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A bill to amend the US Shipping Act expected to be introduced in the House of Representatives on 10 August contains serious flaws, says the World Shipping Council.
While the new legislation attempts to address recent supply chain congestion WSC takes issue with the suggestion that ocean carriers are solely responsible for the current supply chain congestion and “is infused with fundamental unfairness”, it says. The bill ignores the fact that ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have extended their long-standing partnership with dnata for a further five years. It includes ground handing and export services from the joint London Heathrow hub and Manchester Airportas well as regional cargo gateways at London Gatwick, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Newcastle. The two airlines ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo senior manager climate control products, Miguel Rodríguez Moreno, has joined the Cool Chain Association board. He brings over six years’ experience in cargo, including four years as global pharma development manager for Etihad Cargo.
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Associated British Ports has invested a further £4 million in its Port of Garston, Liverpool to support an increase in its local workforce from 12 to 16 It follows the recent expansion project at the port earlier this year with increased covered and external storage. It has also completed a ...
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DB Cargo UK is to lease its Mossend EuroTerminal rail freight facility to transport operator Maritime Intermodal from 1 October. Maritime Intermodal has already taken over the lease of DB’s facilities in Wakefield and Trafford Park in Manchester. Mossend in Lanarkshire is close to the M8 motorway between Glasgow and ...
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Emirates is restarting flights between its Dubai hub and Glasgow on 11 August after a six-month hiatus, reports RoutesOnline. They will operate four times per week using Boeing 777-200LR aircraft. The UK has moved the UAE from its red to its ‘amber’ travel list, meaning that travellers arriving in the ...
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FIATA International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and TT Club have revealed this year’s regional winners of the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA).
They are: Europe: Glauc Fornes Gil, FETEIA, Spain
Dissertation: More than just a freight broker
Africa and Middle East: Justin John Goedhart, SAAFF, South Africa
Dissertation: Agents ...
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New DFDS ferry Côte d’Opale made its maiden voyage on the Dover-Calais route on 4 August. She can carry 3,100 lane metres of freight, the longest ferry on the Channel, and replaces Calais Seaways. With two engines instead of four, she will offer improvements in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide ...
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AP Moller - Maersk has bought US-based business-to-consumer (B2C) logistics company Visible Supply Chain Management and B2C Europe Holding, a parcel delivery services based in the Netherlands. Maersk customers are seeing strong e-commerce sales growth and the two acquisitions will address this trend.
Maersk says that Visible SCM’s nine-centre network places ...
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Two years after the opening of its office in Melbourne in July 2019, Austrian forwarder Cargo-partner has acquired local logistics company Associated Customs & Forwarding (ACF). The move adds locations in Sydney and Brisbane and increases the Australian team to 35. ACF is a global, IATA-accredited service provider for air ...
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