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IAG Cargo’s British Airways has transported further aid to India for the second time in two weeks. The cargo-only B777-200 flight from Heathrow to Delhi moved 18 tonnes, made up of five thousand pieces of PPE supplies and oxygen concentrators for charities including Oxfam, Khalsa Aid, Christian Aid and LPSUK.
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Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed a new five-year deal with GB Railfreight (GBRf). The new agreement will be volume-based and is expected to increase wagon utilisation that in turn will help further reduce carbon emissions. Services will operate from Felixstowe and London Gateway to the Midlands and Yorkshire , ...
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DHL Supply Chain has appointed Marion Taylor-Ringsell as vice president of operations, UK and Ireland. She joins from retailer Gap where she was director of European transportation. In her new role Marion will manage DHL Supply Chain’s asset management centre of excellence with responsibility for vehicle procurement, fuel purchasing, compliance, ...
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EV Cargo signed the UN Global Compact, a voluntary initiative aimed at encouraging international businesses to implement universal sustainability principles and take steps to support the sustainable development goals set out by the United Nations in 2015. More than 13,000 companies from 160 countries have now agreed to align their ...
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Europa Road says its Europa Flow Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) service has shipped 30,000 consignments between 1 January and 30 April and is exporting goods worth an average of £60m a month. Customers using Europa Flow include manufacturers exporting parts and machinery to Europe, sportswear, toys and biscuits.
It removes the ...
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The Interferry trade association’s 2021 annual conference will go ahead as planned in Santander, Spain, this October. Delegate registration will open on 1 June. A decision on whether or not to proceed has been on hold for months while worldwide Covid counter-measures were monitored by Interferry, which has a membership ...
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The government promised to work with the market to enhance freight capacity on the rail network for freight and grow the market in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published on 20 May.
Schemes could include the long-delayed remodelling of the Ely North junction to improve freight journeys across East Anglia and ...
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The Global Shippers Alliance (GSA), the International Road Transport Union (IRU) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have launched a Driver Charter to improve how people are treated at collection and delivery sites.It also aims to address some of the barriers to recruitment in the industry, especially for women ...
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Intermodal carrier Samskip is trialling the use of HVO100 fossil-free biofuels for its haulage services in partnership with customer Unilever and TMA Logistics. Samskip’s aim is to save up to 14,500 kilograms of CO2 through the partnership – a reduction of 90% compared to traditional fuels. Samskip hopes to rapidly ...
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Dnata Singapore is implementing “a scalable cloud ecosystem” at Changi Airport.
It includes the Hermes 5 Cargo Management System, track and trace and additional apps to streamline workflows, provide greater transparency of handling and improve data. Data can be used with Artificial Intelligence and machine learning algorithms to help decision making ...
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