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Dachser’s has added a regular direct line-haul link from the UK to its Strykow branch in Poland, for delivery across the whole of the country. This new direct Polish service complements the existing hub and spoke network and will help improve transit times to the Polish market.
Dachser’s UK managing director, Nick Lowe says that despite a slight strengthening of Sterling against the Euro a few months ago, the exchange rate ...
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Palletised freight network Pall-Ex says its Polish domestic network will be fully operational by May 20after appointing local logistics KMC-Services as its national partner. The new network will operate from a central hub in the Łódź region. Pall-Ex Polska will be Pall-Ex’s second ‘last-mile’ network in Eastern Europe, following the ...
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The second of two new Boeing 747-8 freighters has gone into service on Panalpina's own controlled air freight network. The Atlas Air aircraft in Panalpina livery was delivered at Boeing’s manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington on 24 July and went into operation for Panalpina on 25 July. The aircraft, christened ...
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Niche forwarder Maltacourt Global Logistics is embarking on the next stage of its expansion plan, following the completion of a management buyout in August last year. The company, which specialises in handling high-value and vulnerable cargo is on the point of acquiring another specialist forwarder active in the film production ...
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Another shipper has pledged to use London Gateway port, due to open in late 2013. Cycle Link UK, a leading exporter of used paper for recycling, said the DP World port would save it thousands of road miles every year as the new deep-water container port is closer to their ...
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The European Commissioner for Taxation and the Customs Union Algirdas Šemeta has rejected a call by the International Road Transport Union for the TIR system to be reintroduced for intra-EU truck movements. The IRU had called for the TIR transit system to be reinstated for goods transport under customs control ...
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UPS announced second quarter 2012 diluted earnings per share of $1.15 on 23 July, up 7.5% over the 2011 adjusted results. US domestic operating profit rose 14%, despite the increasing uncertainty in the economic outlook there, continuing weakness in Asian exports and the debt crisis in Europe, said UPS chairman ...
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KLM is restarting flights from its Amsterdam hub to Harare in Zimbabwe after 13 years. A330-200 passenger flights will operate three days a week from 29 October, outwards via Johannesburg and returning via Lusaka.
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A 1928 Austin 7 “Chummy” Tourer is heading home to Britain after a long and often poignant history, thanks to international movers Anglo Pacific International.
Registered in Berkshire, England the 749cc four-seater was laid up in 1957 rather worse for wear only for Charles Pocklington to come to the rescue in ...
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The Logistics Institute at Hull University Business School is holding a conference on the untapped potential of the E20 East-West route from Limerick to St Petersburg on 12 and 13 September. The 1,880km route is largely underutilised as most trade traditionally travels north to south in Europe. But with the ...
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