ...
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The team at Devon based Palletline member Gregory Distribution swung into action to keep deliveries moving during the recent floods.“The floods were unbelievable,” said Darren Beaven, Gregory Distribution depot principal. “But the way our staff handled them comes a close second.”
The Palletline network relied on its drivers to be the ...
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A collision in the North Sea between a BG Freight Line container feeder ship and a car carrier chartered to UECC on Wednesday 5 December was feared to have resulted in the deaths of 11 seamen on the latter vessel. Five bodies from the car carrier, the Baltic Ace, have ...
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American Airlines has appointed Andy Cornwell as regional cargo sales manager – northern Europe, responsible for the UK, Ireland, Netherlands and Scandinavia. He was previously AA Cargo's UK sales manager.
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DP World Southampton is to bring in a new vehicle booking system in the New Year A trial of VBS Premium with 13 of the terminal’s largest hauliers was an “overwhelming success” said the operator.
It aims to make back-office management of containers and bookings easier and customers are reporting that ...
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Transport and freight consultant Drewry has signed a deal with forwarder network WACO-System to introduce what is claimed the first independent multi-trade air cargo freight rate benchmarks.
Drewry will broaden the information in its existing Freight Shipper Insight report, adding to the ex-Shanghai air freight rates which it has been providing ...
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