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Freight services in Thailand are being badly disputed by flooding in the capital, Bangkok, reports forwarder Geodis Wilson. It said that Air Freight Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport is operational, but all flights to and from the city’s Don Muang Airport have been cancelled. The water crest has not reached Suvanrabhumi and AOT has neither issued any flood warning nor announcement.
The Port Authority of Thailand has temporarily halted import services at Bangkok ...
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The Multimodal freight industry event takes place on 1-3 May at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham. Organisers said that many shipping, freight, logistics, rail, road haulage, port services, warehousing and distribution and software companies have already committed to exhibiting, to the 2012 event including ABP, Brittany Ferries, Charles ...
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The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)'s chairman Michael Steen has added his voice to industry criticism of the Hesse regional court's ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport , ahead of a decision by the Federal Court. Steen said the short notice given ahead of the suspension of night flights ...
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A paper on an air freight import consignment of rabies-infected racoon brain tissue from the US to Ireland helped win Silvia Valles Barrera of Dublin-based Hawthorn Logistics the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award, presented recently at the Annual FIATA Conference in Cairo. Ms Valles Barrera, already named ...
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Irish Sea ro-ro freight operator Seatruck launched the second in a series of four new vessels at FSG Flensburg Yard, Germany, on 28 October. The new ferry was named Seatruck Power by Niamh McManus, wife of Surefreight’s Brian McManus, a long-established supporter of Seatruck's unaccompanied freight service.
Meanwhile, preparations are progressing ...
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has opened an office in Melbourne, Australia. Mike Grant has been appointed as general manager, having previously served as Chapman Freeborn’s business development manager for the Australasia region. The Melbourne-based team will take on new staff as the company looks to increase its operations in Australia and ...
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Charter company Air Partner said on 28 October that it had helped UK Government’s Department for International Development (DFID) to fly over 1,000 tents for victims of the reathnt earthquake in eastern Turkey. The freight team at Air Partner has worked around the clock to secure the necessary overflight and ...
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Van Uden Ro-Ro will resume regular departures from Immingham and Northern Europe to the Libyan ports of Benghazi and Misurata in November, said the Dutch-based operator.
The line will accept all types of ro-ro cargo for Libya, including cars, trucks, trailers, high & heavy equipment, project cargo and mafi trailers. The ...
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The port of Tilbury said that it was fully cooperating with an investigation being carried out by the HSE and the Police following the fatal crane toppling incident at its short-sea terminal on Sunday 23 October.
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Shortsea containerline Unifeeder says that there have been a number of explosions of reefer container compressor units that appear to have been serviced, re-charged or topped up in Vietnam within the last seven months. The gas system might have been contaminated. The operator is asking customers to inform it if ...
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