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Customs clearance software firm Agency Sector Management is streaming a twitter feed giving real-time updates on traffic congestion around Heathrow Airport during the Olympics to its web site (www.asm.org.uk). It says it will give easy access to the information to staff not allowed access to social media at work.
The Heathrow Air Freight Forum (HAFF) is being coordinated by Allport operations manager Damian Slack, and was set up by the British ...
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New freight ferry operator North Sea Ro Ro has appointed Dan Ericsson as president and chief executive office, Peter Kleberg as executive vice-president sales and Lennart Dahlback as operations director. Marten Carlquist will also relinquish his post as interim managing director and become chairman of the main board of directors. ...
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Worldwide pirate attacks have fallen sharply in the first half of 2012, led by a drop in Somali piracy, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s report published on 16 July. There was a sharp fall in Somali piracy but partly offset by “a worrying increase of attacks in the Gulf ...
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Head of commercial property specialists Colliers International’s Bristol office, Tim Davies, has called for the port of Avonmouth’s long awaited deep sea container terminal to be pushed to the front of the queue of strategic transport initiatives in the South West.
The latest Colliers International report on Global Linkages forecasts continued ...
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Four regional finalists in the T Club-sponsored FIATA Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award will travel to Los Angeles in October for the FIATA World Congress. One of the four from Germany, Australia, Canada and South Africa, will receive the overall International Award. The winner’s prize will include ...
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Kuehne + Nagel Group said on 16 July that ut had increased its turnover by 2.8% to 10bn Swiss francs in the first half of 2012, despite the difficult economic conditions. While gross profit was up 2.6%,operational profit was down 9.6% to CHF454 million.
The company said that there had been ...
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The Government has announced plans for a high-capacity “electric spine” rail route from the North of England to the South Coast.
As well as electrifying the Midland Main Line from London through Leicester to Sheffield, the £9.4bn High Level Output Specification programme for 2014-2019 unveiled to the Cabinet on 16 July ...
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Short-sea operator Containerships is to discontinue calls at Soedertalje to improve frequency and transit time from 3 August. The eastern Swedish port was served weekly from Teesport and Sheerness in the UK.
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Independent freight forwarder The Woodland Group has been listed in The Sunday Times International Track 200 league table, which celebrates Britain’s most successful mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales, after seeing a rise in exports of English language books to India, China and Brazil. The Chelmsford-based forwarder was ...
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The UK has secured European Union funding from the TEN-T Agency for three freight-related projects.
The UK railway infrastructure company said that three projects to improve vital freight and passenger links on the railway network are to receive €14m (£11m) from the European Commission - €5m (£4m) towards electrifation between Liverpool ...
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