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DB Schenker Rail has operated its first regular European loading gauge freight train on the High Speed rail link between London and the Channel Tunnel. A six wagon train operated to East London in late July.
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Workers at the company are entitled to be represented collectively by Türkiye Motorlu Tasit Isçileri Sendikasi (TÜMTIS) after Turkey’s ministry of labour and social security certified the union as the workers’ representative. General president of the Türkiye Motorlu Tasit Isçileri Sendikasi Kenan Öztürk, commented: the union would continue negotiating a ...
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TNT Express has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter. Offering a range of 4,900 nautical miles at itsfull payload of about 103 tonnes, it carries almost as much as a 747-400 freighter, while burning less fuel. It will between Asia and Europe, replacing a 747.
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The European Commission has opened an investigation into UK government plans to restructure the Royal Mail, including plans to relieve it of its pension deficit and strengthen its balance sheet. The Commission said it had doubts that the plan included adequate measures to reduce distortion of competition and that the ...
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The cargo business unit of the joint BA-Iberia International Airlines Group, (IAG Cargo, ) reported a 16.3% increase in commercial revenue in the first half of 2011 to €592 million. Cargo volumes, at 3,066 million freight tonne kilometres was up 8.3% versus the same period last year while cargo capacity ...
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The FBJ flag was once again seen flying over this year's Glastonbury festival!
Sightings have been made all over the festival site, from the Pyramid Stage to the Healing Fields.
As you can see from the centre picture Bono from U2 had a pretty good view of the flag.
It managed to attract some avid FBJ ...
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Growth in its unaccompanied freight traffic has led P&O Ferries to charter a new and highly-efficient cargo ship from the Finnish ferry company Bore Ltd. The Bore Song will offer capacity for around 250 freight units double-stacked plus 200 cars, significantly more than the existing ship on the route, the ...
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Implementing provisions for the Modernised Customs Code (MCC) are likely to be delayed, reports BIFA in its newsletter published on 27 July. It said that a recent assessment of the customs processes to be computerised and of the technical and financial capacity of stakeholders to develop and deploy electronic systems ...
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DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, one of the leading provider of global air and ocean freight and road freight services, has launched a new to track carbon emissions. The GoGreen Carbon Dashboard allows customers to choose from a variety of certified reports to better understand the main drivers of carbon emissions ...
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Lack of communication between different departments of the same company are driving up supply chain costs unnecessarily, according to the director of a new consultancy. Tony Leach, solutions director at Virtualized Logistics, a new consultancy set up by logistics specialists SBS Worldwide, cites examples such as a purchasing department bulk-buying ...
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