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Joint BA-Iberia carrier IAG Cargo and forwarder Pinnacle International Freight, have moved a Mid Infra Red Instrument (MIRI) – a key component of the James Webb Space Telescope from the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, US. The James Webb Telescope – regarded as the successor to the Hubble Telescope – is planned to launch into space in 2018.
The instrument – an infrared ...
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The 10,700teu APL Southampton made her maiden call at DP Worlds' Southampton’s container terminal, and her visit to the UK, on 30 May. The third in a series of 10 new vessels of this size being delivered for the global container carrier, she sails on Loop 4 of the G6 ...
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Supply chain management company ModusLink Global Solutions has extended capacity of its Brno, Czech Republic Solution center, one of ModusLink’s five operational sites in Europe. The 32,000 square meter production hall enables ModusLink to provide value-added warehousing, distribution, multichannel fulfilment, returns management and other critical supply chain capabilities to global ...
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The EU and the US formally agreed to recognise each other’s air freight security requirements under a mutual recognition agreement signed on 1 June. The deal by the European Commission and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA), aims to eliminate duplication in security controls as well as the need to ...
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The Port of Cork officially opened its extended container handling facility at the Sean Lemass Deepwater Terminal, Ringaskiddy on 30 May. The facilities have allowed Maersk to commence its first ever direct service to Ireland operating weekly from the Mexican port of Vera Cruz and calling to Costa Rica, Belize and ...
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has become an Active member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ABC, part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest all-cargo carrier, is already participating in IATA programmes to improve safety, quality and efficiency in the air cargo supply chain and recently completed the audit to be ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo has launched four flights a week between London Heathrow and Vancouver. Flights depart London on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
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KLM Cargo has been awarded Platinum status under the IATA Cargo 2000 Quality initiative.
It acknowledges KLM’s leading role in applying the ‘C2K’ quality philosophy and standards throughout its operations and is only awarded to very few of the 80 members of Cargo 2000 although its partner Air France Cargo has obtained ...
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PD Ports’ container terminal at Teesport has won the ‘Over £4m Project’ category at the annual Robert Stephenson Awards, which are presented by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) North East.
The contractor was Hall Construction Services, working alongside WSP Group and Royal Haskoning for PD Ports.
The judges congratulated the project team ...
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Skills for Logistics (SfL), the sector skills council for the logistics and wholesaling industries, has launched its strategy to achieve its core desire to increase the country's competitiveness. Backed by £4m of government funding, the strategy comprises four key programmes that deliver professional, local, intelligent and progressive logistics, all aim ...
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