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Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus – part of the IAG Group – will open its first UK transatlantic base in Manchester on 20 October, with a service to Barbados. It will add flights from Manchester to New York JFK on 1 December and Orlando from 11 December. Air Transat flights from Manchester to Toronto will also resume on 20 October.
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Lufthansa Cargo says it will be able to handle more cargo in the same facilities more punctually thanks to a new production planning and control (PPC) system. Based on DELMIA Quintiq -part of Dassault Systèmes- software and Ab Ovo’s industry expertise, it enables it to maximize capacity of workstations and ...
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The global ferry industry (pre-Covid) is as big as aviation on some counts, according to an Oxford Economics study commissioned by trade association Interferry.
Research into the latest pre-Covid full-year figures found that, in 2019, ferries carried 4.27 billion passengers – on a par with aviation – and 373 million vehicles ...
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Most UK ports are busy but operating normally, says the British Ports Association in response to media reports of serious congestion at Felixstowe and that Maersk had dropped some mainline vessel calls there. It said that while some are extremely busy, “the overwhelming majority of UK ports are currently operating ...
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Women in Aviation and Logistics (WAL) has launched a new mentorship scheme to support and encourage the next generation of female leaders.
The scheme is free to join and will bring together industry leaders, both women and men, to mentor and support women looking to develop their careers in the industry.
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Inoa Ventures Management’s MIC Cargo arm has selected Rickenbacker International Airport as its first location outside Chicago, leasing an adjacent 46,000sq ft facility and becoming the gateway’s second full-service freight terminal services provider. The building, in the Alum Creek Logistics Center, was built in 1996 and features eight dock doors ...
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CEVA Logistics said it had become the world’s first company to receive IATA’s new CEIV Lithium Battery certification at the association’s annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dublin, Ireland on 12 October. The initial certification covers the forwarder’s Amsterdam and Hong Kong air freight stations but there are plans to ...
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Ports are “the jam in the sandwich” between surging, volatile shipping and UK supply chains badly impacted by factors such as HGV driver shortages said UK Major Ports Group chief executive Tim Morris, in response to media reports of congestion.
He said that the country’s ports have remained open and resilient ...
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Portsmouth City Council has approved a strategy for shore power provision at municipally-owned Portsmouth International Port, which will allow ships to switch their engines off whilst alongside. It is part of the port’s plans to become one of the UK’s first zero emission ports under the government’s Maritime 2050 strategy. ...
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The British International Freight Association says it will play a key role at the Multimodal 2021 show in Birmingham next week with a Freight Forwarders Village. It is designed to provide a marketplace for members and associates to showcase the products and services they offer.The Freight Forwarders village will provide ...
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