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Air Charter Service has officially opened its new Beijing office, becoming the first global charter provider to have a Chinese registered business. ACS chairman and founder Chris Leach said: “This business is built on the principle of offering our customers the highest levels of service possible, therefore having a Chinese registered company and office is essential. It is simply not an option for us to use GSAs or other representatives. ...
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DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation unit is to produce a City Logistics Master Plan for Chengdu, China’s fourth largest city. Deutsche Post DHL’s CEO Frank Appel signed a memorandum of understanding with the mayor of Chengdu on a recent visit to the city. The plan will analyse the supply chain ...
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The Russian government has formally ratified its accession to the World Trade Organization on 21 July. It clears the way for it to take a seat at the organisation in August.
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has signed a new contract with Dnata for air cargo handling in the UK, extending its partnership to well over 25 years. The new agreement covers all cargo handling for the airline at Heathrow, Gatwick Manchester and Glasgow Airports. Virgin Atlantic Cargo currently carries some 200,000 tonnes ...
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Logistics firm SBS Worldwide says it will continue to work with publisher Cambridge University Press, despite the latter's decision to end its own printing operations after 400 years and place its main European printing contract with MPG Books Group from the end of June. Most of the 69 jobs at ...
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Logistics service providers Post-Kogeko, Visbeen and DailyFresh Logistics said they planned to step up their cooperation and expand the scope of their services.
The companies specialise in refrigerated and frozen food logistics including a frozen food logistics, distribution network in Benelux and chilled transport of fresh produce to and from many ...
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The French cycling team may be licking their wounds after the historic triumphy of Bradley Wiggins and the British team in this year's Tour de France but Norbert Dentressangle at least has something to celebrate. The French-based logistics company has renewed its partnership with the Amaury Sport organisation to provide ...
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Eurotunnel's new shipping subsidiary will be branded Myferrylink and could be in operation in mid-August, Eurotunnel chairman and CEO Jacques Gounon told a press conference on 23 July. Start of the new service would not have to await any decision by the competition authorities in Brussels, UK or France, said ...
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Davies Turner has bought a 7,000 sq m cross dock warehouse close to its existing distribution centre at Coleshill, Birmingham. The UK independent freight forwarder said it needed more capacity to handle its European and oceanfreight consolidation services.
The cross dock terminal is purpose-built to handle fast-moving consignments for our daily ...
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Gatwick Airport says that it may need to build a second runway after an agreement not to do so expires in 2019. Owners Global Infrastructure Partners unveiled a master plan on 19 July, which warned that the airport could soon reach its maximum capacity. Gatwick is currently the busiest single-runway ...
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