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It is unlikely that British Airways’ Boeing 747 fleet will ever fly commercially again, the BBC reports. (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53426886) The carrier – owned by the IAG Group – has confirmed that it will retire its 31-strong fleet immediately, instead of in 2024 as originally planned. BA will in future operate only twin-engined types such as the Boeing 777, Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 Dreamliner. While the latter offer much lower operating ...
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The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has established a new advisory board in its Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region. It consists of Gilad Solnik, director security and loss prevention, EMEA, Amazon; Michael Schmidt, chief security officer, Volkswagen; Frank Ewald, head of corporate security and crisis management, Deutsche Post ...
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Handling equipment firm Copal has completed installation of the first automatic coffee container unloader in France for forwarder Tramar in Le Havre. The work was delayed by the Covid lockdown.
Tramar is now unloading its containers without back-breaking manual handling of 60kg bags.
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German logistics group Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA)has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the operating company at the inland port of Braunschweig (Brunswick), about 80km to the south in Lower Saxony. While the port of Hamburg is the largest rail port in Europe, and rail-based hinterland traffic is ...
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The Port of Tyne welcomed the return of the DFDS ferry service from Amsterdam (Ijmuiden) on 16 July. The route had been suspended since the start of the UK lockdown in March.
The route will operate daily, though with a reduced passenger capacity to ensure social distancing.
Measures will also be in ...
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The port of Dunkerque has joined the Getting to Zero Coalition to support the decarbonisation of the shipping industry. Its aim is to reach the International Maritime Organisation target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050 compared with 2008 levels by introducing zero-emission, commercially ...
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Davies Turner says that container traffic on its Express China rail freight service has doubled year-on-year. Weekly LCL volumes on the service have increased from one to two 40-foot high cube consol containers per week last year to three to four. Davies Turner says the news that April was the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has presented DB Schenker with an award in recognition of its cooperation with the German-owned forwarder which it said had led to growth in Europe and other important markets, under its Global Partnership Programme.
Lufthansa Cargo chairman Peter Gerberalso played tribute to the push towards digitalisation in the past ...
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French-owned forwarder and logistics company Geodis has joined the European Clean Trucking Alliance (ECTA) alongside 20 other businesses and organisations with the aim of reducing its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030. To achieve this, it will focus on achieving through lower fuel consumption and the development of alternative engines ...
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Teesport says its Vehicle Booking System (VBS) has handled over 370,000 appointments since it was set up in July 2019. Owner PD Ports launched the VBS in conjunction with its automated gate system. With over 17,000 vehicles visiting Teesport in an average month, the technology ensures that the port can ...
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