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In a statement on its website, MSC said that it was not the owner of the stricken containership Rena nwhich ran aground near aground near Tauranga, New Zealand on 5 October. The line said that while a number of press reports had quoted MSC as the owner of the stricken vessel, MSC had merely chartered the vessel from Greek operators Cosamare.
MSC added that while it was concerned about events in New ...
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Atlantic Airlines, part of the West Atlantic Group, is to resume scheduled freighter flights from Coventry Airport, according to local press reports. It follows the acquistion of the troubled airport by general aviation company Patriot Aviation Group lasst year. The airport had ceased operations in 2009. West Atlantic will base ...
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DHL's Solutions & Innovations arm has set up a logistics 'think tank' to help develop creative ideas for the industry. DSI is expanding its site in Troisdorf, near Bonn to include an Innovation Campus, to engage in research with its external innovation partners and subsidiaries under one roof and to ...
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Freightliner ran a special dedicated OOCL service on 5 October to mark the continued partnership between the two companies. The Southampton bound service departed Freightliner's Trafford Park Terminal in Manchester with 52 OOCL containers and followed the contract signing between OOCL UK branch managing director Peter Ip and Freightliner MD, ...
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Kerry Logistic has won a contract with Hugo Boss to manage distribution of premium fashion and luxury goods in Greater China. It will provide for logistics services through two distribution centres; one in Hong Kong for Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong markets and one in Shanghai for the mainland China ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has returned to its Stansted Road base on the south side of Heathrow airport just over a year after the previous building was seriously damaged in a fire. The building, which is run by Emirates' cargo handling partner Servisair Cargo, includes a warehouse which handles freight for the ...
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ASM chief hurt in bike crash
ASM executive chairman Peter MacSwiney has been injured in a collision between his motorbike and a car in Uxbridge on 30 October. He has suffered several broken bones but is expected to make a full recovery, although it will probably take around 12 weeks before ...
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Logistics company SBS Worldwide is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair to demonstrate how publishers printing in Asia can streamline their supply chains. An event on the stand (D921, Hall five) with new partner, Indian printer Gopsons, at 3.30pm on 13 October will explain how printing in India and other locations ...
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Bellville Rodair International (BRI) has opened a Brazil office in Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande Do Sul state. BRI chairman Terry Walpole said the new office was evidence of the forwarder's support for its existing client base in the country. He said “It’s also an acknowledgment of Brazil’s role in ...
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Kuehne + Nagel is to acquire Carl Drude GmbH, located in Hauneck, the geographical centre of Germany as part of its strategy to establish a European hub and spoke system. Drude Logistik specialises in hub operations for international groupage networks at a 7,200 sq m transshipment terminal with 105 loading ...
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