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Associated British Ports Garston has signed a long-term contract to import around 60,000t of decorative stone for Long Rake Spar.
The Mersey port has already completed two successful cargo discharge operations for the company and will be investing £2.6 million to enhance facilities including installing 16 external concrete storage bays and building a new 20,000 sq.ft warehouse.
Founded in 1867, Long Rake Spar has been supplying specialised decorative aggregates for over 150 ...
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Emirates SkyCargo has recommenced weekly dedicated scheduled cargo flights to 67 destinations on six continents, including 11 in the Middle East, seven in Africa, 22 in Asia, six in Australasia, 15 in Europe and six cities in the Americas.
Most are served by Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with a cargo capacity of ...
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The United Nations Unicef children's agency is calling for governments, the private sector, the airline industry and others to free up airfreight space at an affordable cost so that life-saving vaccines can be flown to where they are needed. It warns that millions of children risk missing out on life-saving ...
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Demand for cargo services remains strong, particularly amongst national health authorities requiring shipments of vital medical supplies, says John Cheetham, chief commercial officer at IAG Cargo.
At present, the carrier is operating up to five flights per day from Beijing to Dublin to transport PPE in a two-month critical supply operation ...
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Insurance group the TT Club is warning of the risks from the accumulation of cargo in warehouses, port terminals and inland depots. These are primarily non-essential products, for which there is little demand as retail outlets are closed or supplies for production lines that are either static or at reduced ...
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+Some ferry companies are using the Covid-19 pandemic to undermine national standards in the industry, including replacing existing crews with seafarers on international terms and conditions that are substantially lower than national conditions, warns the International Transport Workers Federation.
In the UK, it singles out Condor Ferries, Stena Line and P&O ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that March cargo data demonstrated “a severe capacity shortfall”. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers, fell by 15.2% in March compared to the previous year or by 15.8% in international markets). Global capacity, measured in available cargo tonne kilometers (ACTKs), shrank by ...
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Turkish Cargo says it has become the first air cargo airline to concurrently achieve the three CEIV Pharma, CEIV Fresh, and CEIV Live Animals certifications, under the IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators program. Chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen remarked : “We really make much of the IATA CEIV ...
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Freight forwarder Gefco is opening a new Amsterdam warehouse to support expansion of its air and sea operations.
The 7,000sq m facility opens in June and will provide storage and transport management services for customers in the high tech and home equipment, aerospace and defence, automotive, life sciences and healthcare, bodycare ...
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Director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, Adam Johnson, has described a statement by the government that it will not seek to extend the UK’s post-Brexit transition period, despite the Covid-19 crisis, as irresponsible.
A government spokesperson has been reported as saying that the UK will not extend the transition period, arguing ...
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