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Hellmann Worldwide Logistics UK has signed a new partnership with Rangel Express and Logistics in Portugal to operate round trip road freight services to Oporto and Lisbon. Existing twice-weekly from the UK to Portugal will increase from twice to three direct departures a week.
Hellmann UK’s commercial director, Matthew Marriott, said: “Finding the right partners is absolutely crucial to this endeavor and we believe that working with Rangel Express and Logistics is ...
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UPS has agreed to buy rival carrier TNT Express for about €5.16 billion, slightly more than the initial €4.9 billion offer rejected by the Dutch-based operator earlier this month. TNT's executive and supervisory boards said they would unanimously intend to support and recommend the offer.
In a joint statement, the two ...
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Virgin Atlantic is continuing its tradition of catering to Hollywood celebrities but now the airline's Cargo department is taking a hand.
Uggie, the 10-year-old Jack Russell Terrier and star of the Oscar-winning silent movie, The Artist, climbed aboard a Virgin Atlantic plane in LA for a flying visit to London for ...
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Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas described as "ridiculous" suggestions that adjacent member states that both allow longer trucks - 'European Modular System combinations' or gigaliners - on their respective territories are not allowed to operate them between their two countries. He said he had received an opinion from the European Commission's ...
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UPS says that it is still interested in buying rival express carrier, TNT. In a statement issued on 16 March, the US-based company said it “ remains in constructive discussions with TNT Express N.V. regarding a potential transaction to acquire the entire issued share capital of TNT Express.”
It adds that ...
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A large proportion of insurance claims are the result of deficiencies in operators' own systems or processes, according to a paper presented by by TT Club director Laurence Jones to the TOC conference. The Club’s director of global risk assessment told the conference on 14 March that 43% of the ...
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So many freight companies have been frightened off carrying animals for medical research that the UK's life sciences industry is under threat, warn scientists.
A report by the BBC said that campaigns by animal rights activists, bombarding airlines, ports, ferry operators and handling agents on social media sites and with letters ...
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Under-secretary of state for transport, Mike Penning gave the ceremonial green light for work to start on Felixstowe's North Rail Project, the port's third terminal. It will be the first in the UK to handle 30-wagon (90teu) trains and will have three rail-mounted gantry cranes, increasing to six when the ...
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Hutchison Ports UK chief executive officer David Gledhill has called for off-peak passenger trains on the Ipswich-Felixstowe line to be axed to create more paths for freight trains. Speaking at the ground--breaking ceremony for the port's new North Rail Terminal on 14 March, he said that with the partly single-track ...
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Menlo Worldwide Asia Pacific has achieved Secure Trade Partnership (STP) from Singapore Customs. The voluntary STP programme is consistent with the World Customs Organization (WCO) SAFE Framework of Standards and serves to secure and facilitate global trade. Menlo is one of only 75 companies that have been certified under the ...
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