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The European Commission has temporarily suspended its investigations into UPS's bid to acquire TNT Express, putting further doubt on whether the deal can be completed by the two companies hoped for date of late 2012. Brussels said it was seeking more information.
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Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock imported its ten millionth tonne of jet fuel in mid-November. Aviation fuel is transported by large product carriers from Kuwait and stored in tanks, before being moved onwards by the GPSS (Government Pipelines and Storage System) pipeline to London Heathrow. The fuel goes to Q8Aviation’s customers ...
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The Port of Tilbury has become the first in the UK to win a grant under the European Commission's Motorways of the Sea scheme. A joint bid with Spain's Port of Bilbao announced on 14 August for the €32m (£25.2m) IBUK – Intermodal Corridor project will include container terminal redevelopment ...
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Clay supplier Sibelco UK has become the latest company to implement Pentant’s ‘CusLink’ service for clearance of shipments through the ports of Bideford, Plymouth and Teignmouth.
HM Revenue & Customs no longer have presence in the small Devon ports, forcing Sibelco to complete manual forms and submit them by fax to ...
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Mark Lyndon UK, one of the UK’s largest exporters of used paper, has confirmed that it will significantly reduce haulage costs and increase the efficiency of its export operations by moving cargo through London Gateway.
The Nottingham based paper company, which exports through deep-sea shipping to Asia, will be routing a ...
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Emirates is to resume passenger flights between Dubai and Tripoli on 29 October, for the first since the Libyan revolution 18 months ago. They will be operated by an Airbus A330-200 four days a week, offering 15 tonnes of cargo capacity per flight.
The carrier also reinstated passenger flights to Erbil ...
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FedEx Express has expanded its ‘International First’ service early delivery service to a further eight countries – Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg and Mexico – bringing the total to 19. The service offers deliveries as early as 8am on the next working day in the US, 9am in ...
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MSC is replacing Mina Zayed with Mina Khalifa as its Abu Dhabi call onits dedicated feeder operations from Jebel Ali from 20 August. Trial calls at the new port have already yielded excellent results, says the shipping line and it first class infrastructure and services.
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Australian carrier Qantas said it planned to sell its 50% stake in its Star Track Express road service when market conditions are right. The airline is selling off non-core assets. Australia Post, which owns the remainder of Star Track, is seen as the likely purchaser.
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International Airlines Group, owner of British Airways and Iberia, is reported to be interested in buying a stake in American Airlines, according to press reports. US-based Delta is also interested in buying American.
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