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A new IATA rule making time and temperature-sensitive labels mandatory for healthcare cargo shipments comes into force on 1 July. It is the responsibility of the shipper (or designated shipper’s agent by service agreement) to ensure the label is applied properly An IATA Information Notice is available here
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Logistics specialist Redhead International officially opened its new Northern Ireland depot in Mallusk, on 27 July. The opening ceremony was performed by Northern Ireland’s executive minister for regional development, Danny Kennedy MLA.
The new 33,000 square foot facility has warehousing and order fulfilment capabilities and a 20-ton overhead crane.
Redhead international’s director ...
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Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS) group Spanish member Operinter has opened a new office in Malaga and two in the Canary Islands.
Operinter Malaga is based at the local airport, strategically located for one of Andalucia’s two large industrial areas, and within easy reach of the port of Algeciras.
A new subsidiary - ...
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Associated British Ports Hull has signed a five-year agreement with Jenkins Shipping for the handling and storage of paper and forest products including a new 9,500 sq m warehouse in Queen Elizabeth Dock now under construction. Jenkins Shipping has won a contract for the import of paper reels manufactured in ...
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Hacis (Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited) – the road feeder and added-value logistics services arm of Hactl - has signed an agreement to provide the Hong Kong division of DB Schenker, with its Airport Direct Export Services for its export airfreight traffic from China and Hong Kong. The ...
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Lothar Moehle, the longest-serving member of Cargo 2000’s management team, is leaving his post of regional director, Europe, Middle East and Africa to return to DB Schenker. His successor at C2K will be announced in due course.
Chairman of Cargo 2000, Mattijs ten Brink, said: “Lothar has been at the forefront ...
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Quay assistants at Portsmouth International Port have voted to accept a deal hammered out between the Unite union in the country and the management. Of the city council-owned port. The new agreement will see all staff moved onto the superior ‘old’ contract and all overtime after midnight will be worked ...
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Frank Reimen has resigned as president and CEO of all-cargo airline Cargolux following his appointment as High Commissioner for National Protection by the Luxembourg Government. Cargolux said that it would appoint an interim CEO “in the very next future” and that a search for a permanent replacement was underway.
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Logistics provider Pentalver has partnered with global vehicle logistics specialist Autohub and international inspection company JEVIC, to launch the UK’s first pre-clearance facility for secondhand car exports to New Zealand, which has the toughest biosecurity standards in the world.
Every vehicle shipped through the Autohub will be meticulously cleaned of biosecurity ...
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The Daily Maersk service between the Far East and Europe achieved a 98% on time performance to North Europe in June, according to a new study. The Global Liner Performance Report, published in July by ecommerce network provider INTTRA and container shipping analyst SeaIntel, examined the performance of the top ...
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