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Hungarian national airline Malev has shut down operations with debts of about US$270 million. The 66-year old carrier went bankrupt after the European Commission ruled in January that the carrier should return the equivalent of $390 million in state aid fit had received from 2007 to 2010. The closure of the airline also has serious implications for Budapest airport, where Malev accounted for around a third of its passenger business. ...
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Airfreight and express wholesaler Air Menzies International (AMI) has moved into its new London Heathrow hub facility at Polar Park, Bath Road. AMI’s cargo division – one of the largest movers of airfreight in the UK - has already transferred all operations from its previous base in Stanwell. The Express ...
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Woodland Group boss Kinga Garner is getting on her bike to raise money for Transaid, the international development charity. The 45-year-old Manchester Airport-based general manager has signed up for the 2012 Transaid Cycle Madagascar event, which takes place in June.
She will be cycling 500km across remote villages, paddy fields and ...
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines containership MOL Summer rescued 116 survivors from the ferry Rabaul Queen, which sank about 17km east of Papua New Guinea on 2 February. She and eight other merchant vessels near the scene rescued a total of 246 people. Associated Press said on 3 February however that over ...
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DFDS and LD Lines have released details of their new Dover-Calais route that will start operations from 17 February. The service will be operated by two French-flagged vessels – one will be the Norman Spirit, owned by LD Lines but which lately had been operated by DFDS on its Dover-Dunkerque ...
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All imports to Argentine require a pre-loading declaration of goods (DJAI - Declaración Jurada Anticipada de Importación) from 1 February, reports shipping line CSAV. Information required includes importer ID, FOB value and currency, type of commodity and volume, origin of the goods and place of loading. The government will confirm ...
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The Swansea-Cork 'Fastnet' ferry service is to close with the loss of 78 jobs, following the failure of a rescue attempt. The operation had been suspended in November due to rising fuel costs but owners, West Cork Tourism Co-operative Society, had to resume in March. It said that EU state ...
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Logistics company Torque, is delighted to announce the appointment of Vanessa Hope as Head of Sales and Marketing.
Building on the recently launched Torque brand, Vanessa will direct the sales and marketing team to deliver ambitious growth plans offering the Torque total supply chain solution, with the “no one size fits all ...
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The World Trade Organisation has approved an European Union request to temporarily lift EU duties 75 products from Pakistan to help the country recover from floods in 2010 – a plan originally formulated in November of that year. The waiver applies to 75 products from Pakistan including 20 on which ...
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The Freight Transport Association Ireland has signed up to the European Road Safety Charter to promote safer driving practices among commercial vehicle operators in the Republic. The European Road Safety Charter comprises enterprises, associations, research institutions and public authorities. FTAI’s general manager business services, Aidan Flynn, said: “We are delighted ...
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