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The National Transportation Safety Board in the US recommended changes to airfreight rules following publication of its investigation of three major cargo plane fires on 28 November.
NTSB Chairwoman Deborah Hersman called for new Federal Aviation Administration rules requiring better early detection of fires inside cargo containers, development of fire-resistant containers and requiring active fire-suppression systems on all freighter aircraft.
In the three cargo fire accidents investigated, in Dubai, North Korea and ...
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Suffolk logistics company Anglia Freight has set up a freight forwarding division. Anglia, which already moves a diverse range of cargoes from raw materials to manufactured goods, says it can now offer a range of air and sea freight options, customs consultancy, import tax reduction initiatives, purchase order management and ...
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Learn how to cut supply chain costs without paying the price at the next Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in Amsterdam on 15-17 May. CSCMP - one of the world’s leading educational organisations for the supply chain management and logistics sectors - will hold its annual European Conference ...
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Southampton-based Meachers Global Logistics has renewed and extended its 14-year supply chain management contract with global cruise operator Carnival UK. It will incorporate the consolidation of the food and beverage supplies and receipting of all products for Carnival, whose brands include Cunard, Princess, Seabourn and P&O Cruises. The work also involves ...
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Kerry Logistics says that seven countries with more than 10 sites have rolled out the Kewill Forwarding solution, six months after signing the contract - Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. Another 14 countries will be added within the next six months and, in a parallel implementation ...
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EU trade ministers have given the European Commission a mandate to start negotiations for an EU-Japan free trade agreement but subject to strict conditions. They are insisting that elimination of non-tariff barriers should precede that of tariff barriers. European trade commissioner Karel De Gucht said he hoped that the deal ...
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Air Charter Service has opened a new Kazakhstan office in Almaty. Headed by Evgeny Galkin it will offer cargo and passenger charters to the oil, gas and mining industries.
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The world is less globally connected than it was in 2007, says the second DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI). The index, which analyses international flows of trade, capital, information and people, grew robustly from the report’s baseline year of 2005 to 2007, but then dropped sharply at the onset of ...
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Ceva Group is to start a cost-cutting and performance improvement programme after the Netherlands-based logistics company reported disappointing third-quarter profits on 28 November. Major issues have been identified with contract logistics operstions in southern Europe and the Middle East, while freight customers are switching from air to ocean in order ...
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Locker delivery is changing the face of distribution and revolutionising the field services market in France, says British-based company, ByBox. The company has transported its UK model of delivery lockers fed by a central distribution centre across the Channel and now operates from a 3,000sq m base in Wissous, near ...
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