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Silk Way West Airlines has signed an interline agreement with Kenya’s Astral Aviation to move shipments to its Dubai hub where it will hand over to its partner’s flight to Nairobifor connection to its network – and vice-versa.
The agreement will allow Silk Way West Airlines to broaden its network in Africa, a continent where it currently has no scheduled services.
Qatar Airways has meanwhile launched passenger flights between Doha and Lusaka, ...
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PD Ports has taken delivery of a Liebherr materials handling crane for its Groveport site on Humberside. Built to a bespoke specification for PD Ports, it will reduce turnaround times by up to three times for certain cargoes.
Staff at Groveport, the largest site in PD Ports’ Humber cluster which also ...
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Peel Ports has invested in two new Liehberr ship-to-shore container cranes to support growth in intra-European trade and North America con ro carrier Atlantic Container Line (ACL) in Liverpool.
They will increase the number of cranes at the Seaforth terminal and berth productivity while increasing height and reach capabilities.
ACL is Liverpool’s ...
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The Cargo One airfreight online booking system has gone live in North America, allowing US and Canadian freight forwarders to view and book real-time capacity from all major airports. It offers real-time visibility of capacity on 18 airlines, including Air Canada, ANA, Etihad, Finnair, Lufthansa and TAP. Cargo.one is free ...
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Associated British Ports King’s Lynn handled its first shipment of granite in July, on behalf of Witherley Services, part of Aggregate Industries. The 3,542 tonnes of granite came from Aggregate Industries’ super quarry, Glensanda, Scotland, the largest granite quarry in Europe.
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Recent enhancements to the FedEx transpacific network include new twice-weekly Boeing 777 flights from Guangzhou, China, and three times a week from Osaka, Japan to the FedEx Charles de Gaulle hub in Paris. It has also added new flights from Asia to its hub in Memphis, US. The new flights ...
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The UK arm of European parcel network DPD Group is to acquire same-day specialist CitySprint, subject to regulatory clearance. Once completed, DPD UK’s customers will be able to access CitySprint’s same day and specialist delivery services in the UK, while CitySprint will be able to offer its customers access to ...
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Freight forwarder Xpediator has formed a partnership with the Northampton-based e-Commerce fulfilment expert, Synergy Retail Support. Established in 2009, Synergy provides B2C and B2B fulfilment and e-commerce returns services from its 148,000sq ft warehouse which, however, is close to full capacity. Under the new partnership, Synergy will utilise the currently ...
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The British Ports Association and the UK Harbour Masters’ Association have jointly produced a map of the UK’s ports and harbours, showing the scale and spread of the industry. It is available in two formats: PDF version and an interactive online version. It shows the location of hundreds of ports ...
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Priority Freight has appointed Frank van Doorn as general manager of the company’s Krefeld office in Germany. He will be responsible for driving the company’s premium road freight business in Germany, the biggest European market for automotive logistics, heading up the 20-strong team of logistics experts and working closely with ...
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